Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for x86 routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes 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. The C library used is uClibc and the base tools are all in BusyBox. Those are normally found in embedded systems and are smaller than the tools found in GNU/Linux systems.
Alpine Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution designed with performance and security in mind. The projects latest release, Alpine Linux 3.8.0, includes support for Raspberry Pi 3 computers and the 64-bit ARM (aarch64) architecture. The distribution has also added support for the Crystal language. The release announcement reports: "We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.8.0, the first in the v3.8 stable series. New features and noteworthy new packages: support netboot on all architectures; add arm64 (aarch64) Raspberry Pi image; add support for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B ; support ISO image on s390x (KVM installation); end of support for hardened kernel (unofficial Grsecurity); Support for Crystal language. Significant updates: Linux kernel 4.14, Go 1.10, Node.js 8.11 (LTS), Rust 1.26, Ruby 2.5, PHP 7.2, ghc 8.4, OCaml 4.06, R 3.5, JRuby 9.2. Thanks to everyone sending in patches, bug reports, and new and updated aports. The full list of changes can be found in the git log and bug tracker.
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Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for x86 routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes 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. The C library used is uClibc and the base tools are all in BusyBox. Those are normally found in embedded systems and are smaller than the tools found in GNU/Linux systems.
