uDOS-alpine

Purpose

Lean Alpine Linux runtime profile and packaging surface for uDOS.

Ownership

• APK packaging
• lean deployment profiles
• diskless and live boot flows
• remaster and image support
• lightweight Core + TUI + ThinUI runtime profile
• companion-node compatibility with the main Ubuntu runtime

Non-Goals

• canonical runtime semantics
• provider bridge ownership
• general-purpose host support for every platform
• full browser command-centre ownership
• replacing uDOS-ubuntu as the primary always-on runtime host

Spine

• apkbuild/
• distribution/
• openrc/
• profiles/
• docs/
• scripts/
• tests/
• examples/

Local Development

Keep deployment profiles explicit, minimal, and packaging-aware.

Family Relation

uDOS-alpine is the lightweight runtime companion to uDOS-ubuntu.

It should provide:

• uDOS-core consumption
• uDOS-shell TUI surfaces
• uDOS-thinui local GUI surfaces
• network compatibility with the main Ubuntu-hosted command centre

It should stop at ThinUI capability rather than growing into the full browser command-centre lane.

Activation

The repo activation path is documented in docs/activation.md.

Run the current repo validation entrypoint with:

scripts/run-alpine-checks.sh

Launch the current C64-style ThinUI handoff demo with:

bash scripts/demo-thinui-launch.sh

Release Policy

Release notes and artifact rules are documented in docs/release-policy.md.

Runtime Profile

See docs/alpine-runtime-profile.md.