Yeah, reading the introduction-page actually, and got the joke now. Meta-Linux, building a system with components from all. Interesting but to much hassle. If I need something from a different distro there are tools like distrobox.
If I need something from a different distro there are tools like distrobox.
Yeah. I’ve never really bothered with distrobox, having already been using bedrock since 2012.
Interesting but to much hassle.
In many ways, bedrock makes things less hassle.
It’s quite a joy being able to “install” (“fetch”) many distros with one command.
Easiest way I know to install gentoo. sudo brl fetch gentoo. And can take ones time configuring it, already being in the comfort of whatever other strata already hijacked and fetched. Much less hassle than the rigmarole of a proper stage3 install following the handbook. It’s sorta like you get to choose your favourite installer of whichever distro, as a way to install gentoo. (On this computer, for a change I tried MXLinux to hijack, and fetched gentoo (and artix and void). On the computer to my left, I installed AntiX, and fetched gentoo (and artix and void)).
If something goes catastrophically wrong with one strata, there are others to fall back on. Very robust. Spares a lot of hassle. Gives a lot of leeway to go meddling with things. :)
Various fixed release distros, can be upgraded by fetching (or importing) the new, aside the old, sparing further potential hassles of in-place dist-upgrades, and certainly less hassle than complete make backup, wipe, reboot, reinstall, reboot, restore backup.
No need to wrestle packaging difficulties of one distro, when something’s available from another, and it all “just works” together with the other distros (like the website gives several examples of).
And many more examples.
But yeah, in some ways it’s adding hassles too. Gains and losses.
“All of the above” = BedrockLinux ?
… “Since you know all commands”
Okay, tbh, never heard about it.
It’s not for everyone.
Takes a fair bit of reading to understand.
Makes file paths longer.
Likely requires already knowing several distros.
Yeah, reading the introduction-page actually, and got the joke now. Meta-Linux, building a system with components from all. Interesting but to much hassle. If I need something from a different distro there are tools like distrobox.
Yeah. I’ve never really bothered with distrobox, having already been using bedrock since 2012.
In many ways, bedrock makes things less hassle.
sudo brl fetch gentoo. And can take ones time configuring it, already being in the comfort of whatever other strata already hijacked and fetched. Much less hassle than the rigmarole of a proper stage3 install following the handbook. It’s sorta like you get to choose your favourite installer of whichever distro, as a way to install gentoo. (On this computer, for a change I tried MXLinux to hijack, and fetched gentoo (and artix and void). On the computer to my left, I installed AntiX, and fetched gentoo (and artix and void)).But yeah, in some ways it’s adding hassles too. Gains and losses.