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How well do native Linux games run on Alpine Linux? (feddit.de)
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I'm considering getting myself a Thinkpad x230 and installing Alpine on it and perhaps playing some games with it as well. I've read that some games may have problems running due to the lack of glibc. So, it would be nice if anyone could share how well Minecraft and Factorio can run on Alpine. Thanks!

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[–] Nuuskis9@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

I had Alpine on my Thinkpad E15 amd and after a decade with seamless Arch it was constant struggle with Alpine. Every compile required extra packages and constant problem solving because Google doesn't provide any answers.

I'm not saying Alpine is bad or anything negative. I think the devs does great job and apk is a great package manager. It is either lack of my dev skills or Alpine not meant for desktop use made me to go back to Arch.

I still wish that project stays alive and keeps evolving. Especially for servers and PostmarketOS.