Comment on Alpine Linux intro
ntn888@lemmy.ml 1 day agoI’ve always relied on Docker Hub and compose files (shared on the project page there), and never really delved deeper. It’s nice to hear recent Podman on the next release… So maybe it’ll become a viable option again. I read that RHEL (and folks) is the standard, for Podman. But lately they have been riddled with licensing issues and big corporate nonsense, and found Alpine instead…
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 day ago
I think Alpine has a release cycle of 6 months. So it should be a better option if you want software from 6 months ago packaged and available. Debian does something like 2 years(?) so naturally it might have very old versions of software. On the flipside you don't need to put in a lot of effort for 2 years.
I don't think there is such a thing as a "standard" when it comes to Linux software. I mean Podman is developed by Red Hat. And Red Hat also does Fedora. But we're not Apple here with a tight ecosystem. It's likely going to run on a plethora of other Linux distros as well. And it's not going to run better or worse just because of the company who made it....
ntn888@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Hmm I see… Probably because popularity is either Debian or RHEL forks when it comes to servers… Yeah that’s the good thing about open source is inter-compatibility I guess.
BTW this Alpine thing is still under testing personally… I still need to achieve long term stability. I still am hopeful after what I’ve been reading from other’s experiences… Thanks!
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 day ago
Right. Do your testing. Nothing here is black and white only. And everyone has different requirements, and it's also hard to get own requirements right.
Plus they even change over time. I've used Debian before with all the services configured myself, moved to YunoHost, to Docker containers, to NixOS, partially back to YunoHost over the time... It all depends on what you're trying to accomplish, how much time you got to spare, what level of customizability you need... It's all there for a reason. And there isn't a perfect solution.