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BusyBox

2026-05-02T12:23:36Z

Fturco: use https instead of http

Alpine Linux is built around musl libc and [https://www.busybox.net/ busybox]. To minimize footprint, Alpine Linux comes with BusyBox by default.

BusyBox provides replacements for most of the utilities usually found in GNU coreutils, util-linux, etc. Built-in utility programs called as [[#BusyBox applets|applets]] share code for many common operations. BusyBox is set up as an endpoint for numerous symlinks that substitute various utilities. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU counterparts.

== BusyBox applets ==

The command {{ic|$ busybox}} lists the applets that have been compiled into BusyBox binary, the output of which, as of [[Release_Notes_for_Alpine_3.22.0|v3.22]], is shown below: {{Cmd|<nowiki>$ busybox
BusyBox v1.37.0 (2025-08-05 16:40:33 UTC) multi-call binary.
BusyBox is copyrighted by many authors between 1998-2015.
Licensed under GPLv2. See source distribution for detailed
copyright notices.

Usage: busybox [function [arguments]...]
or: busybox --list[-full]
or: busybox --install [-s] [DIR]
or: function [arguments]...

BusyBox is a multi-call binary that combines many common Unix
utilities into a single executable. Most people will create a
link to busybox for each function they wish to use and BusyBox
will act like whatever it was invoked as.

Currently defined functions:
[, [[, acpid, add-shell, addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, arch, arp, arping, ash, awk, base64, basename, bbconfig, bc, beep, blkdiscard, blkid, blockdev, brctl, bunzip2,
bzcat, bzip2, cal, cat, chattr, chgrp, chmod, chown, chpasswd, chroot, chvt, cksum, clear, cmp, comm, cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cryptpw, cut, date, dc, dd,
deallocvt, delgroup, deluser, depmod, df, diff, dirname, dmesg, dnsdomainname, dos2unix, du, dumpkmap, echo, egrep, eject, env, ether-wake, expand, expr, factor,
fallocate, false, fatattr, fbset, fbsplash, fdflush, fdisk, fgrep, find, findfs, flock, fold, free, fsck, fstrim, fsync, fuser, getopt, getty, grep, groups, gunzip,
gzip, halt, hd, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifenslave, ifup, init, inotifyd, insmod, install, ionice, iostat, ip, ipaddr, ipcalc,
ipcrm, ipcs, iplink, ipneigh, iproute, iprule, iptunnel, kbd_mode, kill, killall, killall5, klogd, last, less, link, linux32, linux64, ln, loadfont, loadkmap,
logger, login, logread, losetup, ls, lsattr, lsmod, lsof, lsusb, lzcat, lzma, lzop, lzopcat, makemime, md5sum, mdev, mesg, microcom, mkdir, mkdosfs, mkfifo,
mkfs.vfat, mknod, mkpasswd, mkswap, mktemp, modinfo, modprobe, more, mount, mountpoint, mpstat, mv, nameif, nanddump, nandwrite, nbd-client, nc, netstat, nice, nl,
nmeter, nohup, nologin, nproc, nsenter, nslookup, ntpd, od, openvt, partprobe, passwd, paste, pgrep, pidof, ping, ping6, pipe_progress, pivot_root, pkill, pmap,
poweroff, printenv, printf, ps, pscan, pstree, pwd, pwdx, raidautorun, rdate, rdev, readahead, readlink, realpath, reboot, reformime, remove-shell, renice, reset,
resize, rev, rfkill, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, run-parts, sed, sendmail, seq, setconsole, setfont, setkeycodes, setlogcons, setpriv, setserial, setsid, sh, sha1sum,
sha256sum, sha3sum, sha512sum, showkey, shred, shuf, slattach, sleep, sort, split, stat, strings, stty, su, sum, swapoff, swapon, switch_root, sync, sysctl, syslogd,
tac, tail, tar, tee, test, time, timeout, top, touch, tr, traceroute, traceroute6, tree, true, truncate, tty, ttysize, tunctl, udhcpc, udhcpc6, umount, uname,
unexpand, uniq, unix2dos, unlink, unlzma, unlzop, unshare, unxz, unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, vconfig, vi, vlock, volname, watch, watchdog, wc, wget,
which, who, whoami, whois, xargs, xxd, xzcat, yes, zcat, zcip</nowiki>}}

