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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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Mageia

Mageia is a fork of Mandriva Linux formed in September 2010 by former employees and contributors to the popular French Linux distribution. Unlike Mandriva, which is a commercial entity, Mageia is a community project and a non-profit organisation whose goal is to develop a free Linux-based operating system.

Technical Specs Comparison
Alpine LinuxMageia
IndependentBaseIndependent
apkPackage Managerdnf, urpmi
Busybox, OpenRCInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
3.24.0Latest Version9
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 10, 2026Release DateAugust 27, 2023
ARM64ARMv7i486LoongArch64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64i686
Architecture
ARM64ARMv7i486LoongArch64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64i686
GNOMEKDE PlasmaLXQtMATESwayXfceAwesomeCinnamonHyprlandi3IceWMKDElabwcLXDEOpenboxWMaker
Desktops
GNOMEKDE PlasmaLXQtMATESwayXfceAwesomeCinnamonHyprlandi3IceWMKDElabwcLXDEOpenboxWMaker