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authorMaximilian Bosch <maximilian@mbosch.me>2022-12-09 11:34:05 +0100
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nixos/doc: suggest using the latest longterm kernel for ZFS
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 ## ZFS {#sec-linux-zfs}
 
 It's a common issue that the latest stable version of ZFS doesn't support the latest
-available Linux kernel. It's possible to pin the system to the latest available kernel
+available Linux kernel. It is recommended to use the latest available LTS that's compatible
+with ZFS. Usually this is the default kernel provided by nixpkgs (i.e. `pkgs.linuxPackages`).
+
+Alternatively, it's possible to pin the system to the latest available kernel
 version *that is supported by ZFS* like this:
 
 ```nix