Discussion
I have no words to express how good is the combo of #alpine #linux and #cosmic desktop (the one from System76).
This is a mind blowing experience; it feels so great to use a _modern_ environment, even if running on an "old" machine.
For context: I've been using #ArchLinux + #KDE Plasma for almost 7 years without interruption. This is not my first rodeo with Linux, I've been here since 1998-ish.
@deedend I can't answer about the future of the project since ain't part of the #cosmic maintainers, but I can tell about the present:
https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/discussions/2129
> If it [systemd] is needed, it's a bug. The cosmic-session has conditional code to handle environments without systemd.
@esparta Using Alpine as your desktop operating system is weird and cool, regardless of which desktop environment you're using.
@aa I was so used to use #alpinelinux for virtual machines for a long while, what changed my mind was this Drew DeVault post:
In praise of Alpine Linux
https://drewdevault.com/2021/05/06/Praise-for-Alpine-Linux.html
It took me that long mostly because I didn't have any incentive to move myself away from #archlinux, and still don't have one, but I wanted a change anyway. I like rolling releases, but I'm currently more into an stable way, wanted to try #musl and unify everything: desktop and my servers infrastructure.
@esparta Love this! Have been a COSMIC admirer from the sidelines for a while.
@nshki well, rumors are true. #cosmic is great, ain't perfect and it takes a little time to get used to some things as the resizing of windows, but besides that cosmic have anything to ask to the other desktops.
For me it was an experimental situation. I was testing #alpinelinux for a replacement of #archlinux in my computers - I had it planned since at least 2023. I asked myself "why not? Let's try #cosmic", it seems it will replace #kde.
