QOTD: What are some (GNU/|)Linux distributions that think outside the box? I’ll start.

  • Bedrock Linux - A “meta distribution” that uses black magic to install packages from any distribution you can think of
  • GoboLinux - A distribution that uses black magic to eradicate the standard filesystem hierarchy and give each package its own directory tree, e.g. /Programs/GCC/9.2.0. It’s been around for a whopping 21 years.

There are also the well-known ones like NixOS, Qubes, and even Gentoo but I don’t see those two mentioned very often.

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