Some examples:

  • Android
  • Alpine: Alpine Linux is built around musl libc and busybox
  • glaucus: A simple and lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and toybox
  • Chimera (alpha stage): Chimera uses a novel combination of core tools from FreeBSD, the LLVM toolchain, and the Musl C library
  • xohshoo@lemmy.world
    14·
    1 year ago

    given Android, it might even be that most linuxes aren’t GNU/linux

    When Android came out, it really hit this and the limits of the GPLvII home for me

  • Zloubida@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Android is exactly why I think it’s important not to ditch GNU in GNU/Linux. I don’t care about codelines, I care about the philosophy.

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Philosophy probably did play a significant role: Google could have chosen BusyBox, which is GPL licensed, if their concern was solely the GNU user space’s comparative bloat.

  • Presi300@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Alpine’s great, it’s my go-to lightweight/server distro, just really wish they had an option for glibc, musl is just way too limiting for a daily driver…