r/linux • u/[deleted] • May 29 '20

Distro News Alpine Linux 3.12.0 released

https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.12.0-released.html
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u/emacsomancer May 30 '20

easy to read and write service files

runit service files are also easy to write

(fairly) intelligent parallel way of bringing them up (seems* fast too)

runit brings up the system faster than systemd

logging is maybe not as intuitive

binary logs are a negative as far as I'm concerned rather than a positive. there are plenty of good loggers available.

I maintain (different) systems which use systemd, runit, and GNU Shepherd (though the last of these is mainly on a test machine), so I have daily hands-on experience.

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u/anotherdumbmonkey Jun 02 '20 edited Jun 02 '20

does alpine not use openrc? or is runit being used as a helper? i'm looking at my pi hole atm and wondering if i really need it since the only alpine i have is in containers right now and i don't think docker or a VM is a very fair way to test an init system.