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| Developer | Alpine Linux development team |
|---|---|
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Active |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | August 2005[1] |
| Latest release | 3.19.1 / 26 January 2024[2] |
| Repository | |
| Marketing target | General-purpose. Security, embedded systems and other resource-constrained systems, such as containers.[3] |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Package manager | apk-tools |
| Platforms | |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | BusyBox |
| Default user interface | Ash |
| Official website | alpinelinux |
Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution designed to be small, simple, and secure.[3] It uses musl, BusyBox, and OpenRC instead of the more commonly used glibc, GNU Core Utilities, and systemd.[4][5][6][7][8] This makes Alpine one of few Linux distributions not to be based on the GNU Core Utilities.[9]
For security, Alpine compiles all user-space binaries as position-independent executables with stack-smashing protection.[10]
Because of its small size and rapid startup, it is commonly used in containers providing quick boot-up times,[11][12] on virtual machines as well as on real hardware in embedded devices, such as routers, servers and NAS.[citation needed]
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- ^ Security-Oriented Alpine Linux 3.7 Has UEFI Support, GRUB Support in Installer, Softpedia News
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- ^ Noyes, Katherine (9 February 2016). "Is Docker ditching Ubuntu Linux? Confusion reigns". Network World.
- ^ "OpenRC - Alpine Linux". wiki.alpinelinux.org.
- ^ "What is Alpine Linux? | Definition from TechTarget". IT Operations. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Alpine Linux official website under Secure section". alpinelinux.org/.
- ^ "Meet Alpine Linux, Docker's Distribution of Choice for Containers". 28 March 2017.
- ^ "Review: Alpine Linux is made for Docker". InfoWorld. 10 July 2017.
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