Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux è un sistema operativo orientato ai routers, firewalls, VPNs, box VoIP e servers, funzionando su hardware x86. E’ stato progettato con la sicurezza in mente: utilizza PaX e SSP per prevenire buchi di sicurezza. Utilizza BusyBox come interfaccia grafica.

Versione 3.15.0

Questa versione contiene (in Inglese):

Highlights

Linux kernels 5.15 (LTS)
llvm 12
nodejs 16.13 (LTS) / nodejs-current 17.0
postgresql 14
openldap 2.6
ruby 3.0
rust 1.56
openjdk 17
kea 2.0
xorg-server 21.1
GNOME 41
KDE Plasma 5.23 / KDE Applications 21.08 / Plasma Mobile Gear 21.10
Support for disk encryption in installer
Support for out-of-tree kernel modules via AKMS (inspired by DKMS)
Initial support for UEFI Secure Boot on x86_64

Significant changes

Kernel modules are now compressed with gzip.
Framebuffer drivers have been disabled in kernel and replaced by simpledrm.
qt5-qtwebkit and related packages have been removed due to lack of upstream support.
The MIPS64 port is discontinued. The architecture is EOL and no new releases will be made. See TSC#27.

Upgrade notes

As always, make sure to use apk upgrade --available when switching between major versions.
New 4096 bit RSA keys are now used for package signatures. Make sure alpine-keys>=2.4.0-r0 is installed on your system before upgrading.
Multiple major versions of PostreSQL can now be installed in parallel to facilitate upgrades. See the PostgreSQL upgrade notes for more details.
radvd no longer enables forwarding for IPv6. If still required, make sure net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding is enabled.
Several ruby packages have been moved to dedicated aports, and others have merged into a single package. See the wiki for details.

Deprecation notes

sudo will be moved to community in Alpine Linux 3.16. The suggested replacement is doas, which is available in main. See TSC#1
php7 is being phased out, as the last release, 7.4 will have only 1 year of security support left.

Risorse

La distribuzione può essere scaricata da:

ISO (159MB): https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.15/releases/x86_64/alpine-standard-3.15.0-x86_64.iso

Il sito web della distribuzione è: http://alpinelinux.org/

Conclusioni

E’ la prima versione delle serie 3.15

Alpine Linux 3.15.0