[xxpor]

For an average user, I'd guess they'd hit more issues with busybox than musl.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

If you care, just install the `coreutils` package and it'll overwrite the default symlinks and you'll get GNU coreutils by default.

[xxpor]

Oh thanks, that's good to know they're available.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

Yep:) If you found that useful, I'd suggest looking over all of https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/How_to_get_regular_stuff_w...

[spyremeown]

I hate how many incredibly useful and sane options and most of the time missing from busybox binutils... drivers me crazy.

[mikece]

Are there any (lightweight?) desktop distros built atop Alpine as a base?

[clay-dreidels]

I use it as a daily driver. Here is my setup. Coreutils is included.

https://lamda-chops.bearblog.dev/alpine-linux/