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> OpenRC perfectly meets my needs

What distro are you running?



Alpine. It's wonderful. I've always liked minimal distros, and Alpine actively facilitates that. It doesn't get in the way, has everything needed to run a modern desktop, and the focus on security and musl compatibility are huge pluses.


Don't worry, it's not for long. They are eyeing systemd port, too.


No they are not. Systemd is very incompatible with what Alpine is trying to and succeeding at doing.

PostmarketOS which is based on Alpine switched to systemd, but I've seen nothing indicating Alpine is interested in doing so.


I have read somewhere that some kind of port is being discussed, perhaps at Phoronix, but I cannot find it now. Maybe I have confused something, so I stand corrected.

systemd is indeed totally incompatible with musl libc.


> systemd is indeed totally incompatible with musl libc.

It's more that it is incompatible with being small, lean and secure.


I gave up systemd for openRC on Alpine. Much better suited to my own needs, and uptime is vastly improved.


It really is a world of difference. I think the only people really championing systemd are those that found writing scripts and futzing around too complicated. They wanted open-source Windows and they got it.




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