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== Bootloaders ==
== Bootloaders ==
* See: [[Bootloaders]]
* See: [[Bootloaders]]
* Not supported: <code>systemd-boot</code>
* Not supported: <code>systemd-boot</code> ([https://pkgs.postmarketos.org/packages?name=systemd-boot PostmarketOS does])


== Kernel ==
== Kernel ==
* See: [[Custom Kernel]]
* See: [[Kernels]]


== Libc ==
== Libc ==
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|-
| [https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ glibc] || style="background:red" | None || [[Running glibc programs]]
| [https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ glibc] || style="background:red" | None || [[Running glibc programs]]
|-
| without aka static || style="background:orange" | depends on package || Note that this only means no libc at runtime
|}
|}
* See also: [https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/tsc/-/issues/17 alpine-glibc]
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Libc Gentoo Wiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Libc Gentoo Wiki]


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* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs Gentoo Wiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs Gentoo Wiki]


== Pid 1 ==
== PID 1 ==


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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| busybox init || style="background:lime" | Full || Default
| busybox init || style="background:lime" | Full || Default
|-
|-
| {{Pkg|s6-linux-init}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
| {{Pkg|dinit}} || style="background:orange" | In testing || Shutdown commands are prefixed with {{ic|dinit-}}. eg {{ic|dinit-reboot}}
|-
| {{Pkg|s6-linux-init}} || style="background:orange" | Works || Requires manually running {{ic|s6-linux-init-maker}}
|-
| {{Pkg|openrc-init}} || style="background:orange" | Manual setup ||
|-
|-
| {{Pkg|dumb-init}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing || For containers
| {{Pkg|dumb-init}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing || For containers
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| [https://core.suckless.org/sinit/ sinit] || style="background:red" | None ||
| [https://core.suckless.org/sinit/ sinit] || style="background:red" | None ||
|-
|-
| [https://ewontfix.com/14/ Felker init] || style="background:red" | None ||
| systemd || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
|-
|-
| systemd || style="background:red" | None ||
| custom || style="background:lime" | Full || For example in docker containers
|}
|}
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Init_system Gentoo Wiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Init_system Gentoo Wiki]
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|-
|-
| [[OpenRC]] || style="background:lime" | Full || Default
| [[OpenRC]] || style="background:lime" | Full || Default
|-
| {{Pkg|dinit}} || style="background:orange" | In testing || {{Pkg|dinit-alpine}} includes service files
|-
| {{Pkg|s6-rc}} || style="background:orange" | Works || Not integrated. For containers there is {{Pkg|s6-overlay}}
|-
|-
| {{Pkg|runit}} || style="background:orange" | As OpenRC service ||
| {{Pkg|runit}} || style="background:orange" | As OpenRC service ||
|-
| {{Pkg|s6-rc}} || style="background:silver" | In development ? ||
|-
|-
| {{Pkg|daemontools}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
| {{Pkg|daemontools}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
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| {{Pkg|supervisor}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
| {{Pkg|supervisor}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
|-
|-
| [https://davmac.org/projects/dinit/ dinit] || style="background:red" | None || [https://davmac.org/projects/dinit/alpine-demo/ unofficial test]
| busybox runit || style="background:red" | None || Not enabled in a busybox package
|-
| busybox runit || style="background:red" | None ||
|-
|-
| [https://core.suckless.org/svc/ svc] || style="background:red" | None ||
| [https://core.suckless.org/svc/ svc] || style="background:red" | None ||
|-
|-
| sysmgr || style="background:red" | None ||
| systemd || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
|-
|-
| upstart || style="background:red" | None ||
| without || style="background:lime" | Full || Requires to replace {{Pkg|alpine-base}} with custom set of packages (See {{Issue|71686}})
|-
| sysmgr || style="background:red" | None ||
|-
| systemd || style="background:red" | None ||
|}
|}
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Init_system Gentoo Wiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Init_system Gentoo Wiki]
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| [https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-socklog.html s6-socklog] from {{pkg|s6}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
| [https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-socklog.html s6-socklog] from {{pkg|s6}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
|-
|-
| systemd-journald || style="background:red" | None ||
| systemd-journald || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
|-
| without || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
|}
|}
* See also: [[Syslog]]
* See also: [[Syslog]]
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| vdev || style="background:red" | None ||
| vdev || style="background:red" | None ||
|-
|-
| systemd-udev || style="background:red" | None ||
| systemd-udev || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
|}
|}


