Synex 13-u12: Snapshots Meet ZFS and GRUB Recovery
Synex 13-u12: Snapshots Meet ZFS and GRUB Recovery Table of contents Synex Snapshots 0.5.0 — recovery built in, for Btrfs and ZFS alike A leaner installer and a refreshed package base Getting Synex 13-u12 onto your machine Synex , the Argentine Debian-based desktop distribution, has released version 13-u12 , and this is one of those updates that quietly reshapes how the whole system behaves rather than simply refreshing a version number. The headline act is Synex Snapshots reaching its 0.5.0 milestone, bringing native ZFS support alongside the existing Btrfs backend, plus proper recovery hooks straight from the GRUB boot menu . The installer has also been retooled to match. Let's walk through what's actually changed. Synex Snapshots 0.5.0 — recovery built in, for Btrfs and ZFS alike Synex Snapshots started life a few months back as a fairly modest tool for creating and restoring Btrfs snapshots on the project's semi-rolling branch. The idea behind that branc...
