Post #3608930
2026-07-05 17:25 UTC
While I’m aware that it’s completely feasible and even practical to setup desktop on alpine, what drove me away was the fact we’d be ditching musl & busybox for more full-featured solutions anyway.
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@confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-05 22:14
I often see claims that Alpine linux is just for embedded systems. I wanted to highlight to other people that there is far more to Alpine than embedded systems or being used for containers. It’s mininal like void but still very flexible and capable if people are willing to work with Musl, BusyBox or OpenRC. It’s a nice option for anyone who has issues with SystemD or may want to depend less on GNU tools. Like any distribution, it doesn’t fill everyone’s wants or needs but it seems to have grown more than serving just embedded systems.
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@TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world 2026-07-12 06:09
Musl is the real reason why one would choose Void over Alpine. Glibc allocator is faster and the glibc just has better software compatibility.