Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:10:08 +0000
From: Naomi Rennie-Waldock <naomi.renniewaldock@gmail.com>
To: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org, nubesu@tuta.io
Subject: Re: Alpine and low end hardware: a good experience
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On 6 February 2026 14:33:14 GMT, nubesu@tuta=2Eio wrote:
>Hi, Alpine community, I think this is the first time I've written to a li=
st=2E=20
>
>So, I simply wanted to mention that I have loved Alpine for one simple re=
ason: it is low-end friendly, I have been able to have a very good experien=
ce using old hardware=2E For economic reasons I cannot afford a new PC or u=
pgrade my current one, so, I have learned to survive in this digital era wi=
th my limitations (2GB of RAM, Intel core 2duo, etc), things like zram and =
swap help improve the experience=2E Well, for a long time I was curious abo=
ut Alpine but I was intimidated by how difficult it could be to install and=
 configure it, I've only been on Linux for a year so I'm not an expert at i=
nstalling an entire OS from a terminal haha, but I did it and I don't regre=
t it, I've been here for 2 months and it's already my favorite distro, it's=
 the best experience I've had=2E=20
>
>I don't know what other people's experiences are like but for me: Alpine =
on a low-end desktop is a very good option n=2En

Alpine works great on low end hardware=2E I'm running it on a Chromebook w=
ith 2GB RAM, it's actually quite responsive (even with full disk encryption=
) with 1GB RAM used for swap on zram