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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 20:58:09 +0200
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Subject: Re: Why'd you go with Alpine Linux?
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From: Wolfgang Klein <klein.wolfg@web.de>
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Hello!

I first encountered Alpine in the form of PostmarketOS, which I=20
installed into my Lenovo Chromebook, turning it into a Linux-Book with=20
full KDE desktop. The device has never worked so flawlessly and=20
smoothly, and I can use the same desktop environment as on my PC.=20
Absolutely awesome! :)

My second encounter to Alpine was when I needed a replacement for a=20
Samba server running Ubuntu, which was getting more and more unreliable=20
because of the "old" hardware: a "week" Dual-Core and "only" 2GB RAM.)=20
Since I=C2=A0knew that Alpine was working very well on such slim and older=
=20
systems, I=C2=A0decided to give it a try. And I do not regret this step at=
=20
all! A couple of adjustmens needed to be done, like scripts using=20
commands not available in Alpine, but those problems could be solved.=20
The result of this effort: that server is running more reliable and=20
robust like ever before!


Cheers,
Wolfgang

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    Hello!<br>
    <br>
    <div class=3D"moz-signature">I first encountered Alpine in the form of
      PostmarketOS, which I installed into my Lenovo Chromebook, turning
      it into a Linux-Book with full KDE desktop. The device has never
      worked so flawlessly and smoothly, and I can use the same desktop
      environment as on my PC. Absolutely awesome! :)<br>
      <br>
      My second encounter to Alpine was when I needed a replacement for
      a Samba server running Ubuntu, which was getting more and more
      unreliable because of the "old" hardware: a "week" Dual-Core and
      "only" 2GB RAM.) Since I=C2=A0knew that Alpine was working very well=
 on
      such slim and older systems, I=C2=A0decided to give it a try. And I =
do
      not regret this step at all! A couple of adjustmens needed to be
      done, like scripts using commands not available in Alpine, but
      those problems could be solved. The result of this effort: that
      server is running more reliable and robust like ever before!<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      Cheers,<br>
      Wolfgang</div>
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