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Subject: Re: Why'd you go with Alpine Linux?
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Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:56:32 +0200
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On Fri, 2026-04-03 at 09:42 +1000, Stuart Longland VK4MSL wrote:
> `openrc` vs `systemd` is also a differentiating point for me.=C2=A0
> `openrc` gets the job done in more places.
>=20
> (`systemd` doesn't support *BSD for example.)

Fortunately, because of the way I use my desktop PC, I=E2=80=99m hardly aff=
ected
by the drawbacks of systemd.

I=E2=80=99m not exactly jumping for joy that my favorite Linux distro for
desktop PCs is based on systemd, but as I=E2=80=99ve already mentioned, as =
far
as I know, you have a choice with Gentoo, so if systemd becomes even
more unbearable, I=E2=80=99ll switch from Arch to Gentoo for all I care. If=
,
like me, you have reasons (albeit with a heavy heart=E2=80=94to) choose Lin=
ux
over BSD anyway, then you can... well, I can... tolerate systemd, as
long as it has little impact on my daily use.