In February last year I wrote about running a FreeBSD desktop, and concluded that sometimes you need to give yourself permission to tinker.
Well recently I’ve started tinkering with Alpine Linux! It’s been recommended to me for years, so I’m finally getting around to checking it out. There’s a lot to like if you come from BSD, which we’ll dig into here.
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Just a quick look at this unexpectedly popular Linux distribution that really has its own identity.
I wonder what they would think about Chimera Linux:
https://chimera-linux.org/
I’ve been planning to give this one a serious shot for a while as it ticks a lot of my boxes. I just got a new (to me) AMD based system I intend to use for testing distros since my previous machine for this simply doesn’t play well with some alternative OSes like Haiku. I think Chimera will be the first test of something other than my usual Void or OpenBSD on it.
As for Alpine, it certainly is one of the most versatile Linux based operating systems I’ve ever used. It’s not really great as a desktop OS in my experience, but it’s excellent for single-purpose use cases and in containers. APK is one of the fastest and easiest package managers to learn as well, rivaling Void’s XBPS in both departments.
Interestingly, Chimera uses APK as well ( APK version 3 ).
https://chimera-linux.org/docs/apk
Alpine is great! server, VMs, and the desktop.
Did Alpine fix their odd IPv6 configuration? That was the final straw for me last time.