Use multiple distributions at the same time with Bedrock Linux

Hands-On

For the tests done within the scope of this article, my choice of distributions reflected the easiest possible sample applications to guide you to a working installation as simply as possible. If you have followed everything up to this point and are fascinated by the possibilities, you will find far more detailed information in the documentation on the website, and you might also discover other application scenarios.

In any case, a day spent installing Bedrock is not a waste of time – you learn a huge amount about the Linux system. And, it is interesting to see how the developers created a pretzel out of what is a actually a pretty straight filesystem to ensure the peaceful coexistence of different distributions with different init and package systems on a single partition.

Outlook

For the next version of Bedrock (1.0beta3 "Poki"), the plan is to automate the basic installation of various distributions. For example, running the brg get distro debian release jessie command would install Debian "Jessie" and integrate it with Bedrock, thereby removing the need for what are now mandatory configuration steps.

Additional Bedrock tools are planned for future releases, such as a package manager that bundles the relevant tools from individual strata under one roof [12]. This would let you, for example, update all the installed distributions at the same time with a single command or output a list showing which version of what package is installed in which distribution.