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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderHonestly, at first I wasn't too surprised by this, but as I thought about it some more, it's actually pretty damned impressive. Boiling it down a bit, would it be fair to call this a "more universal AUR/yaourt"?
Reminder about alternatives: For the less extreme case, when you want mostly one distro, but also a few packages from another one, there is “alien” [0] which converts between different package formats. It sometimes needs help with system integration or dependencies, but occasionally “just works” For a more extreme case, there is a schroot (or a docker container) with /home, audio and X mapped in. Works surprisingly well for desktop apps, like those embedded IDEs which require a specific Linux…
>"Bedrock Linux is a meta Linux distribution which allows users to mix-and-match components from other, typically incompatible distributions." https://bedrocklinux.org/faq.html >"How does Bedrock Linux Work? [...] Bedrock has different strategies for different subsystems. Its most widely used strategy is to: o Organize the system's files and processes into units called strata. Think of these as chroots with selective holes punched in them. o Make resources such as executables and fonts available across stratum…
Butchered title (Bedrock Linux), popular in: 2021 (203 points, 105 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25983759 2013 (242 points, 62 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6504878
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 496
- Total comments
- 173
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-21 | Bedrock Linux - Combine Benefits of Multiple Distros | myko | 3 | 0 |
| 2013-10-06 | Bedrock LinuxFirst breakout · Best thread | duggieawesome | 242 | 62 |
| 2019-09-15 | Bedrock Linux | big_chungus | 4 | 0 |
| 2020-05-21 | Bedrock Linux: Mix and match components from different distros | edjroot | 6 | 0 |
| 2020-11-06 | Bedrock Linux: meta distro that lets users mix components from other distros | akvadrako | 4 | 0 |
| 2021-01-31 | Bedrock Linux – a meta Linux distributionHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | rhencke | 203 | 105 |
| 2022-06-02 | Bedrock Linux – a meta distro for mixing-and-matching components from distros | pmoriarty | 8 | 0 |
| 2023-01-30 | Bedrock Linux | winterqt | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-08-17 | Bedrock Linux | peter_d_sherman | 13 | 2 |
| 2025-12-07 | Bedrock Linux is a meta Linux distribution which allows users to mix-and-match | doener | 4 | 2 |
| 2026-03-08 | Bedrock Linux | lemper | 3 | 2 |
| 2026-04-27 | Bedrock Linux: A Meta-Distribution for Combining Parts of Other Distros | ffin | 3 | 0 |