To view options supported by a specific BusyBox applet, say {{ic|grep}}, issue the command {{ic|$ busybox grep -h}}

== Replacing BusyBox utilities ==

If you find certain utilities in busybox lacking in features or options, equivalent [[How to get regular stuff working|full-featured utilities can easily replace]] them. This may be particularly useful when initially setting up hardware like [[Sound Setup|sound]], [[Configure Networking|networking]], [[Graphics driver|graphics]] and [[Printer Setup|printers]] and can be removed once done.

== Ash shell ==

Alpine Linux uses Busybox [[Shell_management#Ash_shell|Ash shell]] for its default shell.

== vi ==

Busybox uses [https://git.busybox.net/busybox/plain/editors/vi.c tiny vi], a small 'vi' clone. Refer [https://k.japko.eu/busybox-vi-tutorial.html Busybox vi tutorial] for an excellent introduction.

== udhcpc ==

[[udhcpc]] is the default DHCP client that comes inbuilt with Busybox.

== Cron ==

[[Cron#Busybox_crond|Busybox crond]] is the default cron implementation in Alpine Linux.

== acpid ==

Alpine Linux comes inbuilt with a basic version of [[Power_management#Busybox acpid|acpid]] as part of BusyBox.

== init ==

Busybox init is the first process(pid 1) started during boot. It never exits. It executes [[OpenRC]] runlevel scripts according to entries in {{Path|/etc/inittab}}.

== Shutdown commands ==

The busybox command equivalent for traditional GNU/Linux systems shutdown commands are as follows:{{Cmd|<nowiki># reboot # ⇔ shutdown now -r
# halt # ⇔ shutdown now -H
# poweroff # ⇔ shutdown now -P</nowiki>}}

== See also ==

* [https://www.busybox.net/ Official website]
* [https://busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html Official BusyBox Manual]
* [https://k.japko.eu/busybox-vi-tutorial.html Busybox vi tutorial]

[[Category:System Administration]]

BusyBox

2026-05-02T12:22:33Z

Fturco: use https instead of http

Alpine Linux is built around musl libc and [https://www.busybox.net/ busybox]. To minimize footprint, Alpine Linux comes with BusyBox by default.

BusyBox provides replacements for most of the utilities usually found in GNU coreutils, util-linux, etc. Built-in utility programs called as [[#BusyBox applets|applets]] share code for many common operations. BusyBox is set up as an endpoint for numerous symlinks that substitute various utilities. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU counterparts.

== BusyBox applets ==

The command {{ic|$ busybox}} lists the applets that have been compiled into BusyBox binary, the output of which, as of [[Release_Notes_for_Alpine_3.22.0|v3.22]], is shown below: {{Cmd|<nowiki>$ busybox
BusyBox v1.37.0 (2025-08-05 16:40:33 UTC) multi-call binary.
BusyBox is copyrighted by many authors between 1998-2015.
Licensed under GPLv2. See source distribution for detailed
copyright notices.

Usage: busybox [function [arguments]...]
or: busybox --list[-full]
or: busybox --install [-s] [DIR]
or: function [arguments]...

BusyBox is a multi-call binary that combines many common Unix
utilities into a single executable. Most people will create a
link to busybox for each function they wish to use and BusyBox
will act like whatever it was invoked as.