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| {{Pkg|elogind}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
| {{Pkg|elogind}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
|-
|-
| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None ||
| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
|-
| without || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|}
|}
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_management Archwiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_management Archwiki]
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| [https://core.suckless.org/sdhcp/ sdhcp] || style="background:red" | None ||
| [https://core.suckless.org/sdhcp/ sdhcp] || style="background:red" | None ||
|-
| without aka static || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|}
|}
* See also: [[Configure Networking]]
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration#DHCP Archwiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration#DHCP Archwiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Resolv.conf Gentoo Wiki - resolv.conf]
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Resolv.conf Gentoo Wiki - resolv.conf]
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== Wi-Fi ==
== Wi-Fi ==
* See: [[Wi-Fi]]
* See: [[Wi-Fi]]
* Also supported: {{pkg|eiwd}}


== Seat/Session Managnent ==
== Seat/Session Managnent ==
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| {{Pkg|seatd}} || style="background:lime" | Full || seats only
| {{Pkg|seatd}} || style="background:lime" | Full || seats only
|-
|-
| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None ||
| {{Pkg|turnstile}} || style="background:silver" | needs testing || session only
|-
| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
|-
| without || style="background:lime" | Full || Not recommended with graphical enviroment
|}
|}
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Seatd Gentoo Wiki - seatd]
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Seatd Gentoo Wiki - seatd]
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Elogind Gentoo Wiki - elogind]
* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Elogind Gentoo Wiki - elogind]
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Init#logind ArchWiki - systemd-logind]
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Init#logind ArchWiki - systemd-logind]
* [https://chimera-linux.org/docs/configuration/seat Chimera Linux docs]


== Login ==
== Login ==
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| {{Pkg|util-linux-login}} || style="background:lime" | Full || style="background:lime" | Yes ||
| {{Pkg|util-linux-login}} || style="background:lime" | Full || style="background:lime" | Yes ||
|-
|-
| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None || style="background:lime" | Yes ||
| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None || style="background:lime" | Yes || Supported by postmarketOS
|-
| without || style="background:lime" | Full || style="background:red" | No ||
|}
|}
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Login Gentoo Wiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Login Gentoo Wiki]
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| {{Pkg|busybox}} || style="background:lime" | Full || Dependency of {{pkg|alpine-base}}
| {{Pkg|busybox}} || style="background:lime" | Full || Dependency of {{pkg|alpine-base}}
|-
|-
| {{Pkg|busybox-extras}} || style="background:lime" | Full || Some commands that are missing in the busybox package
| {{Pkg|busybox-extras}} || style="background:lime" | Full || Some commands that are missing in the main {{Pkg|busybox}} package
|-
|-
| {{Pkg|util-linux}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
| {{Pkg|util-linux}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|-
|-
| [[GNU_core_utilities|coreutils]] || style="background:lime" | Full ||
| [[GNU_core_utilities|coreutils]] || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|-
| {{Pkg|s6-portable-utils}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|-
| {{Pkg|s6-linux-utils}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|-
|-
| {{Pkg|toybox}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
| {{Pkg|toybox}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
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|-
| {{Pkg|ubase}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
| {{Pkg|ubase}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
|-
| without || style="background:red" | None || A lot of implicit dependency
|}
|}
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_utilities Archwiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_utilities Archwiki]
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| {{Pkg|bash}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
| {{Pkg|bash}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|-
| {{Pkg|dash}} || style="background:lime" | Full || When used as /bin/sh this may cause breakage.
|-
| {{Pkg|yash}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|-
| busybox hush || style="background:red" | None ||
|-
| without || style="background:red" | None || sometimes implicit dependency
|}
|}
* [[Change default shell]]
* See also: [[Change default shell]]
* See proposal: [https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/tsc/-/issues/39 replace busybox ash with another /bin/sh]
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Command-line_shell Archwiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Command-line_shell Archwiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Shell Gentoo Wiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Shell Gentoo Wiki]
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! Name !! Support !! Notes
! Name !! Support !! Notes
|-
|-
| su from {{Pkg|busybox-suid}} || style="background:lime" | Full || default
| {{ic|su}} from {{Pkg|busybox-suid}} || style="background:lime" | Full || default, can't be removed by default ({{issue|11730}})
|-
|-
| su from {{Pkg|shadow-login}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
| {{ic|su}} from {{Pkg|shadow-login}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|-
|-
| su from {{Pkg|util-linux-login}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
| {{ic|su}} from {{Pkg|util-linux-login}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|-
|-
| {{Pkg|sudo}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
| {{Pkg|sudo}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
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| [https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-sudo.html s6-sudo] || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
| [https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-sudo.html s6-sudo] || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
|-
|-
| without || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
| without || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|}
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| scron || style="background:red" | None ||
| scron || style="background:red" | None ||
|-
|-
| systemd-timer || style="background:red" | None ||
| systemd.timer || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
|-
| without || style="background:lime" | Full || {{Pkg|alpine-baselayout}} includes cron specific directories though
|}
|}
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cron Archwiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cron Archwiki]
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| [[Setting_up_a_SSH_server#OpenSSH|openssh]] || style="background:lime" | Full ||
| [[Setting_up_a_SSH_server#OpenSSH|openssh]] || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|-
|-
| [[Setting_up_a_SSH_server#Dropbear|dropbear]] || style="background:lime" | Full || provide ssh command {{pkg|dropbear-ssh}}
| [[Setting_up_a_SSH_server#Dropbear|dropbear]] || style="background:lime" | Full || provide {{ic|ssh}} command {{pkg|dropbear-ssh}}
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| without || style="background:lime" | Full ||
|}
|}
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Secure_Shell Archwiki]
* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Secure_Shell Archwiki]
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== See Also ==
== See Also ==
* [[Architecture|Alpine Architecture]]
* [[Architecture|Alpine Architecture]]
* [https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/tsc/-/issues/55 Future of busybox]

