Btrfs support coming to AlmaLinux 10.1

The AlmaLinux project has announcedthat the upcoming 10.1 release will include support forBtrfs:

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

Btrfs support in AlmaLinux OS did not happen in isolation. This wasproposed and scoped in RFC 0005, and has been built upon prior effortsby the FedoraBtrfs SIG in Fedora Linux and the CentOS Hyperscale SIGin CentOS Stream.

AlmaLinuxOS is designed to be binary compatible with Red HatEnterprise Linux (RHEL); Btrfs, however, has never been supported inRHEL. A technology preview of Btrfs in RHEL6 and 7 ended with thefilesystem being dropped from RHEL8 andonward. AlmaLinuxOS10.1 is currentlyin beta.