Liya Linux: Yet Another Take on Arch

Liya Linux is an Arch-based distro that offers Cinnamon and MATE desktops, Btrfs under the hood, but falls short in some areas.
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Kali Unkaputtbar Brings File System Snapshots to Kali Linux Systems

If you ever wanted to have file system snapshots on your Kali Linux installation, now you can with Kali Unkaputtbar. Learn more here.
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Linux Kernel 5.15 Released with New NTFS File System

Highlights of Linux 5.15 include a brand new NTFS file system implementation from Paragon Software that’s fully functional and supports all NTFS versions up to 3.1 and an in-kernel SMB3 server called ksmbd. Btrfs now supports fs-verity file integrity assurance and ID-mapped mounts, as well as DAMON (Data Access MONitor) for monitoring the memory access […]

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How to Format a Hard Disk Partition with BTRFS on Ubuntu 20.04

Btrfs or commonly pronounced as b-tree FS or butter FS is a COW (copy-on-write) based disk storage format and filesystem combined with a volume manager. In this article, I will show you how to create a disk partition and format it with Btrfs file syste…

EndeavourOS Has a New ISO Release with an Improved Installer, New App, and More

The new ISO release comes with a much-improved Calamares graphical installer that lets you install EndeavourOS with the Btrfs file system using a subvolume scheme when choosing the automatic partitioning, the ability to store and transfer the Wi-Fi credentials to the installed system, as well as a better user experience when deselecting the packages you […]

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How to Roll Back a Snapshot on OpenSUSE

By default, OpenSUSE proposes the Btrfs filesystem for the root partition. One of the great Btrfs features is the built-in snapshots. OpenSUSE automatically creates snapshots for you when you install or change something on your system. As such, the only thing you really need to know is how to roll back a snapshot, to restore […]

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