But, for 32 bit systems, right now I believe you are probably better of using NetBSD or OpenBSD. Both systems do not have the 2038 problem and use far less resources.
Granted Linux is working on 2038, but I think it is not 100% and only in 5.6+ (IIRC).
Also with the wayland push in Linux, I am not sure how well wayland will work on 32 bit systems with limited memory.
Alpine is great because you can keep your home dirs, some configuration & packages etc. on an encrypted thumb drive that can be swapped between computers.
It's like an author using an old typewriter to focus, can't use Chrome (too slow) but NetSurf is great for occasional HN and reference material browsing.
All I really need is a shell, Vim, i3, Python and a compiler... reminds me of the Minix days - just you, an editor and a C compiler without any distractions.