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Re:OpenBSD KDE Plasma Desktop by steve_rambo on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @01:05AM (#38922938)
The first point equally applies to Alpine and any system built from Debian minimal install ("built" is too strong a word, all you need to do is `apt install` several packages).
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Re:OpenBSD KDE Plasma Desktop by cylinder714 on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @02:27AM (#38923386)
The trick is, figuring out the names of the packages you want. :-\ Experiment, and take notes, I guess.

I had a fun experience playing with `grml-debootstrap', GRML¹ being a command-line-oriented LiveCD built upon Debian. Once you’ve booted up, that app installs a minimal Debian instance on your computer. I haven't tried using the stock Debian `debootstrap' utility.

1: https://grml.org/

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Re:OpenBSD KDE Plasma Desktop by steve_rambo on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @06:16AM (#38924800)
I meant installing just what you need, like web servers and such. Probably should have written that in the original comment. You need to do that on any other operating system anyway, including any of the BSDs.

If you just need a plain system to drop a statically linked binary onto, Debian minimal install is perfectly usable right out of the box, and (IIRC) ships fewer components than OpenBSD.

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Re:OpenBSD KDE Plasma Desktop by cylinder714 on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @09:07AM (#38926316)
About grml-debootstrap:

https://grml.org/grml-debootstrap/

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