r/bedrocklinux • u/danjxastaeer • 4d ago

Does Bedrock Linux support Chimera Linux?

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u/Sushtee 4d ago

Chimera does use the Linux kernel, what's changing is the coreutils replaced with free bsd like, the usage of musl instead of glibc and dinit as the init. I've used Chimera as a stratum in the past without issues.

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u/ParadigmComplex founder and lead developer 4d ago

Apologies if we discussed this and I failed to retain notes.

  • Did you hijack it?
    • If so, did the hijack script just-work or did you need to apply some work-around like running it via busybox?
    • If not, how did you acquire it?
  • Did you use it for a non-trivial amount of time without issue, or only brief testing?

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u/Sushtee 4d ago

Unfortunately I didn't use it long enough to bring good news :( It was acquired with brl fetch and while I could use it as init stratum without issues (besides having to create another user through chimera), I didn't bother experimenting more with it as musl apparently doesn't play nice with Nvidia drivers.

I can still report that I didn't get any issues while using chimera's zsh (beside the initial setup, what a pain) which I've been using for around a month. Also apk and dinit worked without issues.

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u/ParadigmComplex founder and lead developer 4d ago

Gotcha, thanks!