Currently defined functions:
[, [[, acpid, add-shell, addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, arch, arp, arping, ash, awk, base64, basename, bbconfig, bc, beep, blkdiscard, blkid, blockdev, brctl, bunzip2,
bzcat, bzip2, cal, cat, chattr, chgrp, chmod, chown, chpasswd, chroot, chvt, cksum, clear, cmp, comm, cp, cpio, crond, crontab, cryptpw, cut, date, dc, dd,
deallocvt, delgroup, deluser, depmod, df, diff, dirname, dmesg, dnsdomainname, dos2unix, du, dumpkmap, echo, egrep, eject, env, ether-wake, expand, expr, factor,
fallocate, false, fatattr, fbset, fbsplash, fdflush, fdisk, fgrep, find, findfs, flock, fold, free, fsck, fstrim, fsync, fuser, getopt, getty, grep, groups, gunzip,
gzip, halt, hd, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname, hwclock, id, ifconfig, ifdown, ifenslave, ifup, init, inotifyd, insmod, install, ionice, iostat, ip, ipaddr, ipcalc,
ipcrm, ipcs, iplink, ipneigh, iproute, iprule, iptunnel, kbd_mode, kill, killall, killall5, klogd, last, less, link, linux32, linux64, ln, loadfont, loadkmap,
logger, login, logread, losetup, ls, lsattr, lsmod, lsof, lsusb, lzcat, lzma, lzop, lzopcat, makemime, md5sum, mdev, mesg, microcom, mkdir, mkdosfs, mkfifo,
mkfs.vfat, mknod, mkpasswd, mkswap, mktemp, modinfo, modprobe, more, mount, mountpoint, mpstat, mv, nameif, nanddump, nandwrite, nbd-client, nc, netstat, nice, nl,
nmeter, nohup, nologin, nproc, nsenter, nslookup, ntpd, od, openvt, partprobe, passwd, paste, pgrep, pidof, ping, ping6, pipe_progress, pivot_root, pkill, pmap,
poweroff, printenv, printf, ps, pscan, pstree, pwd, pwdx, raidautorun, rdate, rdev, readahead, readlink, realpath, reboot, reformime, remove-shell, renice, reset,
resize, rev, rfkill, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, run-parts, sed, sendmail, seq, setconsole, setfont, setkeycodes, setlogcons, setpriv, setserial, setsid, sh, sha1sum,
sha256sum, sha3sum, sha512sum, showkey, shred, shuf, slattach, sleep, sort, split, stat, strings, stty, su, sum, swapoff, swapon, switch_root, sync, sysctl, syslogd,
tac, tail, tar, tee, test, time, timeout, top, touch, tr, traceroute, traceroute6, tree, true, truncate, tty, ttysize, tunctl, udhcpc, udhcpc6, umount, uname,
unexpand, uniq, unix2dos, unlink, unlzma, unlzop, unshare, unxz, unzip, uptime, usleep, uudecode, uuencode, vconfig, vi, vlock, volname, watch, watchdog, wc, wget,
which, who, whoami, whois, xargs, xxd, xzcat, yes, zcat, zcip</nowiki>}}

To view options supported by a specific BusyBox applet, say {{ic|grep}}, issue the command {{ic|$ busybox grep -h}}

== Replacing BusyBox utilities ==

If you find certain utilities in busybox lacking in features or options, equivalent [[How to get regular stuff working|full-featured utilities can easily replace]] them. This may be particularly useful when initially setting up hardware like [[Sound Setup|sound]], [[Configure Networking|networking]], [[Graphics driver|graphics]] and [[Printer Setup|printers]] and can be removed once done.

== Ash shell ==

Alpine Linux uses Busybox [[Shell_management#Ash_shell|Ash shell]] for its default shell.

== vi ==

Busybox uses [https://git.busybox.net/busybox/plain/editors/vi.c tiny vi], a small 'vi' clone. Refer [https://k.japko.eu/busybox-vi-tutorial.html Busybox vi tutorial] for an excellent introduction.

== udhcpc ==

[[udhcpc]] is the default DHCP client that comes inbuilt with Busybox.

== Cron ==

[[Cron#Busybox_crond|Busybox crond]] is the default cron implementation in Alpine Linux.

== acpid ==

Alpine Linux comes inbuilt with a basic version of [[Power_management#Busybox acpid|acpid]] as part of BusyBox.

== init ==

Busybox init is the first process(pid 1) started during boot. It never exits. It executes [[OpenRC]] runlevel scripts according to entries in {{Path|/etc/inittab}}.

