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Subject: Re: Why'd you go with Alpine Linux?
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Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:07:50 +0200
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On Fri, 2026-04-03 at 02:01 +0200, Jerome Marc wrote:
> It supports touchscreen and tablet mode on my tiny arm64 chromebook.
> The user experience is amazing compared to the pathetic ChromeOS
> it=C2=A0was running before. Imagine that Chrome OS is less efficient than
> Alpine KDE : slower,=C2=A0 memory hungry (thanks to the VM/containers mes=
s
> that Google introduced to isolates subsystems)

Good point! I wasn't aware of that, since my tablets run either on a
jailbroken iOS or pure iPadOS anyway. If it were possible, I'd love to
switch away from Apple in this regard, but given my requirements, I'm
afraid I don't see the slightest chance of that happening in my
lifetime.