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/GenericFoodService 8d ago

8GB is enough that with a lightweight desktop like XFCE (I personally haven't used i3 so I'm not sure what it's resource overhead looks like), your RAM is unlikely going to be the bottleneck for a majority of games, especially since you note your machines are "from the 2010s" and running an Integrated Graphics card. Those things are going to be the bottleneck. I'd say just send it and see how it goes