== Shutdown commands ==

The busybox command equivalent for traditional GNU/Linux systems shutdown commands are as follows:{{Cmd|<nowiki># reboot # ⇔ shutdown now -r
# halt # ⇔ shutdown now -H
# poweroff # ⇔ shutdown now -P</nowiki>}}

== See also ==

* [https://www.busybox.net/ Official website]
* [https://busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html Official BusyBox Manual]
* [http://k.japko.eu/busybox-vi-tutorial.html Busybox vi tutorial]

[[Category:System Administration]]

Alpine Linux:Mailing lists

2026-05-02T10:40:21Z

Fturco: fix typo

'''[https://lists.alpinelinux.org/ Mailing List Archives]''' A Web listing of the mailing list archives in a searchable format. Since the mailing list is hosted on Alpine Linux, we are using [http://mlmmj.org/ mlmmj] for the mailing list, [https://www.hypermail-project.org/ hypermail] for translation into html.

(Please don't [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting top-post] to the list as it makes the archives more or less useless.)

See also https://alpinelinux.org/community/.

== Subscribing ==
Note: "<mailing-list>" can be any of the listed mailing lists below or at [https://lists.alpinelinux.org/ https://lists.alpinelinux.org/]
# Send an email to <mailing-list>+subscribe@lists.alpinelinux.org
# Wait for a reply from the <mailing-list>+help@lists.alpinelinux.org asking you to confirm your email address
# Send a reply to the given "Reply-To" address
# Receive a subscription confirmation from <mailing-list>+help@lists.alpinelinux.org with the subject line Welcome to <mailing-list>@lists.alpinelinux.org

There's also a button for subscribing in each mailing list's web UI, e.g. on [https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/users ~alpine/users] which will open your mail client for you.

== alpine-announce ==
Low-volume mailing list for release announcements (new versions of Alpine).
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:https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/announce
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== alpine-users ==
Mailing list for general user support.
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== alpine-devel ==
Mailing list for Alpine Linux development.
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== Other mailing lists ==

* [https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/aports alpine-aports]
:Active mailing list with patches for packages (proposed for incorporating into aports package pools).

* [https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/infra alpine-infra]
:Active mailing list discussing Alpine web infrastructure.

* [https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/apk-tools apk-tools]
:Active mailing list discussing the Alpine Package Keeper (APK)

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Alpine Linux:Wiki etiquette

2026-05-02T10:17:11Z

Fturco: add trailing period to sentences

Alpine Linux wiki is a place people come to write good articles. This page outlines etiquette guidelines that help maintain a collaborative environment.

== Basic Principles ==

* Assume good faith. Comply with etiquette ethics. Alpine Linux Wiki has worked remarkably well so far based on a policy of nearly complete freedom to [[Help:Editing|edit]].
* Remember the Golden Rule: Treat others as you would have them treat you—even if they are new. We were all new once.
* Be polite, please.
** Keep in mind that raw text may be ambiguous and often seems ruder than the same words coming from a person standing in front of you. Irony is not always obvious when written—text comes without facial expressions, vocal inflection, or body language. Be careful in choosing the words you write: what you mean might not be what others understand. Be careful of how you interpret what you read: what you understand might not be what the writer means.
* Sign and date your posts to talk pages (not articles!), unless you have some excellent reasons not to do so.
** This can be done by appending <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> immediately after your post.
** See also: [[Help:Signature]]
* Work towards agreement.
* Argue facts, not personalities.
* Do not ignore questions.
** If another disagrees with your [[Help:Editing|edit]], provide good reasons why you think that it is appropriate.
* Concede a point when you have no response to it, or admit when you disagree based on intuition or taste.
* Be civil.
** Although it is understandably difficult in an intense argument, if other editors are not as civil as you would like them to be, be ''more'' civil than they are, not less. That way at least you are not moving towards open conflict and name-calling; by your own action you are actively doing something about it: take a hit and refrain from hitting back—everybody appreciates that (or at least they should).
** However, do not hesitate to let the other person know that you are not comfortable with their tone in a neutral way—otherwise they might think that you are too dense to understand their "subtlety", and you will involuntarily encourage them (e.g., "I know that you have been sarcastic above, but I do not think that is helping us resolve the issue. However, I do not think that your argument stands because ...").
* Be prepared to apologize. In animated discussions, we often say things we later wish we had not. Say so.
* Forgive and forget.
* Recognize your own biases, and keep them in check.
* Give praise when due. Everybody likes to feel appreciated, especially in an environment that often requires compromise. Drop a friendly note on users' talk pages.
* Remove or summarize resolved disputes that you initiated.
* Help mediate disagreements between others.
* If you are arguing, take a break. If you are mediating, recommend a break.
** Take it slowly. If you are angry, spend time away from the wiki instead of posting or editing. Come back in a day or a week. You may find that someone else made the desired change or comment for you. If you think mediation is needed, enlist someone. Find another {{SITENAME}} Wiki article to distract yourself — there are {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles on {{SITENAME}} Wiki. You could, for example, help to complete various incomplete articles marked [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Expand|Expand]], [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Draft|Draft]], [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Todo|Todo]] or [[Special:WantedPages|write a new article]].
* Avoid reverts whenever possible, and stay within the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring#The_three-revert_rule three-revert rule] except in cases of clear vandalism. Explain reversions in the edit summary box.
** Amend, [[Help:Editing|edit]], discuss.
** When reverting other people's edits, give a rationale for the revert (on the article's talk page, if necessary), and be prepared to enter into an extended discussion over the edits in question. Calmly explaining your thinking to others can often result in their agreeing with you.
* Remind yourself that these are ''people'' with whom you are dealing. They have feelings, and probably have other people in the world who love them. Try to treat others with dignity. The world is a big place, with different cultures and conventions.
* Do not use jargon that others might not understand. Use acronyms carefully and clarify if there is the possibility of any doubt.

