Musl libc is a more preferable option if security and speed are important to you, compared to glibc, but is this currently the case? Do most applications still not work on musl? And how effective is gcompat?
Musl libc is a more preferable option if security and speed are important to you, compared to glibc, but is this currently the case? Do most applications still not work on musl? And how effective is gcompat?
It works, but the memory allocator implementation is way too slower compared to glibc. This especially becomes a performance bottleneck if application does a lot of heap allocation/deallocation.
I think Musl is a better choice when you work on embedded, low-end devices, or statically linked/self-contained applications. For high performance workstation usage, I still prefer glibc.
The default allocator is very slow but it can be changed. Chimera Linux, for example, uses mimalloc which is very fast.