Alpine Linux
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Alpine Linux is a lightweight, security-focused Linux distribution designed for simplicity, resource efficiency, and containerized environments.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alpine Linux project | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Linux distribution
ⓘ
operating system ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Linux
ⓘ
surface form:
Linux kernel
|
| communityChannel |
GitLab issues
ⓘ
IRC ⓘ mailing lists ⓘ |
| configurationSystem | /etc/conf.d with OpenRC ⓘ |
| defaultPackageFormat | .apk ⓘ |
| defaultShell | /bin/ash ⓘ |
| designGoal |
lightweight
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resource efficiency ⓘ security-focused ⓘ simplicity ⓘ suitable for containers ⓘ |
| developer |
Alpine Linux
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Alpine Linux project
|
| documentation | https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/ ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| license |
BSD licenses
ⓘ
GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form:
GPL
MIT License ⓘ |
| notableUse |
Docker base image
ⓘ
Kubernetes container images ⓘ |
| packageManager | apk-tools ⓘ |
| releaseModel |
rolling release (edge branch)
ⓘ
stable releases ⓘ |
| repository |
community
ⓘ
main ⓘ testing ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
hardened kernel options (in some flavors)
ⓘ
position-independent executables by default ⓘ stack-smashing protection by default ⓘ |
| sourceRepository | https://git.alpinelinux.org/ ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture |
ARM
ⓘ
ARM64 ⓘ ppc64le ⓘ s390x ⓘ x86 ⓘ x86_64 ⓘ |
| supportsBootMode |
data disk mode
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diskless mode ⓘ sys mode ⓘ |
| supportsInitramfs | yes ⓘ |
| targetUseCase |
containers
ⓘ
embedded systems ⓘ minimal virtual machines ⓘ server environments ⓘ |
| uses | BusyBox ⓘ |
| usesCStandardLibrary | musl ⓘ |
| usesInitSystem | OpenRC ⓘ |
| website | https://alpinelinux.org/ ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Alpine Linux project