@phantasus @batadv and don't forget to pay your yearly Whiskey tax! Otherwise, you know... #bcachefs... (just kidding)
More seriously, I'm not quite convinced that would work. Upstreaming actually has some hierarchy, you'd first need to bribe @gregkh to get into staging. Then you'll need to bribe your sub system maintainer(s). And then Linus.
And you'd have to somehow do that without other people asking questions why your new code was merged without any proper reviewing/feedback from others.
@tootbrute ah, thanks for link!
I'm not doing bcachefs on root either, but in theory shouldn't be too hard - nixos should build and install the bcachefs module in your initrd if it knows your rootfs type. Hopefully it also copies the userspace stuff in as well :) Might be worth experimenting in a VM?
There's a few nixos people normally in the #bcache (_not_ #bcachefs) IRC channel on oftc who might be able to help (I guess nixos specifics sort of borderline off-topic there, but probably OK.)
just looking at the bcachefs wiki page. hmm...wonder how to work this. looks like good lunar new year project. for now just putting nixos on this extra machine with default settings...
gotta a find an idiots guide to #bcachefs to mess around with this.
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Synex Server: A New Debian Based Linux Distro With Native ZFS Installation Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Synex-Debian-With-ZFS
Fedora Games Lab Approved To Switch To KDE Plasma, Become A Better Linux Gaming Showcase:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Games-Lab-Overhaul-2026
Goverlay for managing tools like MangoHud gets a major new release and it's finally on Flathub:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/goverlay-for-managing-tools-like-mangohud-gets-a-major-new-release-and-its-finally-on-flathub/
Proton Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/proton-experimental-brings-updates-for-monogame-rockstar-launcher-and-more/
Upcoming exFAT Linux Driver Patch Can Boost Sequential Read Performance By ~10%:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/exFAT-Faster-Seq-Reads-10p
Patches Positioned Ahead Of Linux 7.0 Cycle For Easy Custom Boot Logo In Place Of Tux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Custom-Boot-Logo
libvirt 12.0 Released - Bhyve ARM64 Support & Other Improvements For The BSD Hypervisor:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/libvirt-12.0
GRUB 2.14 Bootloader Released With EROFS Support, Shim Loader Protocol:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GRUB-2.14-Released
D7VK version 1.2 brings more Direct3D 6 improvements and a little Direct3D 5 too:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/d7vk-version-1-2-brings-more-direct3d-6-improvements-and-a-little-direct3d-5-too/
Wine 11.0 Brings Ntsync Support, Complete WoW64 + Other Changes:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/wine-11-0-released
Hangover 11.0 Released: Wine + FEX/Box64 Pairing For Windows x86 Apps On ARM64 Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hangover-11.0-Released
Linux 6.19-rc5 Brings Fix For Newer NVIDIA GPUs, Logitech HID++ For Anywhere 3S & Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-rc5-Released
First .NET 10 Servicing Update Now Available in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/dotnet-10-0-1-update-ubuntu-24-04-lts
Bcachefs Ships Latest User-Space Utilities With bcachefs-tools 1.35:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/bcachefs-tools-1.35
Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/even-more-amd-ray-tracing-performance-improvements-heading-to-mesa-on-linux/
Auto-CPUFreq 3.0 Released To Help You Extend Laptop Battery Life On Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Auto-CPUFreq-3.0
LLMinus Working On AI/LLM-Powered Merge Conflict Resolution For The Linux Kernel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LLMinus-RFC-v2
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@AliveDevil there is also #bcachefs which I will probably soon move to.
