I certainly would never use Alpine for gaming, any more than I’d use OpenBSD. I don’t use it for multimedia, either.
My normal setup is i3 on Alpine. I like to think I have a good understanding of how an Alpine system is built up via its install scripts and maintained by its packaging system.
There’s not a lot of cruft lying around that I don’t need and didn’t request.
That’s what I intended by using the word “simplicity”.
Why would you think that Debian and Void are simpler systems than Alpine? They are much larger.
They are much easier to use for gaming, as you can install Steam without any hurdles. Note how the grandparent comment of your response mentions that being able to game easily now was what made the switch to Linux possible.
I certainly would never use Alpine for gaming, any more than I’d use OpenBSD. I don’t use it for multimedia, either.
My normal setup is i3 on Alpine. I like to think I have a good understanding of how an Alpine system is built up via its install scripts and maintained by its packaging system.
There’s not a lot of cruft lying around that I don’t need and didn’t request.
That’s what I intended by using the word “simplicity”.
Why would you think that Debian and Void are simpler systems than Alpine? They are much larger.