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Re:Alpine Linux 3.15 by alexwennerberg on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @10:23AM (#29330823)
I use it as my primary OS. You have to do more setup work, there’s much less documentation/help online than more popular distros, and running proprietary software (which usually links to glibc) is probably not worth the effort. This is mostly fine for me, as I don’t do much on my computer aside from code and use a web browser — the only difficulty is most streaming video unfortunately requires Widevine. Given those limitations, I’m very happy with it: it’s very simple and I have a much better understanding of what is installed/running and why.
Re:Alpine Linux 3.15 by petercooper on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @10:28AM (#29330886)
Yeah, coding (in terminal windows only) and Web browser is what I'm thinking of using it for. I might just have to plunge in and give it a go, thanks! :)