[HN Gopher] Alpine Linux: Brilliant Linux Distro
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Alpine Linux: Brilliant Linux Distro
Author : lastdong
Score : 4 points
Date : 2022-03-10 22:49 UTC (11 minutes ago)
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| lastdong wrote:
| It's used to build pretty much every Docker image around us.
| Works extremely well as WSL. Super lightweight, performant, and
| the number of packages is growing strong.
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| Pair it with xcfe (or gnome or kde) and you have a super desktop,
| no more worries about RAM or background processes eating up CPU
| (looking at you Windows).
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| Yes, there's a Blender package! and many other good stuff.
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| Alpine made Linux fresh again, and yes I have 32GB of RAM and a
| fast CPU and SSD, using Alpine will make sure it stays fast
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| It needs much less than that to run, of course, it's brilliantly
| focused.
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