Bedrock Linux v0.7.18 released: Linux distribution

Bedrock Linux is a Linux distribution composed of user-selected components from various other Linux distributions. For example, with Bedrock one may use the installation process from one distribution, the init from another, a window manager from a third, and a web browser from a fourth. Bedrock strives to make these components work together as transparently as possible such that for day-to-day operations it is not readily evident that the various components were originally intended for disparate distributions.

Bedrock Linux is a meta Linux distribution which allows users to utilize features from other, typically mutually exclusive distributions. Essentially, users can mix-and-match components as desired. For example, one could have:

• The bulk of the system from an old/stable distribution such as CentOS or Debian.
• Access to cutting-edge packages from Arch Linux.
• Access to Arch’s AUR.
• The ability to automate compiling packages with Gentoo’s portage
• Library compatibility with Ubuntu, such as for desktop-oriented proprietary software.
• Library compatibility with CentOS, such as for workstation/server oriented proprietary software.

Changelog v0.7.178

• Added automatic restriction of CRUX’s prt-get, pkgmk
• Added code to load modules on init to help with keyboard detection
• Added crossfs support for wayland-sessions
• Added envvar crossfs settings
• Added more setfattr hijack sanity checks
• Added pmm support for dnf short aliases
• Added retention of BEDROCK_RESTRICTION across sudo call
• Added themes, backgrounds to crossfs defaults
• Fixed /bedrock/cross/bin/X11 self-reference loop
• Fixed brl fetch –list tab completion comment
• Fixed brl priority color handling when brl colors are disabled
• Fixed brl-fetch Alpine
• Fixed brl-fetch Fedora
• Fixed brl-fetch Gentoo
• Fixed brl-fetch KISS
• Fixed brl-fetch centos
• Fixed brl-fetch devuan detection of stable release
• Fixed brl-fetch manjaro
• Fixed brl-strat completion
• Fixed detection of package manager user interface at hijack
• Fixed fish envvar handling
• Fixed overwriting system and user-set PATH entries
• Fixed pmm creation of redundant items when superseding
• Fixed pmm support for pacman,yay search-for-package-by-name
• Fixed pmm support for portage which-packages-provide-file
• Fixed pmm using supersede logic when unneeded
• Fixed portage is-file-db-available noise
• Fixed restriction of XDG_DATA_DIRS
• Fixed zprofile restriction check
• Improved brl-fetch handling of different ssl standards
• Improved brl-fetch locale-gen failure handling
• Improved brl-fetch void to use smaller base-minimal
• Improved crossfs multithread performance if openat2 available (Linux 5.6 and up)
• Improved env-var handling
• Improved etcfs debug output
• Improved plymouth handling

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