Latest revision as of 22:42, 8 October 2024

This is an overview over the different available programms, etc. that can be selected from when using alpine. It is also intended as a reference what should be documented and what could be supported.

Bootloaders

Kernel

Libc

Name Support Notes
musl Full Default
glibc None Running glibc programs
without aka static depends on package Note that this only means no libc at runtime

Initramfs

Name Support Notes
mkinitfs Full Default
dracut Full
booster Full
tinyramfs None
without None may require custom Kernel, kisslinux without initramfs

PID 1

Name Support Notes
busybox init Full Default
dinit In testing Shutdown commands are prefixed with dinit-. eg dinit-reboot
s6-linux-init Works Requires manually running s6-linux-init-maker
openrc-init Manual setup
dumb-init Needs testing For containers
runit-init Needs testing runit-init starting OpenRC
epoch Needs testing
sinit None
systemd None Supported by postmarketOS
custom Full For example in docker containers

Service Manager

Name Support Notes
OpenRC Full Default
dinit In testing dinit-alpine includes service files
s6-rc Works Not integrated. For containers there is s6-overlay
runit As OpenRC service
daemontools Needs testing
daemontools-encore Needs testing
supervisor Needs testing
busybox runit None Not enabled in a busybox package
svc None
systemd None Supported by postmarketOS
without Full Requires to replace alpine-base with custom set of packages (See #71686)

System Logs

Name Support Notes
busybox syslog Full Default
rsyslog Full
syslog-ng Full
socklog Needs testing
s6-socklog from s6 Needs testing
systemd-journald None Supported by postmarketOS
without Needs testing

Device Manager

Name Support Notes
mdev Full Default
mdevd Full
eudev Full
smdev None
vdev None
systemd-udev None Supported by postmarketOS

Power Managment

Name Support Notes
busybox acpid Full Default
acpid Full
elogind Needs testing
systemd-logind None Supported by postmarketOS
without Full

DHCP Client

Name Support Notes
busybox udhcpc Full Default
dhcpcd Full
dhclient Full
sdhcp None
without aka static Full

Wi-Fi

Seat/Session Managnent

Name Support Notes
elogind Full
seatd Full seats only
turnstile needs testing session only
systemd-logind None Supported by postmarketOS
without Full Not recommended with graphical enviroment

Login

Name Support Supports PAM Notes
busybox login Full No Default
greetd Full Yes requires greeter
shadow-login Full Yes
util-linux-login Full Yes
systemd-logind None Yes Supported by postmarketOS
without Full No

Shell Utils

Name Support Notes
busybox Full Dependency of alpine-base
busybox-extras Full Some commands that are missing in the main busybox package
util-linux Full
coreutils Full
s6-portable-utils Full
s6-linux-utils Full
toybox Needs testing
sbase Needs testing
ubase Needs testing
without None A lot of implicit dependency

Shell

Name Support Notes
busybox ash Full Default
bash Full
dash Full When used as /bin/sh this may cause breakage.
yash Full
busybox hush None
without None sometimes implicit dependency

SU

Name Support Notes
su from busybox-suid Full default, can't be removed by default (#11730)
su from shadow-login Full
su from util-linux-login Full
sudo Full
doas Full sudo shim using doas: doas-sudo-shim
s6-sudo Needs testing
without Full

SSL/TLS

Name Support Notes
openssl Full Default
libressl Needs testing
bearssl Needs testing

Cron

Name Support Notes
cronie Full
dcron Full
fcron Full
vixie-cron None
scron None
systemd.timer None Supported by postmarketOS
without Full alpine-baselayout includes cron specific directories though

SSH

Name Support Notes
openssh Full
dropbear Full provide ssh command dropbear-ssh
without Full

Desktop

See Also

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