codeHaiku 

I would like to say the #alpinelinux is better than #archlinux. It also is lightweight, has a faster package manager, has a concise wiki, and good community support.

There, it has been said. I'm going to leave now as I nervously look over my shoulder.

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May 15, 2022 at 4:41pmWeb
Show threadjason123santaMay 15, 2022
@codeHaiku and then fedora is better then all
Though I don't like fedora for older computers because it uses more ram then other distros
Show threadcodeHaiku May 15, 2022
@jason123santa It's a bit bulky when compared to other lightweight distros. And dnf is soooo slow. I do like the semi-rolling approach though.
Show threadfatboy May 15, 2022
@codeHaiku Alpine is really good. I had a go at it once, but couldn't get a gui to start.
Keen to try again though
Show threadcodeHaiku May 15, 2022
@fatboy Check the wiki. Start with xorg and then choose a DE. I am tempted to make one of my machines an Alpine based machine with GUI and flatpaks.
Show threadDistractedMOSFETMay 15, 2022
@codeHaiku I've given myself a challenge recently to try to write a wiki server that can reliably run on a single-core 512 MB RAM server (or maybe even less?) and I'm probably going to end up using Alpine for the OS. A fresh boot in a VM was only at 41 MB of RAM used. Pretty impressive! Musl + Busybox + OpenRC suggests they're making all the right decisions.
Show threadcodeHaiku May 15, 2022
@distractedmosfet Yes. I think it is an awesome base for many projects.
Show threadMackajJun 23, 2022

@codeHaiku

Being small and lightweight it's also quite popular for use with Containers ( e.g. docker ).

Show threadcodeHaiku Jun 23, 2022
@mackaj That's exactly what I use it for.