Bedrock Linux

Bedrock Linux is a meta Linux distribution which allows users to mix-and-match components from other, typically incompatible distributions. Bedrock integrates these components into one largely cohesive system.

For example, one could have:

• Debian's stable coreutils
• Arch's cutting edge kernel
• Void's runit init system
• A pdf reader with custom patches automatically maintained by Gentoo's portage
• A font from Arch's AUR
• Games running against Ubuntu's libraries
• Business software running against CentOS's libraries

All at the same time and working together mostly as though they were packaged for the same distribution.

Bedrock Linux 0.7.29 released

2023-08-06

• Build system updates
• Fixed brl-fetch Arch
• Fixed brl-fetch Artix
• Fixed brl-fetch Exherbo
• Fixed brl-fetch Fedora
• Improve build system dynamic link detection
• Various dependency updates
• Work-around systemd shutdown freeze

Bedrock Linux 0.7.28 released

2022-08-11

• Improved brl-fetch handling of GPT and multi-partition images
• Removed redundant Ubuntu vt.handoff hack handling
• Fixed brl-fetch arch, artix, gentoo, exherbo

Bedrock Linux 0.7.27 released

2022-03-02

• Fixed brl-fetch arch

Bedrock Linux 0.7.26 released

2022-01-21

• Fixed GRUB+BTRFS check false-positives.

Bedrock Linux 0.7.25 released

2022-01-10

• Fixed brl-fetch centos
• Fixed brl-fetch fedora
• Fixed brl-fetch gentoo
• Improved brl-fetch error message
• Improved systemd 250 shutdown performance
• Increased hijack-time GRUB+BTRFS detection sensitivity

Bedrock Linux 0.7.24 released

2021-11-16

A point update has been released for 0.7. To update to it, run brl update as root.

• Added pmm zsh completion
• Fixed brl zsh completion
• Fixed brl-fetch centos
• Fixed brl-fetch fedora locale
• Fixed brl-fetch ubuntu
• Fixed resolve.conf handling with some distros/inits
• Improved theoretical robustness of init selection menu

Bedrock Linux 0.7.23 released

2021-08-26

A point update has been released for 0.7. To update to it, run brl update as root.

• Add support for s6
• Security updates for openssl

Bedrock Linux 0.7.22 released

2021-07-28

A point update has been released for 0.7. To update to it, run brl update as root.

• Added code to handle errant program clearing modules.dep
• Fixed brl-fetch debian for bullseye
• Fixed hijacked GRUB theme handling
• Fixed resolv.conf on some distros

PSA on new kernels, zstd, and inits

2021-07-26

Some distros are now distributing Linux kernels with zstd-compressed modules. For everything to work, these must be paired with inits (more specifically device managers such as udev) from distros which also support this functionality. A zstd kernel, such as from Arch, paired with a pre-zstd init/udev, such as from Debian, may result in apparent hardware issues as modules fail to dynamically load.