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are community based distros stable or only corp ones?
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Not sure why I assumed alpine was much newer (saw it primarily used with docker)
Same, never saw either a server or a desktop running alpine.
I have seen desktops, just not commonly.
Most ubiquity equipment is alpine I believe
What is ubiquity equipment?
He probably means Ubiquiti network gear
Whoops, autocorrect strikes again
Mid-range networking equiptment common in higher end homelabs or small/medium enterprises.
Doesnt compete with fancier Cisco gear, but has an easy to use interface that can scale fairly well.
Though like most networking equiptment the hardware is dirt cheap, so Alpine's lightweight base fits it well.
Thank you for the kind explanation, I did not know about this. I'll look into it, you never know when something may become useful!