One full week under the keel running Alpine Linux on my primary workstation. Even set root on a ZFS mirror - simple to setup. First experience with rEFInd as well - I like it.
Sharp and snappy, just like the way I like my cars! Ha!
No new revelations compared to the first few weeks on the test workstation... I'm still tweaking some things for personalization as it happens but all good.
The Alpine repos are full of good stuff and are current/up2date in a practical manner.
The only flatpaks I've had to run are Waterfox, Signal Desktop and messing around with the new CoMaps Linux version (this exists - happy! happy! joy! joy!).
I'm going to migrate my Debian Bookworm servers to Alpine when I get around to the upgrades. I'll keep clients on Debian for the foreseeable future.
I'm not sure why I'm so excited about Alpine, it just feels like a breathe of fresh air! Modern and simple. Enjoying it.
#AlpineLinux #Linux #desktop #homelab #SelfHosted #Waterfox #Comaps #rEFInd
![fastfetch command output:
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OS: Alpine Linux v3.23 x86_64
Host: Z490 AORUS PRO AX (-CF)
Kernel: Linux 6.18.7-0-lts
Uptime: 1 hour, 39 mins
Packages: 1788 (apk), 10 (flatpak)
Shell: sh
Display (BenQ PD3200U): 3840x2160 in 32", 60 Hz [External]
Display (BenQ PD3200U): 3840x2160 in 32", 60 Hz [External]
Theme: Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]
Icons: Reversal-dark [GTK2/3/4]
Font: Atkinson Hyperlegible Next (11pt, Light, Light) [GTK2/3/4]
Cursor: breeze (24px)
Terminal: /dev/pts/1
CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700K (16) @ 4.90 GHz
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT [Discrete]
GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics 750 @ 1.30 GHz [Integrated]
Memory: 3.15 GiB / 62.61 GiB (5%)
Swap: 0 B / 4.00 GiB (0%)
Disk (/): 37.64 GiB / 2.20 TiB (2%) - zfs
Local IP (br0): 192.168.86.10/24
Locale: en_CA.UTF-8](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/996/997/183/598/366/original/02ce7e51aad21d7f.png)
