2026-07-10 10:27 UTC
What's the general feeling about Alpine Linux as a server OS for docker containers?
I currently run Fedora coreOS with podman containers but I've had issues mostly from day one , most resolved now bit it still fights me at least once a week.
Well its time for a drastic change. I've used Alpine as a desktop before, but only briefly, so I am familiar with some of it differences bit not all.
Is it a good idea?
#AlpineLinux
#docker
#server
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@paul@notnull.space 2026-07-10 10:30
@Greylinux@floss.social it's a great idea! Probably one of the better distros to use as a server base to be honest. You just set up the minimal of what you need and let the containers do the real work. Perfect distro for this workflow in my opinion Source: even though I generally use FreeBSD and jails for my containers, I do have a couple of Alpine servers than run dedicated tasks, one of them being to run containers I can't run in jails for various reasons.