== Other words of advice ==

* Be open and warmly welcoming, not insular.
* Be focused single-mindedly on writing an encyclopedia, not on [[IRC|Usenet]]-style debate.
* Recognize and praise the best work: work that is detailed, factual, well-informed, and well-referenced.
* Work to understand what neutrality requires, and why it is so essential to and good for this project.
* Treat your fellow productive, well-meaning members of Alpine Linux with respect and good will.
* Attract and honor good people who know a lot and can write about it well.
* Show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists who, if permitted, would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere here.

== See also ==

* [[Help:Editing|How to edit a wiki Page]]
* [[Help:Cheatsheet|Cheatsheet for Alpine Linux wiki]]
* [[How to write a HOWTO]]

[[Category:Wiki]]

Alpine Linux:Listings

2026-05-02T10:08:22Z

Fturco: replace twitter with x.com

{{TOC right}}

These are official and unofficial '''Alpine Linux''' related pages around the web.

== Alpine Linux Dedicated Pages ==

=== Social media pages ===

* [https://x.com/alpinelinux X.com]
* [https://fosstodon.org/@alpinelinux Mastodon (on fosstodon.org)]
* [https://br.linkedin.com/groups/Alpine-Linux-6648617 LinkedIn Group]
* [https://old.reddit.com/r/alpinelinux /r/alpinelinux on Reddit]

=== Other pages ===

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Linux Wikipedia article]
* [https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=alpine Distrowatch entry]
* [https://openhub.net/p/aports Black Duck Open Hub] (aports statistics)
* [http://iso.linuxquestions.org/alpine-linux/ Linux Questions ISO links]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171125113042/https://blog.xenproject.org/2013/03/04/alpine-linux-and-xen/ Xen.org article] about Xen and Alpine Linux.
* [https://github.com/alpinelinux/ GitHub organization]
* [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/alpine-linux Alpine Linux tag on StackOverflow]

=== Interviews ===

* [https://tfir.io/meet-the-creator-of-alpine-linux-natanael-copa/ Meet the creator of Alpine Linux - Natanael Copa]

== Reviews ==

=== Blogs ===
* [https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20230403#alpine Alpine Linux 3.17.2 Review] by Jesse Smith for DistroWatch (published 2023-04-03 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230809174002/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20230403#alpine:~:text=Feature%20Story%20(by%20Jesse%20Smith) archive])
* [https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2023/02/18/in-praise-of-alpine-and-apk/ In praise of Alpine and apk] by Hugo Barrera (published 2023-02-18)
* [https://drewdevault.com/2021/05/06/Praise-for-Alpine-Linux.html In praise of Alpine Linux] by Drew DeVault (published 2021-05-06)
* [https://archive.is/F4ZSa Alpine Linux 2 Review] by LinuxBSDos (published 2010-08-23)
* [https://linuxlandit.blogspot.com/2010/08/alpine-linux-is-community-developed.html Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system [...]] by Linuxlandit & The Conqueror Penguin (published 2010-08-22)

