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 0.7.24 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.

Bedrock Linux 0.7.21 released

2021-07-19

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

Some distros are now compressing their kernel modules with zstd. Bedrock users are encouraged to update to at least this Bedrock release before booting into such a kernel.

• Added automatic restriction of cmake, dkms
• Added brl-fetch alma
• Added brl-fetch artix-s6
• Added brl-fetch rocky
• Added pmm upgrade-packages*,remove-orphans operations
• Added zstd support to modprobe
• Fixed Gentoo/portage attempting to write to /bedrock/cross/info
• Fixed booting with s6 breaking Bedrock's /run setup
• Fixed brl-fetch artix
• Fixed brl-fetch debian
• Fixed brl-fetch ubuntu

Bedrock Linux 0.7.20 released

2021-05-16

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

This includes a work around for the aforementioned Linux 5.12.3 FUSE bug.

• Added brl-import command
• Fixed brl-fetch centos
• Fixed brl-fetch localegen logic issue in some situations
• Fixed brl-fetch solus
• Fixed various pmm issues
• Improved brl SSL handling portability
• Worked around Linux kernel FUSE atomic write bug

See older news items