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Having been a (GNU-)Linux user since 2006 (desktop only), I have done what many Linux users have also done: hop around from one thing to another.

That all stopped a few years ago when I decided that I would just stick with Debian. I was happy and comfortable. It worked. I used Stable, Testing, Unstable… no issues.

That is until about 4 months ago I was cleaning and found an older laptop and decided to try something different on it: Alpine Linux.

I even wrote about it on my blog. It was such a nice installation and process that I decided to put it on my main personal laptop.

Since April I have been using Alpine and I must say I am pleased. Differences from one Linux to the next aren’t much to write about. With Alpine however, I finally experienced another part of Linux that I hadn’t had the opportunity to enjoy: the community.

Package requesting? Easy. Asking for help? No shame. Patience and help provided? Excellent.

None of those comments are to disparage other OS communities. It is simply that I had only ever used popular distros (Debian- and Arch-based) so I never needed to ask for help. Either way, I am still using Alpine.

So, just to repeat the titular question: what have you tried out this year? What are your impressions?

  •  averyminya   ( @averyminya@beehaw.org ) English
    1•11 months ago

    Appreciate the response! I’ll probably go with Debian then since I don’t want to have to make major adjustments to my limited linux memory :D And yeah regarding the NVIDIA drivers, I did do some searching before commenting but a lot of what I found was “oh yeah it works great” and no “here’s how I got it” lol. Mostly just needed the direction of use OS not manufacturer since I knew Linux had some issues with NVIDIA but there’s little differences.

    Thank you again! Just waiting on the CPU to make the switch and we will be rolling :D