Received: from mail.w14.tutanota.de (mail.w14.tutanota.de [185.205.69.214]) by gbr-app-1.alpinelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48417220522 for <~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org>; Mon, 4 Aug 2025 07:22:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tutadb.w10.tutanota.de (w10.api.tuta.com [IPv6:fd:ac::d:10]) by mail.w14.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1DCEADD6E1B for <~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org>; Mon, 4 Aug 2025 09:22:35 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1754292155; s=s1; d=keemail.me; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:References:Sender; bh=aHXceYORhev3mTNDhj+ofQiPLc5trZaWlXFjbs5KQrI=; b=YElaw8SvRnu58YKkSj7UaGKdEeCHDArY3f0KbPrw1FxVt2nt/ESC3lFsFlyHZTlm M9laB9tMc6OnPkTn4e2PGDoPI0MtZUS3kt6qqbSSxt69Wme35DWvJuW6bYsQGh4j82Q Lli9UcnPJAo4S3QD4YwVrBj84ARr9HWd5FAOw6iu+ppqpg/gb9R/GAE/PzzmcVqD/WY auPKhr0BGwDTNclnb9eQ9xAl1zgp2buNgeqdFCUtDX1pg7Va8d5JHxdT72/e/VsK8Nc 4Y6K5dI3+RdWG9gwXfBzx/45eI5C0SZMtwnmDzNf/EyCCLt4WCHjfpneBJPWPrPfbZV Bm6/U95i7g== Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 09:22:35 +0200 (GMT+02:00) From: spoon@keemail.me To: Camelia Lavender Cc: "~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org" <~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org> Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <5297f63e-53ba-4591-837b-aac9436cb4d9@camelia.dev> References: <5297f63e-53ba-4591-837b-aac9436cb4d9@camelia.dev> Subject: Re: Thinking about using Alpine edge on my desktop, how stable is it? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_261911_1393930537.1754292155920" ------=_Part_261911_1393930537.1754292155920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Alpine is not a desktop distro. It's only practical use is in containers and servers. You are gonna have a hard time doing anything productive if you use it for desktop. Better stick to Arch or Fedora for desktop. Aug 4, 2025, 06:23 by cam@camelia.dev: > 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 loving it so much that I'm considering switching to it on my desktop as well. I am thinking about using the rolling release (edge) for my desktop, and I was wondering whether some people in here in have been running it for some time. > > More specifically, my questions are the following: > > - In your experience, with proper maintenance (regular system upgrades, updating configuration files, etc.), did Alpine edge (*without* the testing 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 also understand that by enabling the testing repository my system will be more prone to errors. I guess I just want to hear from people who have more experience with Alpine than I currently do. > -- > Sincerely, > > Camelia Lavender (she/they) > PGP: 0xDBCC70EFBC360E97 > ------=_Part_261911_1393930537.1754292155920 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Alpine is not a desktop distro. It's only practical use i= s in containers and servers. You are gonna have a hard time doing anything = productive if you use it for desktop. Better stick to Arch or Fedora for de= sktop.

Aug 4, 2025, 06:23 by cam@cameli= a.dev:

Hello everyone,

Fir= st 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 sin= ce several months and I am loving it so much that I'm considering switching= to it on my desktop as well. I am thinking about using the rolling release= (edge) for my desktop, and I was wondering whether some people in here in = have been running it for some time.

More specifically, my questions are the following:

- In your experience, with p= roper maintenance (regular system upgrades, updating configuration files, e= tc.), did Alpine edge (*without* the testing repository enabled) often brea= k in the past?
- Same question but *with* the te= sting repository enabled?

Of course, I know that this question doesn't give any guarantee and I= also understand that by enabling the testing repository my system will be = more prone to errors. I guess I just want to hear from people who have more= experience with Alpine than I currently do.
-- =
Sincerely,

Camelia Lavender (she/they)
P= GP: 0xDBCC70EFBC360E97

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