I have multiple snapshots of my systemβliterally a point in time saved with a name and a date. I can go back to a few different points in time to test things that could break the system and revert to any time in the past that I created or that the system itself created when installing an update.
#BackToTheFuture This is the KILLER FEATURE! #FreeBSD
@mcfate Entirely not the same thing I'm saying. In fact almost the opposite. You can sort of accomplish the same thing with Carbon Copy Cloner, of course of the Users folder only. ZFS snapshots are instantaneous and have minimal impact on disk performance, as they only track changes to the file system at the block level rather than duplicating files. This approach is highly efficient, particularly for large or frequently changing datasets.
@mcfate I'm not knocking MacOS, for my laptops I do use Time Machine...
@mcfate But when the datasets start at the 100 Terabytes level, then snapshots is your only best friend.
Ah.
Yeah, that's the thing: I don't have problems that FreeBSD solves, and between Mac OS and Linux, I've got enough operating sysms to deal with, and everything WORKS.
And everything that ought to work fairly seamlessly does. I can move files from device to device with a couple of taps, control the Apple TV box from my iPhone or iPad, and so on.
I use Linux for stuff like NextCloud. I can put epubs on there and open them on my iPad.
I try never to tamper with success.