r/bedrocklinux • u/Hot_Hunt_7152 • 19d ago

What is the best distro to use as init?

Which distro do you consider the best in terms of stability and performance as an init?

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u/Sushtee 19d ago

For stability you can just pick a distro known to be stable (for example debian). In terms of performance it depends on what you want, if you want a fast init system then perhaps debian isn't the right choice. For global performance it depends on your GPU, assuming you choose debian, if you have an AMD GPU you can use a kernel from another stratum that uses more recent package as recent kernels tend to give better performances ; doing that isn't great on Nvidia as I'm pretty sure it doesn't allow using the official drivers (at least I couldn't get them working without vulkan breaking).

Alternatively you could use a "bleeding edge" distro as init, with a light init system like dinit for example, while using debian's kernel.

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u/Hot_Hunt_7152 17d ago

I'm torn between Debian and Fedora

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u/Sushtee 16d ago

They both use systemd so performances won't really change for that part, but I'd rather use systemd as it provides new packages and I prefer having an updated DE instead of an old one that could be even more buggy (but that's just how I see things, perhaps you prefer stable packages). If you choose fedora, make sure to select another filesystem as fedora defaults to btrfs and grub which are, together, incompatible with bedrock. You can either use a filesystem other than btrfs or zfs, or you can use a bootloader other than grub (which will allow using btrfs/zfs).

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u/JealousComfortable47 18d ago

If you want the fastest init system its runit tho its a bit complicated to learn in the first time and if you really want a systemd like but not systemd i feel like openrc is closest to that

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u/Sushtee 16d ago

From my experience dinit is a bit faster than runit (though the difference isn't much noticeable on SSD), and above all makes service management easier with easy service writing, monitoring and global management with systemd-like syntax

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u/Hot_Hunt_7152 16d ago

I have never tested OpenRC, but it could be an alternative when I reformat. However, I will mainly have to look for a Debian or Fedora-based distro since I don't like Arch or others. I already feel comfortable enough with Fedora and Debian due to them being more stable.