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I wanna see a community for it cause I like using Alpine

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[–] coltzero@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are people using it also as desktop or server OS? I only know that it is popular for docket images.

[–] jdkfbdjdfhfkndd@dormi.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I personally use it as a desktop.

I don't understand, isn't what makes it a desktop or a server what you want to do with it? Because it has just enough apps and utilities for me to work with it.

[–] coltzero@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, it is. I have only never seen it to be used for something else then docker images so far.