Suggestion: Alpine Linux

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Alpine Linux is a distribution known for being extremely simple and lightweight thanks to software like the Musl libc, and is popular among e.g. Docker containers, and growing among VPS providers. Knowing how resource-bound Glitch projects are, and that Ubuntu 16.04’s EOL is in April 2021, it would be interesting if Glitch started using Alpine, which provides on-par performance while using as little as 800 MB of storage and 50 MB of RAM for a basic install.

P.S.: sorry for the lack of references, I can only post up to two links!

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We need new container images, especially if Ubuntu is going to reach its end of life next year!

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if the glitch staff deem it as a good test, they will most likely open a beta of some sorts, if the beta fails, we will probably stick with ubuntu 16.04 until paid plans could come out

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We should wait but we will have to switch at some point because then glitch will have to maintain ubuntu when it reaches it’s EOL