I'm using Alpine on IPAD pro M4 for Linux access. The kernel version is 4.20.69. I've used for gcc, ssh, & python, Pretty thrilled to have it. Wondering what else I can do with it.
These guys only ship binaries, no docs in the pkg, no lang, no dev files, no dgb. My hole GNOME setup have around 600 pkgs occupying not much than 2GB (with all libreoffice apps and Firefox). Alpine is good for small notebooks with only 32GB of storage.
sure. why not? depends if the editor of your choice is implemented and which langage compiler you use. with huge c++ and Rust programs, you run obviously into 10 hour compilations :D
I wouldn't use Alpine as a desktop OS with a GUI and mouse - there is Lubuntu, a lightweight Ubuntu... There ARE chromium and firefox packages available for alpine, but I've never looked at it. Of course if you're the sort of person to use purely in text mode, no X, just tmux and vi ... your laptop won't even get warm :)
he goes talks about why apk is better package manager.. one read/write etc.. this is a total waste of resources. updating packages is not something done a lot on a running system i think dnf pacman is about a stable system not who can cp a file and extact.... libc musl... good work, but whywaste time on the apk... its at best a nightmare waiting to happen
a lot of use cases with Alpine are a Docker container with a single fat Go binary and a few config files, no packages. The only thing there is busybox in case you need to connect to the container and inspect the system.
This is a really good Software Engineering paradigm. A modern, memory efficient and secure platform.
Alpine is so good, im using it for virtualisation. The resource footprint is so small.
This distro is actually pretty old, now its picking up pace, with popularity of docker
I'm using Alpine on IPAD pro M4 for Linux access. The kernel version is 4.20.69. I've used for gcc, ssh, & python, Pretty thrilled to have it. Wondering what else I can do with it.
Alpine Linux is awesome. I've loved It.
Only one problem cannot use metasploit framework
I like this distro a lot
same
Hmmm.., to start with.... , 1. Where do i download Alpine Linux in its version 2.14 ?`Do i really have to spend more time to search for it ?
Google the website?
Except apt | apk comparison part, nice presentation.
How can I create .apk from python app for alpine?
we are going alpine for our java containers now...
Great!!!
Thanks
These guys only ship binaries, no docs in the pkg, no lang, no dev files, no dgb. My hole GNOME setup have around 600 pkgs occupying not much than 2GB (with all libreoffice apps and Firefox). Alpine is good for small notebooks with only 32GB of storage.
Xserver sucks. very slow.
Can it be used in an old x220 for programming?
sure. why not? depends if the editor of your choice is implemented and which langage compiler you use. with huge c++ and Rust programs, you run obviously into 10 hour compilations :D
@@shalokshalom Thanks!
I wouldn't use Alpine as a desktop OS with a GUI and mouse - there is Lubuntu, a lightweight Ubuntu...
There ARE chromium and firefox packages available for alpine, but I've never looked at it.
Of course if you're the sort of person to use purely in text mode, no X, just tmux and vi ... your laptop won't even get warm :)
he goes talks about why apk is better package manager.. one read/write etc.. this is a total waste of resources. updating packages is not something done a lot on a running system i think dnf pacman is about a stable system not who can cp a file and extact.... libc musl... good work, but whywaste time on the apk... its at best a nightmare waiting to happen
I think it's also what makes the image very small, their package manager :P
"for our use-case"
his accent is good but idk weird
Alpine linux sucks. It may be small but be prepared for package hell like back in the good old days.
because you are seeing it as distro but it is good for using with docker or small systems
it is not designed for desktop distro
It's not a desktop OS
a lot of use cases with Alpine are a Docker container with a single fat Go binary and a few config files, no packages. The only thing there is busybox in case you need to connect to the container and inspect the system.
Example of “package hell“ in Alpine?