Release of the minimalist distribution Alpine Linux 3.11

Took place release Alpine Linux 3.11, a minimalist distribution based on the system library Musl and a set of utilities BusyBox. The distribution is characterized by enhanced security requirements and is built with Stack Smashing Protection (SSP). OpenRC is used as the initialization system, and a proprietary package manager called apk is utilized for package management. Alpine is conducted for creating official Docker container images. Bootable ISO images (x86_64, x86, armhf, aarch64, armv7, ppc64le, s390x) are available in five versions: standard (130 MB), unpatched kernel (120 MB), extended (424 MB), and for virtual machines (36 MB).

In the new release:

• Initial support for GNOME and KDE desktops;
• Support for Vulkan graphics API and DXVK layer implementing Direct3D 10/11 over Vulkan;
• Support MinGW-w64;
• Availability of the Rust compiler for all architectures except s390x;
• Support for Raspberry Pi 4 (builds for aarch64 and armv7);
• Package version updates: Linux kernel 5.4, GCC 9.2.0
  Busybox 1.31.1,
  musl libc 1.1.24,
  LLVM 9.0.0,
  Go 1.13.4,
  Python 3.8.0,
  Perl 5.30.1,
  Postgresql 12.1,
  Rust 1.39.0,
  Crystal 0.31.1,
  Erlang 22.1,
  Zabbix 4.4.3
  Nextcloud 17.0.2,
  Git 2.24.1,
  Xen 4.13.0,
  Qemu 4.2.0.

Source: opennet.ru