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 So, consider these scenarios:
-  - You are tired of every system needing a subscription even to have basic package functionality. Solution: Just update to any other Linux distro (or BSD) from Red Hat except for SuSE Enterprise (which has some of the same problems).
+  - You are tired of every system needing a subscription even to have basic package functionality. **Solution:** Just update to any other Linux distro (or BSD) from Red Hat except for SuSE Enterprise (which has some of the same problems).
-  - You want a way to escape from Redhat without doing a huge dump-and-load migration on every box. Solution: Upgrade to Oracle Enterprise Linux. They have a tool that will convert Red Hat machines into OEL machines [[https://linux.oracle.com/switch.html|without having to completely wipe out the OS and start over]]. It's quite slick and it infuriates Red Hat.
+  - You want a way to escape from Redhat without doing a huge dump-and-load migration on every box. **Solution:** Upgrade to Oracle Enterprise Linux. They have a tool that will convert Red Hat machines into OEL machines [[https://linux.oracle.com/switch.html|without having to completely wipe out the OS and start over]]. It's quite slick and it infuriates Red Hat.
+  - You want better choices for advanced filesystems. Solution: Move to Debian, Devuan, Ubuntu Server, or FreeBSD and use either ZFS-on-Linux (or native ZFS in FreeBSD) or migrate to BTRFS when it stabilizes. Also, see if you might be able to get a specific feature by combining [[https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LVM#Features|LVM2 features]] with other filesystems. For example, Reiser4 has compression support and LVM2 has thin provisioning and advanced caching.
+  - You want to move to a distro with a stable upgrade path. **Solution:** Switch to FreeBSD if possible or use a less buggy distro like Oracle Enterprise Linux (though it still has some nasty landmines during upgrades we've seen, it's better than RHEL's terrible "backup everything and hope real hard." upgrade procedure).