can't comment on XMPP because i haven't tried it yet but i definitely can comment on linux; i've used alpine for a few years and i've got to say, it blew my mind when i first tried it. i went from windows to that (and in the meantime debian, elementary, openbsd and netbsd, etc.) and man am i glad i switched...
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I've heard good things about alpine myself. Might try it later over the holidays. My journey was from Windows xp to 8 to 10 and after that to Ubuntu, Pop Os, Endeavour, Archcraft and finally Arch.
My friend has been egging me on to try elementary and debian but i think i'll stick with arch or arch based distros for personal use.
What would you say is the best part about alpine?
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