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So in your view, having even a single GNU tool installed, or even available for installation, means you're using "GNU/Linux"? Alpine uses musl and busybox rathe
by lonjil 5y ago
So in your view, having even a single GNU tool installed, or even available for installation, means you're using "GNU/Linux"? Alpine uses musl and busybox rather than the more common GNU equivalents.
Kernel overcommit has nothing to do with GNU, but default stack size has a lot to do with which libc you use. Musl has a different default than glibc. Overcommit is mentioned because it is the justification for glibc having a large stack size by default. Musl has defaults that make fewer assumptions about how the system is configured.
- ohazi 5y agoOkay, that's fair. I was confused and responded in frustration. Maybe glibc vs. musl would have been more clear than "GNU/Linux" vs. "Alpine". I still think only referring to it as "Alpine" and not once calling it "Alpine Linux" is weird.