🎙️ Ah, the riveting saga of 'Bcachefs'—where an entire hour and a half is dedicated to the joys of file system #development, perfect for anyone who finds paint drying too exhilarating. 🎧 This gripping auditory experience is brought to you by the "People's Filesystem" (because who else would demand this level of tedium?). 💤
https://linuxunplugged.com/644 #Bcachefs #Filesystem #Podcast #Tedium #TechCommunity #HackerNews #ngated
Interview with Kent Overstreet (Bcachefs) [audio]
https://linuxunplugged.com/644
#HackerNews #Interview #KentOverstreet #Bcachefs #LinuxUnplugged #Audio
Updated the #bcachefs instructions on the #nixos wiki on how to create a bcachefs-enabled installation media and how to do a encrypted rootfs install 🔒 https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Bcachefs#Generate_bcachefs_enabled_installation_media
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Tuxedo unveils Gemini 17 Gen4 Linux laptop for high performance workloads:
https://betanews.com/2025/12/05/tuxedo-unveils-gemini-17-gen4-linux-laptop-for-high-performance-workloads/
Reddit Strangers Built an Open Source Linux Handheld, And They Want Your Help:
https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-platform-kit/
Steam On Linux Use Easily Hits An All-Time High In November:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Linux-November-2025
Linux kernel 6.18 released with BPF security, SLUB, and networking upgrades:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/linux-kernel-6-18-released-with-bpf-security-slub-and-networking-upgrades/
It’s Official: Linux Kernel 6.18 Will Be LTS, Supported Until December 2027:
https://9to5linux.com/its-official-linux-kernel-6-18-will-be-lts-supported-until-december-2027
Linux Kernel 5.4 Reaches End of Life After More Than Six Years of Maintenance:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-5-4-reaches-end-of-life-after-more-than-six-years-of-maintenance
GNU Linux-libre 6.18 Neuters More Functionality Due To Blobs With Intel Xe, NVIDIA Nova:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-Libre-6.18
Wine 10.20 released with upgraded vkd3d:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/wine-10-20-released-with-upgraded-vkd3d/
Wine 11.0-rc1 Released With TWAINDSM 64-bit Module For Scanners:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-rc1-Released
Mesa 25.2.8 and Mesa 25.3.1 released for open source Linux graphics drivers:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-2-8-and-mesa-25-3-1-released-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/
Fwupd 2.0.18 Enables Linux Firmware Updating For More Hardware:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fwupd-2.0.18-Released
X.Org Server's xkbcomp Updated For Four Security Issues Dating Back Years:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/xkbcomp-1.5-Released
Features Expected For Linux 6.19: ASUS Armoury, Many Intel Bits, AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 Enhanced:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Features-Expected
NVIDIA 590.44.01 Beta Linux Driver Released With Wayland Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-590.44.01-Linux-Beta
NVIDIA Improves Block Layer Peer-To-Peer DMA In Linux 6.19:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-IO-uring-Block
Btrfs In Linux 6.19 Adds Experimental Features, Continues Preparations For FSCRYPT:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Btrfs
Bcachefs Ready With Its Reconcile Feature As Biggest Change In Two Years:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Reconcile-Ready
An Intel Fellow & Prominent Linux Performance Engineer Resigns From Intel:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Brendan-Gregg-Leaves-Intel
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Filesystem + #LVM + #LUKS is such a crazy complexity. From the perspective of someone who needed to backup and restore such a partition.
#BTRFS + LUKS is way easier and very stable. Linux broke everywhere for me in the past, but never BTRFS (when using the longterm kernel, there were some broken drivers in the "stable" kernel a short while ago)
Filesystem-based encryption (RIP #bcachefs) would reduce this even more. But luckily my NixOS with bcachefs install didnt boot back then, otherwise I would have needed to reinstall.
#Bcachefs is a next-generation #Linux #filesystem
From last week's Linux Update newsletter: Marcin Gastol examines Bcachefs, a next-generation Linux filesystem that merges into the kernel
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/298/bcachefs?utm_source=mlm
#CoW #storage #Linux #filesystem #kernel #performance #bcachefs #encryption
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Linux Kernel 6.17 Release is All About Performance, Reliability, and Hardware Support:
https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-6-17/
GNU Linux-libre 6.17 Deblobs The New Intel IPU7 Driver, Adjusts Existing Drivers:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-libre-6.17
Wine 10.16 Released With Fast Synchronization Support Using NTSYNC:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-10.16-Released
Intel NPU Linux Driver 1.24 Released:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-NPU-Linux-Driver-1.24
NVIDIA 580.95.05 Linux Driver Released:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-580.95.05-Linux-Driver
Bcachefs Announces First-Tier Arch & NixOS Support, Post-Experimental Release EOY:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-DKMS-Announcement
XFS Removes Some Old Mount Options & Enables Fsck By Default For Linux 6.18:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-XFS
fish 4.1 adds brace syntax for compound commands, transient prompts, and much more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/9/fish-4-1-adds-brace-syntax-for-compound-commands-transient-prompts-and-much-more/
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#Linux :tux: : #Torvalds wirft #Bcachefs-Dateisystem aus dem Kernel | heise online https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Linux-Torvalds-wirft-Bcachefs-Dateisystem-aus-dem-Kernel-10711269.html #LinuxKernel #LinusTorvalds
Linus #Torvalds hat das #Bcachefs-#Dateisystem aus dem kommenden #Linux #Kernel 6.18 entfernt. Vorangegangen war ein Streit mit dem Entwickler über Entwicklungsmethoden und unzureichende Tests. https://winfuture.de/news,154035.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
Ich hab da nochmal was zur #Bcachefs-Sache in die Tastatur gehauen. #Meingeschreibsel
