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10 sats \ 7 replies \ @Malachi17 2 Mar \ on: Does anyone use Alpine Linux as a desktop OS? Linux

About half a year ago it definitely wasn't ready for that kind of use as the documentation was lacking and being re-developed.

10 sats \ 6 replies \ @MattInTech OP 2 Mar

The documentation is still pretty bad from what I’ve seen… but to be fair, the documentation of half of the most common distros is far from being high quality and user friendly

10 sats \ 5 replies \ @Malachi17 2 Mar

I'd say Ubuntu, Arch, openbsd, Suse, Redhat, and Debian are all quite good. So I'm not exactly sure what you mean or expect when you say "half".

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @MattInTech OP 2 Mar

True, maybe “half” is not that fair. In my experience suse’s doc is great, arch great as well, Ubuntu decent but the active community helps you find what you need, Fedora is just a disgrace. You would expect Alpine to have excellent documentation, due to its focus on containerized professional workflows. Maybe that’s the point, Alpine appeals more to developers and IT professionals than end users

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @OgFOMK 2 Mar

Linux Mint has been my go to for about 10 years. They have 4 flavors.

Very good distribution and community. Based on Ubuntu but a bit prettier and not as focused on a new UI.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Malachi17 2 Mar

I used to be a mint fan, but then one day made the mistake of removing python figuring the system wouldn't let me remove python if it needed it. Turned out, it needed it and bricked my system.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OgFOMK 3 Mar

The secret is that you can reinstall without destroying your old /home .

Anyway, I've screwed up many things and many ways. I've installed many distributions.

Have fun.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17 3 Mar

In the case I had, it wasn't possible. I later found out that Mint was getting cozier with Ubuntu, who was in turn getting cozier with Microsoft. That was enough for me to go back to my linux roots which were slax/suse.