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What distro do you use and why? (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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yes i did a os one but i am wondering what distros do you guys use and why,for me cachyos its fast,flexible,has aur(I loved how easy installing apps was) without tinkering.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Alpine:

Rolling release (Alpine Edge) yet stable
Extremely lightweight
Very customizable
After setting it up I find that it works very well
Decently sized repo
OpenRC rather then SystemD (I prefer the way it handles services)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder how hard is it to download apps on Glibc-free systems, On Systemd-free systems ik there is Flatpack and stuff , asking this bcs many apps on Linux only work on Glibc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I personally haven't ran into any yet, tbh I have more issues with SystemD dependent apps (Also keep in mind Alpine packages and maintains apps in their repo so they don't require GLIBs/SystemD)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ohh, so only open source apps and closed source apps that work on non glibc/systemd then ig

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I managed to get Steam working with some work, heroic games launcher worked with no extra effort, and everything in the repo is good (Alpine is independent)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I remember hearing somewhere steam doesnt work on musl,So i assume you used flatpack steam.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I just need to add an argument before the command. I set up an alias so its simple to launch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Knew it

[–] voracread 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is that usable for regular Joe or enthusiast grade?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wouldnt call it enthusiast grade, every day usage is easy but installation can be tough (it gives you a barebones system).

[–] voracread 1 points 1 month ago

Then that is not for me yet.