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

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[–] sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same same. I don't really have anything to post about Alpine atm, but I'm always open to a conversation about it. Someone could of course create a new community, but the Linux community on here seems small enough right now that people can just post about Alpine here if they'd like.

[–] RomanRoy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes. As long as communities aren't that large yet I think it is pointless to split so much.

Just post here.

I think so too, but of course people are free to do whatever they'd like

[–] coltzero@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] jdkfbdjdfhfkndd@dormi.zone 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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?

[–] coltzero@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That is the exact question I had on my mind when coming to this post.

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