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Alpine Linux

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Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes, containers, and servers. It was designed with security in mind; it has proactive security features like PaX and SSP that prevent security holes in the software to be exploited.

Technical Specs
Base
Independent
Package Manager
Init System
Latest Version
3.24.0
Release Model
fixed release
Release Date
June 10, 2026
Architecture
ARM64ARMv7i486LoongArch64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64
Desktop Environments

About Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes, containers, and servers. It was designed with security in mind; it has proactive security features like PaX and SSP that prevent security holes in the software to be exploited. The C library used is musl and the base tools are all in BusyBox. Those are normally found in embedded systems and are smaller than the tools found in GNU/Linux systems.

Highlights

  • -Built on musl libc and BusyBox. Minimal image size, containerization standard.