We successfully conducted some experiments in which we mixed the kernel from one distribution with the userland of another one. We found that the procedure works well, except for a few issues. In this article, I will summarize the solutions.

Is it possible to install Slackware Linux when Secure Boot is enabled? Is it possible to install it in a chroot when running another Linux distribution? In this article I will review how Slackware is structured, how its installation works and how to perform a custom installation in a chroot jail (useful for Secure Boot or to create a Docker container for example).

The traditional method to create a bootable USB stick with an installation of a Linux Live distribution requires to dedicate the full USB stick to that purpose, but the total amount of required space is just few GB and the rest is wasted. This article will describe how to overcome the issue so it is not required anymore to decide the purpose of the device in advance.