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[[!meta title="Alpine Linux on the HP X360 1040 G5"]]
## Overview
Due to RAM limitations in most notebooks (16G maximum) I have recently
switched to the HP X360 1040 G5, more or less the 14" HP equivalent of
the Lenovo X1 Carbon. Some tech specs for the geeks under us:
* Resolution 3840x2160
* 1 TB SSD / NVMe
* 32GB RAM
This article is work in progress, currently more to be seen as a todo
list for myself.
## Alpine
My backup notebooks are currently running Arch Linux and Devuan. As I
find Alpine an interesting project (it resembles most of what I think
how Linux should be), I thought about giving it a try.
Some things that are a bit special in alpine Linux:
* Does not come with shadow by default
* Uses musl libc instead of glibc (yeah!)
Besides that, some things that are instant benefits of Alpine:
* easy to use package manager
* easy to write package format
* VERY fast package installations (because they are fast)
## What is working on alpine + X360 1040
Almost everything. C'mon, it's 2019 and as long as xorg + i3 is
running, what is there more that you want?
## What is currently not working on alpine + X360 1040
There are a few
minor hiccups that I still need to solve in the next days:
* create a package for mu4e 1.2 (currently installed in /usr/local)
** needs fix for /usr/bin/sh reference
* create a package for magit
* create a package for vym
* create a package for openconnect
* checkout why the shotwell package is broken
* checkout why the firefox package is broken
* hotkeys don't send the right key events => might be a kernel issue
* xbacklight => does not see backlight control
[[!tag unix linux notebook]]

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strong opinions on some topics (not mentioning systemd here) and you
are invited to challenge them :-)
[[!tag unix linux apple]]
[[!tag unix linux apple notebook]]