That's actually only half the story and mostly not relevant... the dkms package is still there, but ZFS is now shipped with the kernel package: lathiat@ubuntu:

That's actually only half the story and mostly not relevant... the dkms package is still there, but ZFS is now shipped with the kernel package: lathiat@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -S zfs.ko linux-image-4.4.0-35-generic: /lib/modules/4.4.0-35-generic/kernel/zfs/zfs/zfs.ko linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic: /lib/modules/4.4.0-36-generic/kernel/zfs/zfs/zfs.ko Announcement is here: https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/16/zfs-is-the-fs-for-containers-in-ubuntu-16-04/ https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/16/zfs-is-the-fs-for-con... There is a lot of debate about the licensing legality of it, and there are opposing positions from various parties. Here's the official post summarising it: http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/02/zfs-licensing-and-linux.html http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/02/zfs-licensing-and-lin...