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If you plan on trying Alpine, be aware that it's based on musl and busybox, rather than glibc and systemd, or whichever replacement you would usually go for. It's great for reproducible containers, but not so much for a desktop system
Thanks for the heads up. That is something I've taken into consideration. I am curious how long I'd last on musl.
on the flip side, Drew DeVault is perfectly happy with Alpine on both desktop and server
Hearing how you've been using Void before makes me think you may have experience with it already, given which stage1 bundle you were using
I never took a swing at musl, though I did kick it around a few times. I used my laptop for work for years and couldn't afford to lose options for some apps. The gloves are off now :)
Its frustrating because Alpine gave me the fastest desktop. I dropped Alpine because some apps requires Glibc extensions !
It always comes down to what you do with your computer