I think the problem with btrfs is that it entered the spotlight way to early. With Wayland there was time to work on a lot of the kinks before everyone started seriously switching.

On btrfs a bunch of people switched blindly and then lost data. This caused many to have a bad impression of btrfs. These days it is significantly better but because there was so much fear there is less attention paid to it and it is less widely used.

  • Ketata Mohamed
    0•1 month ago

    @lancalot the “main” that are alive today are (like on this graph) https://rreinold.github.io/explore-linux/ :Debian, Slackware, RHEL, Gentoo, Arch & android
    These are only the alive ones, however, I couldn’t find any info about Nix OS so it remains on the maybe category cause I tried it and could not find any hint to the past

    • @lancalot@discuss.onlineEnglish
      1•1 month ago

      I suppose that’s a fair assessment. Thanks for the clarification!

      However, I do give precedence over their current situations.

      • So, if e.g. Arch would continue to exist, but ultimately became the downstream/derivative of another distro, then I would stop regarding it as ‘main’. Which one may argue happened between RHEL and Fedora.
      • Similarly, if a derivative starts building their own repos and becomes entirely independent from the distro they were originally derived from, then I’d stop regarding them as a derivative. Instead I’d acknowledge them as an independent distro. Like how openSUSE ultimately is derived from Slackware, but they’re hardly comparable today.

      Regarding NixOS, it and other independent distros are absent in the link you provided. NixOS is literally its own thing and also old; older than Ubuntu and Android for example. So, if anything, it did deserve a mention. Though, I suppose the maker of that website didn’t think it was relevant enough to be included over three years ago. NixOS’ popularity has thankfully exploded in the mean time, though.

      • Ketata Mohamed
        1•1 month ago

        @lancalot I understand the list I provided is not necessarily complete, because Void & Solus are also independent, however, for them to be “main”, they should have “derivatives”, I don’t claim that I have a big Linux experience, but I tried & documented myself about the distros on the list, & can confirm that they are “main”, I also tried Nix OS, the use of 1 config file is refreshing, however that ease comes at the cost of some flexibility, installing Steam there is too complicated for me

        • @lancalot@discuss.onlineEnglish
          1•1 month ago

          however, for them to be “main”, they should have “derivatives”,

          Got you. Aight. I suppose that does disqualify NixOS. Though, to be fair, Guix System is heavily inspired from NixOS.

          I also tried Nix OS, the use of 1 config file is refreshing, however that ease comes at the cost of some flexibility, installing Steam there is too complicated for me

          Hehe 😜. Yeah, the paradigm shift associated with NixOS isn’t one that’s overcome in one sitting. But it’s cool to hear that you’ve tested it for yourself.

          Anyhow, this was a cool interaction. Thank you for offering your insights! Wish you, my akhi in (at least) humanity, a lovely day!