I wanna see a community for it cause I like using Alpine

  • @[email protected]
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    51 year ago

    Are people using it also as desktop or server OS? I only know that it is popular for docket images.

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      1 year ago

      I personally use it as a desktop.

      I don’t understand, isn’t what makes it a desktop or a server what you want to do with it?

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Yes, it is. I have only never seen it to be used for something else then docker images so far.

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          1 year ago

          Android was designed to be an OS for cameras, but was bought by google to make a smartphone OS. Not saying what you are saying isn’t true though.

          I did do a lot of configuration actually to it.

      • jerry
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        11 year ago

        Tips and tricks? I want to install on a chromebook I have, only 16gb mmc so a light distro would be great.

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          I just picked Alpine Linux for security and efficiency built in mind out of the box. It still required a lot of configuration, for lowering attack surface and hardening.

          I know you asked for a lightweight distro, but from a security standpoint, I recommend using whatever allows you to relock the bootloader. Which looking up I dont see any choice. If relocking doesnt matter, then any distro for speed is basically any distro that comes with as minimal stuff as possible.

          Also, I might be wrong so do some research

          • jerry
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            11 year ago

            Not speed so much as disk space, non-upgradeable 16g emmc severely limits the use of them. I have like 3-4 chromebooks I’d like something small on. Most distros get up to 4-7 gb once updated and equipped with desktop and browser. I’d like to see a loss of 1.5-2gb for a basic desktop.

      • @Raphael
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        01 year ago

        Alpine was created for the sole purpose of pissing off Stallman, it doesn’t have any practical use.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      It certainly makes great VMs - graphical or otherwise. I think some people use it as a super lightweight distro as well, though my attempt to install it on a less powerful PC failed (probably a firmware issue).

    • @KelsonV
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      11 year ago

      I mostly use it for VPS servers.