I just found about this distro, which is relatively new (2021). Its specificity is that it doesn’t features any GNU software by default, which I find interesting.

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Alpine is nice, but this one has some differences:

  • LLVM instead of GCC toolchain
  • not so barebones, gives you more ready-to-go installation
  • obviously not so lightweight
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I thought the whole point of alpine is it’s lightweight, given its use in so many docker containers

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I was stating that this Chimera isn’t that lightweight.

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They are saying these are the difference Chimera has

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