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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.

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Devuan GNU+Linux

Devuan GNU+Linux is a Linux distribution forked from Debian in 2015. The project's primary goal is to provide a variant of Debian without the complexities and dependencies of systemd, an init system and services manager originally developed by Red Hat and later adopted by most other Linux distributions.

Technical Specs Comparison
Alpine LinuxDevuan GNU+Linux
IndependentBaseDebian
apkPackage Managerapt / deb
Busybox, OpenRCInit SystemOpenRC, runit, SysV
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
3.24.0Latest Version6.0.0
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 10, 2026Release DateNovember 3, 2025
ARM64ARMv7i486LoongArch64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64armelARMhfi686
Architecture
ARM64ARMv7i486LoongArch64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64armelARMhfi686
GNOMEKDE PlasmaLXQtMATESwayXfceCinnamonlabwcWayfire
Desktops
GNOMEKDE PlasmaLXQtMATESwayXfceCinnamonlabwcWayfire