Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux
Developer Alpine Linux development team
OS family Unix-like
Working state Active
Source model Open source
Latest release 3.4.6 / 8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)[1]
Marketing target Developers, power users
Available in Multilingual
Package manager APK
Platforms x86, x86-64, ARMhf
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Userland Busybox (GNU coreutils are optional)
Default user interface CLI
Official website alpinelinux.org

Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution based on musl and BusyBox, primarily designed for "power users who appreciate security, simplicity and resource efficiency". It uses PaX and grsecurity patches in the default kernel and compiles all user space binaries as position-independent executables with stack-smashing protection.[2]

History

Originally, Alpine Linux began as a fork of the LEAF project.[3] The members of LEAF wanted to continue making a Linux distribution that could fit on a single floppy disk, whereas the Alpine Linux wished to include some more heavyweight packages such as Squid and Samba, as well as additional security features and a newer kernel. One of the original goals was to create a framework for larger systems; although usable for this purpose, this is no longer a primary goal.

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