I saw a couple of videos about using Alpine as a desktop OS. I would like to try that as well on a family laptop, since Alpine is a pretty lightweight and secure distro (mostly used for containers). Does anyone already do that and can share some real-life experiences about Alpine as a daily driver?
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10 sats \ 7 replies \ @Malachi17 2 Mar
About half a year ago it definitely wasn't ready for that kind of use as the documentation was lacking and being re-developed.
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10 sats \ 6 replies \ @MattInTech OP 2 Mar
The documentation is still pretty bad from what I’ve seen… but to be fair, the documentation of half of the most common distros is far from being high quality and user friendly
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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @Malachi17 2 Mar
I'd say Ubuntu, Arch, openbsd, Suse, Redhat, and Debian are all quite good. So I'm not exactly sure what you mean or expect when you say "half".
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @MattInTech OP 2 Mar
True, maybe “half” is not that fair. In my experience suse’s doc is great, arch great as well, Ubuntu decent but the active community helps you find what you need, Fedora is just a disgrace. You would expect Alpine to have excellent documentation, due to its focus on containerized professional workflows. Maybe that’s the point, Alpine appeals more to developers and IT professionals than end users
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @OgFOMK 2 Mar
Linux Mint has been my go to for about 10 years. They have 4 flavors.
Very good distribution and community. Based on Ubuntu but a bit prettier and not as focused on a new UI.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Malachi17 2 Mar
I used to be a mint fan, but then one day made the mistake of removing python figuring the system wouldn't let me remove python if it needed it. Turned out, it needed it and bricked my system.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OgFOMK 3 Mar
The secret is that you can reinstall without destroying your old /home .
Anyway, I've screwed up many things and many ways. I've installed many distributions.
Have fun.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17 3 Mar
In the case I had, it wasn't possible. I later found out that Mint was getting cozier with Ubuntu, who was in turn getting cozier with Microsoft. That was enough for me to go back to my linux roots which were slax/suse.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Karlm 2 Mar freebie
No