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Alpine might be a better choice for you, its intended use is in VMs and containers, it's actively maintained and supported, and it gets better with each release
by morganvachon 5y ago
Alpine might be a better choice for you, its intended use is in VMs and containers, it's actively maintained and supported, and it gets better with each release.
https://alpinelinux.org https://alpinelinux.org
- SyzygistSix 5y agoThank you! I very much appreciate that.
- clay-dreidels 5y agoHere is my minimalist Alpine Linux daily driver desktop. https://lamda-chops.bearblog.dev/alpine-linux/ https://lamda-chops.bearblog.dev/alpine-linux/
- morganvachon 5y agoNice setup, thanks! Just to note, the network-manager-* packages are now networkmanager-*, and the xf86-input-keyboard and xf86-input-mouse are no longer available (nor needed, I believe). Also, I see packages in your list for running under virtualization, so I'm assuming you aren't running your desktop on bare metal? I actually did a quick install using your guide on a spare machine just now, and it worked great apart from the above changes. Very nimble and usable on an old HP Stream Mini desktop with 4GB of RAM.
- clay-dreidels 5y agoThanks so much for the feedback, and I'm glad it is working for you. Yes, I was using this in VirtualBox. I now use it on bare metal, so I may show how that differentiation is made. I made the updates to the blog post.