kdschhello from #alpinelinux.
it's running well from a spare microSD card. installed today.
I thought my days of #linux tinkering were over. apparently not.
BToday might be the day to tinker with Alpine + XFCE and see how well I can get on with it.
JdeBPThose are unrealistically optimistic expectations of both the politics and the legislative procedure. This #CaliforniaLaw is nigh-on certain to come into effect as-is, come 2027-01-01.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/116267717491590937
And at last count, #AlpineLinux now faces the same laws, with state-specific variations that are bound to introduce complexities, coming up in Colorado, Illinois, and New York. (I haven't directly tracked down the bill in any other states, but I've seen reports of at least one more.)
@RunxiYu
#NewYorkLaw #CaliforniaLaw #ColoradoLaw #IllinoisLaw #AgeVerification
Generic PersonAlright, so #FreeBSD didn't work on my laptop (it couldn't even find the boot device). Next I'll try #AlpineLinux on my laptop to see how it works! 😄
EF@XLibreDev @devuan #alpinelinux #voidlinux #artixlinux all run inits that are not systemd. #xlibre available on all (hoping official packages appear sometime)
Root Moose"Upgraded" an old MacBookPro10.2 (early 2013) from Debian to Alpine Linux. Bit a pain remembering how to get the Broadcom B43 driver installed but not a big deal (Thanks, Alpine Wiki!).
Nice, snappy little machine with a fantabulous screen. It's ancient (Ivy Bridge i5-3230M!) but still very usable for light duty computing.
This machine will probably live in the garage so I can stop using my big, "good" laptop for connecting to OBD ports and flashing crap and whatnot.
@torsten @tealeg generic was meant not aimed at a preferred uae such as corporate boxes rather than suggesting #alpinelinux was normal. I run it for a reason in that it beats everything else I have tried.
@tealeg try a more generic distro like #alpinelinux. Not all distros are equal.
novaTopFlexHype for the Future 139H → Alpine Linux: What to Expect
Introduction Alpine is a distribution of the Linux kernel with modern 32-bit and 64-bit variants and is one of a few rare distributions of Linux to continue to fully support 32-bit systems and associated configurations. Whether with the 32-bit or 64-bit installations of the distribution, the Alpine Linux distribution is an optimal solution for lightweight desktops and especially for servers and virtual machines. As a basic implementation of the Linux kernel, default implementations--even at […]
Been doing a little anecdotal cross comparing Alpine versus Chimera for little things that I stub my toe on every once in a while.
I notice that Chimera already has Plasma 6.6 since it is a rolling release. I expect for Alpine it'll come with 3.24 in May. Which is fine of course - no one died waiting for a point release. Ha.
I wanted to dump ImageMagick for an alternative method to CLI bulk convert webp images. Alpine has libwepb-tools and ffmpeg (fishing with nukes), but wanted to try gmic. It is in (a)testing but complains that libImath is not available. Edge has it so will be in 3.24 I guess. Chimera installed it without issue.
Alpine doesn't rely on Flatpak as much for the stuff I use compared to Chimera but that's no big deal, especially coming from Debian.
I have nothing scientific (metrics) to back this up but Chimera seems to run like a scalded cat in a VM, even compared to Alpine after coming from Debian. May need to reinstall on real hardware & verify.
Fun!