[Chicago-talk] Alpine Linux distribution

James E Keenan jkeenan at pobox.com
Mon Sep 26 04:50:36 PDT 2022


On 9/25/22 21:10, Steven Lembark wrote:
> 
> https://alpinelinux.org/about/
> 
> Alpine Linux is an independent, non-commercial, general purpose Linux distribution designed for power users who appreciate security, simplicity and resource efficiency.
> 
> 
> The catch is that "power users" means it's not intended for
> anyone doing anything usual; it's intended for people who
> have a specific need and know how to work around any issues
> that arise.
> 
> This makes it un-suitable for general testing.
> 

Unfortunately, that doesn't stop people from sending failure reports to 
CPANtesters or to Perl 5 Porters. :-(

jimk


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