Bedrock Linux: A wonderful Linux Metadistribution out of the ordinary

In many publications of the Internet and Blog DesdeLinux it has become clear to us, the immensity of proposals, alternatives and uses that GNU / Linux Distros they can reach. AND BedrockLinux is a good example of those limits.

BedrockLinux is a striking development of Free software en forma de GNU / Linux metadistribution which basically allows its users, the enjoy the many different features, functionalities or benefits of various GNU / Linux Distributions, which are often typically "Mutually exclusive", that is, incompatible, especially in terms of packages and commands.

According to its developers in its Official website, BedrockLinux is

"Una Linux meta-distribution that allows users to use features of other distributions, typically mutually exclusive. Essentially, with it users can mix and match components as desired".

But exactly what does that mean?

It means that, for example, and it is our practical case to be exploited in this article, we could have a GNU / Linux distribution MX Linux 19 o DEBIAN-10, install BedrockLinux, and on the latter, host a different Distro compatible or not, such as Arch Linux, inside a kind of container called Stratum.

However, BedrockLinux in your current development version, version number 0.7, supports the installation of GNU / Linux Distros following: alpine, arch, centos, debian, devuan, exherbo, exherbo-musl, fedora, gentoo, ubuntu, void, and void-musl.

BedrockLinux

What else is Bedrock Linux capable of?

In detail one could install BedrockLinux on a modern Distro and easily get on it:

• Use old / stable CentOS or DEBIAN distribution.
• Install Arch Linux and have access to its next generation packages or AUR repos.
• Being able to automate the compilation of packages with the Gentoo portage.
• Get libraries compatibility with Ubuntu, such as for proprietary desktop-oriented software.
• Achieve CentOS library compatibility, such as for proprietary workstation / server oriented software.

Among many other possibilities. So that, BedrockLinux basically offers the power to enjoy all of that, at the same time, on a "Highly cohesive Operating System".

How to install Bedrock Linux on MX Linux 19 and / or DEBIAN 10?

BedrockLinux officially supports its installation on a GNU / Linux DEBIAN distribution, including its current version, that is, version 10 (Buster). However, it does not officially support its installation on MX Linux, in any of its versions. But, for our practical case, as we said before, we will install on a Distribution MX Linux 19.1, 64-bit, which in turn is based on DEBIAN-10.

Steps

Download and run the Installation Script for DEBIAN Distributions - 32/64 bits

wget https://github.com/bedrocklinux/bedrocklinux-userland/releases/download/0.7.13/bedrock-linux-0.7.13-x86_64.sh

sudo sh Descargas/bedrock-linux-0.7.13-x86_64.sh --hijack

See the tutorial or manual of use available of Bedrock Linux

brl tutorial basics

Access help for Bedrock Linux command options and parameters

/bedrock/bin/brl --help

Run basic commands on Bedrock Linux

sudo brl update

sudo brl version

sudo brl status

List GNU / Linux Distros available to install

brl fetch --list

Install GNU / Linux Arch Distros

brl fetch arch

Validate commands or packages for each Distro (Base and Content)

brl which comando/paquete

Examples of command execution on the Arch Distro installed with Bedrock Linux

• Update Arch base

sudo strat arch pacman -Sy

sudo strat arch pacman -Syu

• Install various packages on Arch base

sudo strat arch pacman -S fakeroot binutils sudo nano git

• Edit Repositories Configuration File to Add Arch AUR Repos

sudo strat arch nano /etc/pacman.conf

Add the following text fragment to the end of the configuration file:

[archlinuxfr]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch

Save and exit the configuration file.

• Install Arch AUR Repos package with git
  

sudo strat arch git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paquete.git

sudo chmod 755 -R /home/sysadmin/paquete_git

sudo chmod 755 -R /home/sysadmin/paquete_git

cd /paquete_git

strat arch makepkg -si

Notes

In the case of Arch and possibly other Distros to be installed, they are images minimum installation bases, surely they must be optimized and configured by the user to achieve a balanced and solid use of them, by installing packages and performing various configurations in configuration files.

To support us in the installation of BedrockLinux you can check the following link, and to see what GNU / Linux Distros can be used to perform the installation of the same, the following link. And to know which installation script of version 0.7 are available, the following link.

Conclusion

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