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What are my options? Is there any Linux distro that uses something like my scheme? Can some distro be modified to work like I want it (Gentoo??) or do I need LFS? Is there any prior art in this area? Like publications on if the scheme is feasible or unfeasible?

Not looking for OS X. :) But OS X-inspired is totally ok.

I've provided a list at this Software Recommendations SE answer:

Compliant

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Name	Version
Arch Linux	>= 2024.07.01
SUSE Linux Enterprise	>= 15.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)	>= 9
Fedora	>= 40
Ubuntu	>= 24.04
Debian	>= 12 (Bookworm) ^Debian_citation
openSUSE Tumbleweed

Non-Compliant

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Name	Version
GoboLinux	<= 017
NixOS	<= 24.05
The Android Open Source Project (AOSP)	<= 14 ^AOSP_citation

I've duplicated the content because the question asked is more broad - not solely about Linux-based OSes, so I removed the unnecessary kernel column.

What are my options? Is there any Linux distro that uses something like my scheme? Can some distro be modified to work like I want it (Gentoo??) or do I need LFS? Is there any prior art in this area? Like publications on if the scheme is feasible or unfeasible?

Not looking for OS X. :) But OS X-inspired is totally ok.

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I've provided a list at this Software Recommendations SE answer:

Compliant

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Name	Version
Arch Linux	>= 2024.07.01
SUSE Linux Enterprise	>= 15.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)	>= 9
Fedora	>= 40
Ubuntu	>= 24.04
Debian	>= 12 (Bookworm) ^Debian_citation
openSUSE Tumbleweed

Non-Compliant

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Name	Version
GoboLinux	<= 017
NixOS	<= 24.05
The Android Open Source Project (AOSP)	<= 14 ^AOSP_citation

I've duplicated the content because the question asked is more broad - not solely about Linux-based OSes, so I removed the unnecessary kernel column.

Verification Example

The hierarchy of the AOSP filesystem is similar to what you have described, because each package is isolated within /data.



 https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage demonstrates this. However, should you want to confirm:

1. • Outside the OS:

     adb 

   • Alternatively, from within AOSP:

      shell 

2. tree 

provides evidence that superuser access is available.

I have created a comprehensive list of such OSes at https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/90902/73901.

AOSP

The hierarchy of the AOSP filesystem is similar to what you have described, because each package is isolated within /data.



 https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage demonstrates this. However, should you want to confirm:

1. • Outside the OS:

     adb 

   • Alternatively, from within AOSP:

      shell 

2. tree 

provides evidence that superuser access is available.

What are my options? Is there any Linux distro that uses something like my scheme? Can some distro be modified to work like I want it (Gentoo??) or do I need LFS? Is there any prior art in this area? Like publications on if the scheme is feasible or unfeasible?

Not looking for OS X. :) But OS X-inspired is totally ok.

I've provided a list at this Software Recommendations SE answer:

Compliant

---

Name	Version
Arch Linux	>= 2024.07.01
SUSE Linux Enterprise	>= 15.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)	>= 9
Fedora	>= 40
Ubuntu	>= 24.04
Debian	>= 12 (Bookworm) ^Debian_citation
openSUSE Tumbleweed

Non-Compliant

---

Name	Version
GoboLinux	<= 017
NixOS	<= 24.05
The Android Open Source Project (AOSP)	<= 14 ^AOSP_citation

I've duplicated the content because the question asked is more broad - not solely about Linux-based OSes, so I removed the unnecessary kernel column.

The hierarchy of the AOSP filesystem is similar to what you have described, because each package is isolated within /data.



 https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage demonstrates this. However, should you want to confirm:

1. • Outside the OS:

     adb 

   • Alternatively, from within AOSP:

      shell 

2. tree 

provides evidence that superuser access is available.

I have created a comprehensive list of such OSes at https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/90902/73901.

AOSP

The hierarchy of the AOSP filesystem is similar to what you have described, because each package is isolated within /data.



 https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage demonstrates this. However, should you want to confirm:

1. • Outside the OS:

     adb 

   • Alternatively, from within AOSP:

      shell 

2. tree 

provides evidence that superuser access is available.