By Christopher Harper
That’s right, you can install Alpine Linux with the Windows Installer. But… should you?
Late last month, developer Naman Sood posted a screenshot of Alpine Linux inside a Windows installer, and followed it with a semi-satirical YouTube video showing the install inside a VM— but as of April 30, he’s released a full tutorial and explanation.
As for why you might want to do this, well, even Sood is not sure. As he says himself, “I’m not sure why you would want to do this. Presumably for the same reason as me? I also don’t know what that was.”
Amusing motivations (or lack thereof) aside, there are some interesting technical details to pick apart in the original documentation that we’d like to discuss.
