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postmarketOS v26.06 'Alpen Avocado' released, featuring GNOME 50, KDE Plasma Mobile 6.6.5, Phosh 0.55.0, and a new naming scheme based on wallpaper name and fruit. The release targets Linux enthusiasts and is based on Alpine Linux 3.24.
Describes a method to run a NAS entirely from an Alpine Linux initramfs, enabling clean boot, A/B deployments, declarative git-tracked configuration, and reduced complexity compared to Alpine's diskless mode.
Alpine Linux 3.24.0 has been released, featuring updated packages including GRUB 2.14, LLVM 22, Rust 1.96, GNOME 50, and more. Notable changes include the removal of Python setuptools pkg_resources and deprecation of qemu-binfmt service.
The user repurposed an 8-year-old phone into a Hermes Agent server using postmarketOS on ARM64, communicating via Matrix for E2E encrypted chat, reducing e-waste and eliminating the need for a Mac mini.
An explanatory article detailing how BusyBox functions as a multi-call binary in Alpine Linux, providing a single executable for various command-line utilities through symlinks and applet configuration.
This tutorial outlines how to host a diskless website on a Raspberry Pi Zero v1.3 using Alpine Linux, booting entirely into its 512MB of RAM. It details the required hardware, OS configuration, lightweight web servers, and offloading TLS termination to an external VPS.