installing ubuntu on a new system - questions

[Liam Proven]

On 29/07/2025 3:37 pm, gene heskett wrote:
> On 7/29/25 08:35, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 at 02:24, gene heskett<gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I did, about a year ago as I was considering setting up amanda as a
>>> backup solution, running on armbian, currently based on ubuntu, but I
>>> made the mistake of reading the ZFS license.  Nuff said.

> That made it clear that it was at the mercy of whatever future changes 
> in the license might be made, possibly leading to a big clash with the 
> general idea of FOSS.

Not really, no.

OpenZFS is under the Sun CDDL.

 > URL to this OpenZFS site, so I can read it myself?  It > sounds like 
my google-foo must have miss-guided me and I wasn't reading
> the license I thought I was.

Sure!

This is the license here:

https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/blob/master/LICENSE

Here's a short explanation and comparison:

https://amirkamizi.com/blog/top-open-source-licenses

It says:

«
CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License)

Another permissive license, but with some restrictions on patent use and 
compatibility with other open source licenses. CDDL aims to provide a 
balance between protecting the licensor's intellectual property and 
encouraging collaboration and sharing of code.
»

Here's a slightly longer comparison:

https://logicloom.in/demystifying-software-licenses-a-comprehensive-guide/

OpenZFS is entirely 100% FOSS and it's no going away. The _only_ problem 
is that it is not GPL and that means it can't be merged into the Linux 
kernel.

> I am not familiar with either of those, and Stratis is likely locked 
> behind  the RH per seat license fees. URL's to both might be educational 
> reading.

No, it isn't.

This is Stratis:

https://stratis-storage.github.io/

Wikipedia's summary:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratis_(configuration_daemon)

Basically, it's not going anywhere and while it is now in RHEL it's not 
looking to be a big hit.

> What I want to do, with whatever file system I use, is combine 5 ea, 
> 3.6T SSD drives into one big 15T LVM like system.  How that is actually 
> partitioned is Yet T.B.D.

Fair enough!

I use TrueNAS Core for this. It is sadly discontinued now though.

This is the successor:

https://www.zvault.io/

It needs an x86 PC though. It won't run on Arm. Not much will.

There is OMV but I think it needs a real Raspberry Pi, not a copy like a 
Banana Pi or something.

https://raspberrytips.com/openmediavault-on-raspberry-pi/


> [...] Take care of #1 Liam.  I'm now past my "use by date" by quite a 
> bit, my next b-day, if I get there will be the 91st.

Oh my word! Congrats and keep hanging on in there!

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