Is there a stable Linux distro using btrfs?

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Published on 2010-09-20T12:34:21Z Indexed on 2012/03/30 23:33 UTC
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I'm a big fan of ZFS on FreeBSD (I've been using it on my home server since before it got stable; bleeding edge, baby!) and I'd like to try out btrfs to see how that's evolving.

Since it's still largely in development, none of the usual mainstream distros have btrfs as an option. I haven't used Linux in a bunch of years, so I don't really know what my best options are for giving btrfs a try.

Requirements:

easy to install
btrfs supported without requiring me to rebuild the kernel

Thanks!

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