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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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Vendefoul Wolf

Vendefoul Wolf is a set of lightweight, Devuan-based Linux distributions featuring various popular desktop environments, including Budgie, Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXQt, Trinity and Xfce. As the init software, it offers a choice between SysV and runit.

Technical Specs Comparison
Alpine LinuxVendefoul Wolf
IndependentBaseDevuan
apkPackage Managerapt / deb, flatpak
Busybox, OpenRCInit SystemOpenRC
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
3.24.0Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
June 10, 2026Release DateApril 15, 2026
ARM64ARMv7i486LoongArch64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64
Architecture
ARM64ARMv7i486LoongArch64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64
GNOMEKDE PlasmaLXQtMATESwayXfcebspwmBudgieCinnamonEnlightenmentIceWMKatanaSonicDETrinity
Desktops
GNOMEKDE PlasmaLXQtMATESwayXfcebspwmBudgieCinnamonEnlightenmentIceWMKatanaSonicDETrinity