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Re:FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service by Imustaskforhelp on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @01:33AM (#46441949)
Interesting, I had looked at postmarketos but it was too bloated for me perhaps the last time I looked as compared to tinycore which was truly super minimalist

Like is there a way to get postmarketos with something like jwm or anything small perhaps? I would love to give alpine desktop a try, I think I did the disservice of not trying it enough then if you mention this

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Re:FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @01:30PM (#46446843)
IMO the only reason to use postmarketos is if your hardware doesn't support normal Alpine. If you've got a normal x86 machine, just install Alpine, run setup-xorg-base, apk add jwm, maybe some minor setup I'm forgetting, and you're set.
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