▲ 115 ▼ Alpine Linux does not make the news (drewdevault.com) submitted 3 years ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago (2 children) Because its a "niche" distro (like OpenBSD) that does not have a "real" purpose. As in, its niche is not "mandatory" by any means. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dsemy@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) It’s just a general purpose distro… What is the “real” purpose of Debian or Arch? And it’s really not that niche - many Docker images are based on it, postmarketOS is based on it. Also OpenBSD is not a distro, it’s a completely different OS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GustavoM@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) What is the “real” purpose of Debian or Arch? I should have been more clear -- Debian/Arch "just works" and (both low/mid/high users) do not need of anything beyond that. And both Alpine/OpenBSD do not provide an extra "need" to anything of what both Debian/Arch already does. Unless if Alpine and/or OpenBSD provides a feature that makes Arch/Debian obsolete in any way.... then yep, both will become more relevant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dsemy@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Judging by various posts I’ve seen Arch and Debian both don’t “just work” for many users. Also I really don’t get your point about providing a feature to make others “obsolete”… what do popular distros like Manjaro or Mint provide that make Arch/Ubuntu obsolete? And at least Manjaro has managed to be in the news quite a few times unfortunately. The point of the article is that Alpine works, both on a technical level and as a project, without unnecessary drama. I’d (mostly) say the same about OpenBSD too, btw. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] GustavoM@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago both don’t “just work” for many users. ...Windows users (migrating from Windows to Linux or just "posers") do not count. :^) permalink fedilink source parent [+] potosi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GustavoM@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago Alpine linux has plenty of cases pretty good for servers a fast package manager ...which are easily surpassed by (pretty much any distro). And idk why you highlighted those like its a some sort of "deal breaker" for whoever wants a stable/reliable distro -- even a potato (486 and down) can run apt (which is terribly slow compared to any other package manager) incredibly fast nowadays. If those are (still) issues that are considered to be critical by you.... then eh, I'm afraid to say that it's a (You) problem. :^) bro (insert thuglife 12 year old here) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dsemy@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) It’s just a general purpose distro… What is the “real” purpose of Debian or Arch? And it’s really not that niche - many Docker images are based on it, postmarketOS is based on it. Also OpenBSD is not a distro, it’s a completely different OS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GustavoM@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) What is the “real” purpose of Debian or Arch? I should have been more clear -- Debian/Arch "just works" and (both low/mid/high users) do not need of anything beyond that. And both Alpine/OpenBSD do not provide an extra "need" to anything of what both Debian/Arch already does. Unless if Alpine and/or OpenBSD provides a feature that makes Arch/Debian obsolete in any way.... then yep, both will become more relevant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dsemy@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Judging by various posts I’ve seen Arch and Debian both don’t “just work” for many users. Also I really don’t get your point about providing a feature to make others “obsolete”… what do popular distros like Manjaro or Mint provide that make Arch/Ubuntu obsolete? And at least Manjaro has managed to be in the news quite a few times unfortunately. The point of the article is that Alpine works, both on a technical level and as a project, without unnecessary drama. I’d (mostly) say the same about OpenBSD too, btw. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] GustavoM@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago both don’t “just work” for many users. ...Windows users (migrating from Windows to Linux or just "posers") do not count. :^) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) What is the “real” purpose of Debian or Arch? I should have been more clear -- Debian/Arch "just works" and (both low/mid/high users) do not need of anything beyond that. And both Alpine/OpenBSD do not provide an extra "need" to anything of what both Debian/Arch already does. Unless if Alpine and/or OpenBSD provides a feature that makes Arch/Debian obsolete in any way.... then yep, both will become more relevant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dsemy@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Judging by various posts I’ve seen Arch and Debian both don’t “just work” for many users. Also I really don’t get your point about providing a feature to make others “obsolete”… what do popular distros like Manjaro or Mint provide that make Arch/Ubuntu obsolete? And at least Manjaro has managed to be in the news quite a few times unfortunately. The point of the article is that Alpine works, both on a technical level and as a project, without unnecessary drama. I’d (mostly) say the same about OpenBSD too, btw. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] GustavoM@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago both don’t “just work” for many users. ...Windows users (migrating from Windows to Linux or just "posers") do not count. :^) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dsemy@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Judging by various posts I’ve seen Arch and Debian both don’t “just work” for many users. Also I really don’t get your point about providing a feature to make others “obsolete”… what do popular distros like Manjaro or Mint provide that make Arch/Ubuntu obsolete? And at least Manjaro has managed to be in the news quite a few times unfortunately. The point of the article is that Alpine works, both on a technical level and as a project, without unnecessary drama. I’d (mostly) say the same about OpenBSD too, btw. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] GustavoM@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago both don’t “just work” for many users. ...Windows users (migrating from Windows to Linux or just "posers") do not count. :^) permalink fedilink source parent
[+] GustavoM@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago both don’t “just work” for many users. ...Windows users (migrating from Windows to Linux or just "posers") do not count. :^) permalink fedilink source parent
[+] potosi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GustavoM@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago Alpine linux has plenty of cases pretty good for servers a fast package manager ...which are easily surpassed by (pretty much any distro). And idk why you highlighted those like its a some sort of "deal breaker" for whoever wants a stable/reliable distro -- even a potato (486 and down) can run apt (which is terribly slow compared to any other package manager) incredibly fast nowadays. If those are (still) issues that are considered to be critical by you.... then eh, I'm afraid to say that it's a (You) problem. :^) bro (insert thuglife 12 year old here) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago Alpine linux has plenty of cases pretty good for servers a fast package manager ...which are easily surpassed by (pretty much any distro). And idk why you highlighted those like its a some sort of "deal breaker" for whoever wants a stable/reliable distro -- even a potato (486 and down) can run apt (which is terribly slow compared to any other package manager) incredibly fast nowadays. If those are (still) issues that are considered to be critical by you.... then eh, I'm afraid to say that it's a (You) problem. :^) bro (insert thuglife 12 year old here) permalink fedilink source parent