User:Sertonix/Freedom of choice: Difference between revisions

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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

See: Bootloaders
Not supported: systemd-boot

Libc

Name	Support	Notes
musl	Full	Default
glibc	None	Running glibc programs

See also: Gentoo Wiki

Initramfs

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

See also: Initramfs init
See also: Gentoo Wiki

Pid 1

Name	Support	Notes
busybox init	Full	Default
s6-linux-init	Needs testing
dumb-init	Needs testing	For containers
runit-init	Needs testing	runit-init starting OpenRC
epoch	Needs testing
sinit	None
Felker init	None
systemd	None

See also: Gentoo Wiki
See also: Archwiki

Service Manager

Name	Support	Notes
OpenRC	Full	Default
runit	As OpenRC service
s6-rc	In development ?
daemontools	Needs testing
daemontools-encore	Needs testing
supervisor	Needs testing
dinit	None	unofficial test
busybox runit	None
svc	None
sysmgr	None
upstart	None
sysmgr	None
systemd	None

See also: Gentoo Wiki
See also: Archwiki

System Logs

Name	Support	Notes
busybox syslog	Full	Default
rsyslog	Full
syslog-ng	Full
systemd-journald	None

See also: Syslog

Device Manager

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

Power Managment

Name	Support	Notes
busybox acpid	Full	Default
acpid	Full
elogind	Needs testing
systemd-logind	None

See also: Archwiki
See also: Gentoo Wiki

DHCP Client

Name	Support	Notes
busybox udhcpc	Full	Default
dhcpcd	Full
dhclient	Full
sdhcp	None

See also: Archwiki
See also: Gentoo Wiki - resolv.conf

Wi-Fi

See: Wi-Fi

Seat/Session Managnent

Name	Support	Notes
elogind	Full
seatd	Full	seats only
systemd-logind	None

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

See also: Gentoo Wiki

Shell Utils

Name	Support	Notes
busybox	Full	Dependency of alpine-base
busybox-extras	Full	Some commands that are missing in the busybox package
util-linux	Full
coreutils	Full
toybox	Needs testing
sbase	Needs testing
ubase	Needs testing

See also: Archwiki

Shell

Name	Support	Notes
busybox ash	Full	Default
bash	Full

SU

Name	Support	Notes
sudo	Full
doas	Full	sudo shim using doas: doas-sudo-shim
without	Full

SSL/TLS

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

See also: consider LibreSSL as default OpenSSL provider again
See also: Archwiki
See also: haproxy SSL Libraries Support Status

Cron

Name	Support	Notes
cronie	Full
dcron	Full
fcron	Full
vixie-cron	None
scron	None
systemd-timer	None

See also: Archwiki
See also: Gentoo Wiki

SSH

Name	Support	Notes
openssh	Full
dropbear	Full	provide ssh command dropbear-ssh

See also: Archwiki
See also: Gentoo Wiki - OpenSSH
See also: Gentoo Wiki - Dropbear

Desktop

See: Desktop environments and Window managers

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 | [https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ glibc] || style="background:red" | None || [[Running glibc programs]]
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+* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Libc Gentoo Wiki]
 == Initramfs ==
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 * See also: [[Initramfs init]]
+* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs Gentoo Wiki]
 == Pid 1 ==
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 | systemd || style="background:red" | None ||
 |}
+* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Init_system Gentoo Wiki]
 * See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Init Archwiki]
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 * See also: [[Syslog]]
-== [[:Category:Device Manager|Device Manager]] ==
+== [[Device Manager]] ==
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 * See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_management Archwiki]
+* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Power_management Gentoo Wiki]
 == DHCP Client ==
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 |}
 * See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration#DHCP Archwiki]
+* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Resolv.conf Gentoo Wiki - resolv.conf]
 == Wi-Fi ==
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 | systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None ||
 |}
+* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Seatd Gentoo Wiki - seatd]
+* [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Elogind Gentoo Wiki - elogind]
+* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Init#logind ArchWiki - systemd-logind]
 == Login ==
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 | systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None || style="background:lime" | Yes ||
 |}
+* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Login Gentoo Wiki]
 == Shell Utils ==
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 * [[Change default shell]]
 * See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Command-line_shell Archwiki]
+* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Shell Gentoo Wiki]
 == SU ==
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 |}
 * See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cron Archwiki]
+* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Cron Gentoo Wiki]
 == SSH ==
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 |}
 * See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Secure_Shell Archwiki]
+* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/SSH Gentoo Wiki - OpenSSH]
+* See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Dropbear Gentoo Wiki - Dropbear]
 == Desktop ==
 * See: [[Desktop environments and Window managers]]
-* See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Desktop_environment Desktop environment - Archwiki]
 == See Also ==
 * [[Architecture|Alpine Architecture]]