=== Videos ===

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNYtJ3jyMRs Installing Alpine Linux as a Desktop OS by Trafotin]

== Lists that include Alpine ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Linux_distribution Lightweight Linux Distributions]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions_that_run_from_RAM Distributions that run from RAM]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_router_or_firewall_distributions Router or Firewall Distributions]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-focused_operating_system#Alpine_Linux Security-focused Distributions]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaX#Distributions_that_use_PaX Distributions that use PaX]

== Hosting providers ==

* [https://www.gigatux.com/distro/alpine_linux_vps GigaTux]
* [https://linode.com Linode]
* [https://vpsfree.cz/ vpsFree.cz]
* [https://control.profvds.com/link.php?id=2 Profvds.com]

Alpine Linux:Listings

2026-05-02T09:56:47Z

Fturco: fix tag name for stackoverflow

{{TOC right}}

These are official and unofficial '''Alpine Linux''' related pages around the web.

== Alpine Linux Dedicated Pages ==

=== Social media pages ===

* [https://twitter.com/alpinelinux Twitter]
* [https://fosstodon.org/@alpinelinux Mastodon (on fosstodon.org)]
* [https://br.linkedin.com/groups/Alpine-Linux-6648617 LinkedIn Group]
* [https://old.reddit.com/r/alpinelinux /r/alpinelinux on Reddit]

=== Other pages ===

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Linux Wikipedia article]
* [https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=alpine Distrowatch entry]
* [https://openhub.net/p/aports Black Duck Open Hub] (aports statistics)
* [http://iso.linuxquestions.org/alpine-linux/ Linux Questions ISO links]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171125113042/https://blog.xenproject.org/2013/03/04/alpine-linux-and-xen/ Xen.org article] about Xen and Alpine Linux.
* [https://github.com/alpinelinux/ GitHub organization]
* [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/alpine-linux Alpine Linux tag on StackOverflow]

=== Interviews ===

* [https://tfir.io/meet-the-creator-of-alpine-linux-natanael-copa/ Meet the creator of Alpine Linux - Natanael Copa]

== Reviews ==

=== Blogs ===
* [https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20230403#alpine Alpine Linux 3.17.2 Review] by Jesse Smith for DistroWatch (published 2023-04-03 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230809174002/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20230403#alpine:~:text=Feature%20Story%20(by%20Jesse%20Smith) archive])
* [https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2023/02/18/in-praise-of-alpine-and-apk/ In praise of Alpine and apk] by Hugo Barrera (published 2023-02-18)
* [https://drewdevault.com/2021/05/06/Praise-for-Alpine-Linux.html In praise of Alpine Linux] by Drew DeVault (published 2021-05-06)
* [https://archive.is/F4ZSa Alpine Linux 2 Review] by LinuxBSDos (published 2010-08-23)
* [https://linuxlandit.blogspot.com/2010/08/alpine-linux-is-community-developed.html Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system [...]] by Linuxlandit & The Conqueror Penguin (published 2010-08-22)

=== Videos ===

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNYtJ3jyMRs Installing Alpine Linux as a Desktop OS by Trafotin]

== Lists that include Alpine ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Linux_distribution Lightweight Linux Distributions]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions_that_run_from_RAM Distributions that run from RAM]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_router_or_firewall_distributions Router or Firewall Distributions]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-focused_operating_system#Alpine_Linux Security-focused Distributions]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaX#Distributions_that_use_PaX Distributions that use PaX]

== Hosting providers ==

* [https://www.gigatux.com/distro/alpine_linux_vps GigaTux]
* [https://linode.com Linode]
* [https://vpsfree.cz/ vpsFree.cz]
* [https://control.profvds.com/link.php?id=2 Profvds.com]