When comparing Bedrock vs CRUX, the Slant community recommends CRUX for most people. In the question“What are the best Linux distros that don't use systemd?” CRUX is ranked 9th while Bedrock is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose CRUX is:
It uses the BSD ports system as package manager.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Choose your init system
Pro Choose your package manager
Pro Virtually every pro from every linux distro
Since Bedrock lets you pick and choose the best parts from each distro, every single pro from each distro applies to Bedrock.
Pro Pick and choose what you want from other distros
Want Debian's stable base and Arch's pacman for bleeding edge packages?
Want the security of Qubes OS and Gentoo's portage?
With the correct setup all this can be achieved.
Pro Ports
It uses the BSD ports system as package manager.
Pro Very BSD/UNIX-like
Pro Learning
Nice if you want to learn some stuff about Linux.
Pro Very knowledgeable and helpful user comunity via IRC
Cons
Con Often increases boot times
Since Bedrock has to load the strata before handing control to the chosen init system, it can make booting your machine take longer.
Con Difficulty setting up
Bedrock can be challenging to setup properly with the correct strata.
Con Very small user community
Con KISS
You have to do everything by yourself, there are no helpers!