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DistroWatch.com: Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux

Last Update: Saturday 4 February 2012 00:08 GMT


Alpine Linux
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 Summary
Distribution Alpine Linux
Home Page http://www.alpinelinux.org/
Mailing Lists http://www.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Mailing_lists
User Forums --
Documentation http://www.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Tutorials_and_Howtos
Screenshots --
Download Mirrors http://www.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Downloads
Bug Tracker http://bugs.alpinelinux.org/
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Recent Related News
 • 2011-11-01: Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 2.3.0
 • 2011-05-04: Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 2.2.0
 • 2011-03-09: Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 2.1.5
 • 2011-01-09: Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 2.1.4
 • 2010-11-04: Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 2.1.0
 • 2010-08-21: Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 2.0.0

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  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature 2.3.6 1.10.6
Release Date 2012/02/03 2010/06/16
Price (US$) Free Free
CDs 1 1
Free Download ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop -- --
Package Management APK APK
Office Suite -- --
Processor Architecture i386, x86_64 i386
Journaled File Systems ext3 ext3
Multilingual -- --
Asian Language Support -- --
Package 2.3.6 1.10.6
abiword (2.8.6) -- --
alsa-lib (1.0.25) 1.0.24.1 1.0.22
ati-driver (8.961) -- --
banshee (2.4.0) -- --
bash (4.2) 4.2 4.0
bind (9.9.0) 9.8.1-P1 9.6.1-P3
chromium (r138037) -- --
cups (1.5.3) -- --
dhcp (4.2.3-P2) 4.2.3-P1 4.1.0-P1
firefox (12.0) -- --
freetype (2.4.9) 2.4.8 2.3.8
gcc (4.7.0) -- --
gimp (2.8.0) -- --
glibc (2.15) -- --
gnome-shell (3.4.1) -- --
gnucash (2.4.10) -- --
gnumeric (1.10.17) -- --
grub (1.99) -- --
gtk+ (3.4.3) -- --
httpd (2.4.2) -- --
inkscape (0.48.3.1) -- --
k3b (2.0.2) -- --
kdelibs (4.8.3) -- --
libgnome (2.32.1) -- --
libreoffice (3.5.3) -- --
linux (3.3.6) 3.0.18 2.6.32.15
Package 2.3.6 1.10.6
lxde-common (0.5.5) -- --
MesaLib (8.0.3) -- --
module-init-tools (3.16) -- --
mysql (5.5.24) 5.5.17 --
nautilus (3.4.2) -- --
NVIDIA (295.53) -- --
openbox (3.5.0) -- --
openjdk (7b147) -- --
openssh (6.0p1) 5.8p2 5.3p1
openssl (1.0.1c) 1.0.0e 0.9.9o
perl (5.14.2) 5.14.2 5.10.1
php (5.4.3) -- --
pidgin (2.10.4) -- --
postfix (2.9.2) 2.8.6 2.6.5
postgresql (9.1.3) 9.1.2 8.4.2
Python (3.2.3) -- --
qt (4.8.1) -- --
samba (3.6.5) 3.6.1 3.4.7
thunderbird (12.0.1) -- --
udev (182) -- --
vim (7.3) 7.3 7.2
vlc (2.0.1) -- --
xfdesktop (4.10.0) -- --
xine-lib (1.2.1) -- --
xorg-server (1.12.1) -- --
xz (5.0.3) -- --


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