• Btrfs support coming to AlmaLinux 10.1

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Fri Oct 24 06:40:08 2025

    The AlmaLinux project has announced
    that the upcoming 10.1 release will include support for
    Btrfs:

    Btrfs support encompasses both kernel and userspace enablement, and
    it is now possible to install AlmaLinux OS with a Btrfs filesystem
    from the very beginning. Initial enablement was scoped to the
    installer and storage management stack, and broader support within the AlmaLinux software collection for Btrfs features is forthcoming.

    Btrfs support in AlmaLinux OS did not happen in isolation. This was
    proposed and scoped in RFC 0005, and has been built upon prior efforts
    by the Fedora
    Btrfs SIG in Fedora Linux and the CentOS Hyperscale SIG
    in CentOS Stream.

    AlmaLinuxÿOS is designed to be binary compatible with Red Hat
    Enterprise Linux (RHEL); Btrfs, however, has never been supported in
    RHEL. A technology preview of Btrfs in RHELÿ6 and 7 ended with the
    filesystem being dropped from RHELÿ8 and
    onward. AlmaLinuxÿOSÿ10.1 is currently
    in beta.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1043029/
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