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minus-squareBetaDoggo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoWhat’s the deal with Alpine not using GNU? Is it a technical or ideological thing? Or is it another “because we can” type distro?
minus-squareIsoSpandy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoIt’s because we can to an extreme. Extremely lightweight distro. Very nice in containers and vms. One of the most loved ones out there.
minus-squarerecarsion@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoI don’t know if people use it on desktop but with its minimal size it’s convenient as hell for docker images that don’t need a lot of dependencies installed
What’s the deal with Alpine not using GNU? Is it a technical or ideological thing? Or is it another “because we can” type distro?
It’s because we can to an extreme. Extremely lightweight distro. Very nice in containers and vms. One of the most loved ones out there.
I don’t know if people use it on desktop but with its minimal size it’s convenient as hell for docker images that don’t need a lot of dependencies installed