[dougbarrett]

From what I understand of alpine, it's commonly used for Docker images to provide a lightweight distro for your apps vs using something like ubuntu or debian which may include more than what's required.

I don't believe it's intended to be used in a desktop environment, but I could be wrong.

[Seirdy]

This is false; you can install a variety of DEs from the repos.

[dougbarrett]

Got it. Thanks for correcting me!

[samgranieri]

Yes, it's defintely used for Dockerizing apps. I've Dockerized several Ruby, Node and Elixir apps using Alpine at work.