Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 07:59:51 +0000
From: Sertonix <sertonix@posteo.net>
To: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: Re: Thinking about using Alpine edge on my desktop, how stable is it?
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I came from Arch to Alpine (edge) on my desktop and consider them similar=
=2E Alpine has a bit less preconfigured and unfortunatly a bit less documen=
tation=2E There is a lot of common desktop software available but depending=
 on your needs you might need to package some software yourselfs=2E

I can't speak about breakages too much since I am involved in development =
but generally there are sometimes temporary upgrade failures due to package=
s that need to be rebuild=2E If the issue percists for too long you can rep=
ort it somewhere=2E The testing repository doesn't cause any additional bre=
akage in my experience=2E In that repo it's probably best to verify if the =
version of the software is a recent one=2E You may want to tag the reposito=
ry to avoid accidentally installing packages from testing=2E


On August 4, 2025 7:22:35 AM UTC, spoon@keemail=2Eme wrote:
>Alpine is not a desktop distro=2E It's only practical use is in container=
s and servers=2E You are gonna have a hard time doing anything productive i=
f you use it for desktop=2E Better stick to Arch or Fedora for desktop=2E
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>Aug 4, 2025, 06:23 by cam@camelia=2Edev:
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>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> First of all, I want to thank all the people who make Alpine possible, =
it is a really awesome distribution! Much love to you <3
>>
>> I've been using Alpine Linux on my VPS since several months and I am lo=
ving it so much that I'm considering switching to it on my desktop as well=
=2E I am thinking about using the rolling release (edge) for my desktop, an=
d I was wondering whether some people in here in have been running it for s=
ome time=2E
>>
>> More specifically, my questions are the following:
>>
>> - In your experience, with proper maintenance (regular system upgrades,=
 updating configuration files, etc=2E), did Alpine edge (*without* the test=
ing repository enabled) often break in the past?
>> - Same question but *with* the testing repository enabled?
>>
>> Of course, I know that this question doesn't give any guarantee and I a=
lso understand that by enabling the testing repository my system will be mo=
re prone to errors=2E I guess I just want to hear from people who have more=
 experience with Alpine than I currently do=2E
>> --=20
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Camelia Lavender (she/they)
>> PGP: 0xDBCC70EFBC360E97
>>
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