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From: =?utf-8?Q?Martin_Kj=C3=A6r_J=C3=B8rgensen?= <me@lagy.org>
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Subject: Multiple machine management
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:21:56 +0200
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Hey users,

How do you maintain multiple Alpine Linux installations in your daily lives? I
assume you have desktops, laptops, work stations, etc. you run Alpine on, and
wish to maintain them by using rules/lists across machines that dictate what
to do on then.

I'm thinking about problems like:

- updates/patches
- config (/etc files)
- upgrades
- automatically installing desired packages
- automatically removing obsolete or unneeded packages

I know there are tools like rsync, and comparing world files to help, but I
wonder if you or Alpine have made tools for these problems in particular.

-- 
/Martin