This is how it feels to install a bare non-configured @alpinelinux on a HDD: <https://asciinema.org/a/1249303>. The cast may be downloaded as a text file with steps you may repeat.
Recorded 12.06.2026 with @asciinema.
The main command is: `# (export ROOTFS=xfs DISKOPTS="-Lev -m sys"; setup-alpine)`.
If you want to fine-tune their great CLI setup wizard more precisely, explore the sources here: <https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/alpine-conf>.
Let me know if you want more asciicasts from me.
We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.24.0, the first release in the v3.24 stable series.
https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.24.0-released.html
The installer (setup-alpine) now supports limine as bootloader, and includes ipv6 support
# Disclaimer: Learn To Read
I try not to obtrude my opinions about systemd, NixOS or ruby, which you may think. I do have opinions but I'm not experienced enough with these tools.
Instead I want to say that I would like to keep my software stack lite and highly configurable/flexible.
I try to pitch facts and reasons explaining my choices, not my immature and uncorroborated opinions. Maybe I also slightly promote the tools I love.
Think up what is missing responsibly.
Gentoo and me:
— Ilya, would you like to generate initramfs image with Dracut?
— Yes, sure.
— Ok, you will need to compile ruby from sources.
— What? I would like to keep my tech stack lite. Is Dracut written in Ruby?
— No, but it uses Ruby's asciidoctor to generate man pages (manuals). See: <https://bugs.gentoo.org/970670>.
Microsoft:
You have to write a cmd.exe script for #WinVOS. We can't afford #PowerShell!
Their junior (via #VibeCoding?):
```sh-session
$ grep powershell ./winvos/GenImage/GenImage.cmd
for /F "usebackq" %%a in (`powershell -c "Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMddHHmmssff'" 2^>nul`) do set ts_LocalDateTime=%%a
```
Explanation: I see no sense in confining yourself within .cmd if you can write the whole script in a more advanced PowerShell.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@ilyaigpetrov/115934041918360165
— Should so rarely released products like AOSP still be considered free software?
— "Android is intentionally and explicitly an open source effort (as opposed to free software)."
— Is Android open source?
— Yes, we publish its sources twice per century.
P.S. At least Google still shares it which I appreciate.
Modern Linux kernels are shipped with the fb (framebuffer) built-in module so you may launch Telegram in a virtual console without any windowing system via `$ (export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=linuxfb; Telegram)` (w/o tmux). Unfortunately my touchpad misbehaves in this mode.
Alpine Linux 
