There's also CRUX [0] and tinycorelinux [1]. CRUX has more of a BSD-style init system feel. There's also a CruxEX [2] which includes a DE. However, I need to spin up a VM of AlpineLinux and see what it's all about.
[0] https://crux.nu/ [1] http://tinycorelinux.net/ [2] http://cruxex.exton.net/ On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Marc Collin <marc.coll...@gmail.com> wrote: > Arch Linux was suckless maybe in 2008. Today it's messy, confused and bloated. > For once, it was one of the first distributions to embrace Systemd. > I think these emails about "what's a suckless distribution" are always > bad, but I'll give my advice (research is on you). > > From most usable to least usable (as of today) > --- Alpine Linux > --- OpenBSD > --- 9front > --- stali > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Calvin Morrison <mutanttur...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On 11 May 2016 at 06:56, Nick <suckless-...@njw.me.uk> wrote: >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> A few nights ago my too-expensive laptop met with too-cheap wine and now >>> it is a far-too-expensive brick. As it's therefore time for me to >>> install a new OS on a new laptop, I was wondering what people would >>> recommend. I've been using Debian Stable for years now, which while it >>> sucks does work well enough that I don't have to think about it very >>> much, so I can do more interesting things with my time. But particularly >>> after reading a few good articles about issues with debian [0] [1] I >>> find myself wondering if there's a better option out there. A rolling >>> release distribution would be fine with me, but only if it didn't break >>> often at all; I enjoyed using Gentoo years ago when I was a student, but >>> keeping it working took a lot of time that I do not want to dedicate to >>> keeping a working system these days. I'd like to try something like >>> morpheus [2], but I suspect that would take quite a lot of time and >>> energy to get going and maintain. >>> >>> Any suggestions / thoughts? >> >> I highly recommend archlinux. The biggest benefit is the no-bullshit >> packaging. They don't patch, they don't fix software, they simply >> package it. If something is a problem, take it up with the software >> developers, not the packagers. Compare that to debian who patches very >> many packages. >> >
