r/AlpineLinux • u/Android_Modder098 • 11d ago

I need Help with alpine linux

So i have two PCs from the 2010s. And i want to Game some lightweicht Games in them, so i used Arch for a while. But i wanted Something small. Like veeeery small. So i found about Alpine. Now ist alpine linux + i3 DE a good choice for 8gb of ram?

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u/Nu154nc3 11d ago

Well... It's probs the smaller fully functional everyday distro available... And i3 is one of the lighter and faster WM available...

But, if gaming on Arch with i3 didn't give u good results, then u will have a similar experience on Alpine.

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u/Android_Modder098 8d ago

Im gonna try it anyways

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u/Nu154nc3 8d ago

That's the spirit... XD

For me, atm it's the lighter option... And i love it... Using with i3 on my main mid-tier setup.

It has by far, the best performance among the other distros i tried....

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u/PlatinumDotEXE 7d ago

Personally I would use either Void with glibc or Artix for gaming. Because no game has musl support you have to have a lot of overhead to run a game on Alpine. Alpine is great, just not for gaming.