RYryao·Jul 16, 2025
Details on what is missing that a X11 server needs are here:
https://github.com/vvaltchev/tilck/discussions/81
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A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel
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| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
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6 sourcesTilck: A tiny Linux-compatible kernel
286 points · Open discussionInstall the Nix Package Manager -- on Alpine Linux?
Apparently possible!
If so, then someone would get the ("Small. Simple. Secure.")-ness (lightweightedness) of Alpine Linux (https://www.alpinelinux.org/) -- coupled with the 120,000+ packages of the NixOS Package Repository (https://search.nixos.org/packages) ...
What's not to love about that pairing?
(Yeah, there might be a few tech issues -- but even if there are, then it's not as if they couldn't be worked out in the future...)
Now if only we could add the OpenBSD (https://www.openbsd.org/) kernel to that mix...
Related:
https://bedrocklinux.org/
https://suckless.org/
https://github.com/nix-community/NixNG
https://github.com/vvaltchev/tilck
https://pkgs.org/
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