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Welcome to Alpine Linux Wiki!

Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and Busybox.

Here is a more detailed overview of what makes our distribution distinctive; and a comparison with other distros.

How can we help you?

	Installation Installing Alpine Linux		FAQ Frequently Asked Questions		Glossary
	Tutorials and Howtos Basic and advanced configuration tasks		Developer Documentation Alpine Linux Development		Contribute Contribute to Alpine Linux

Current releases latest is 3.19.1

Links to other sites with information about Alpine

For licensing on any contributions, see the Privacy Policy.

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-A security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on [http://uclibc.org uClibc] and [http://busybox.net Busybox].
+''' Welcome to Alpine Linux Wiki! '''
+'''[https://alpinelinux.org/about Alpine Linux]''' is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on [https://musl.libc.org/ musl libc] and [https://busybox.net Busybox].
+Here is a [[Alpine Linux:Overview|more detailed overview]] of what makes our distribution distinctive; and a [[comparison with other distros]].
+== How can we help you? ==
-<br />
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-|style="width:64px;"|[[image:knotes.svg|64px|link=About]]
-|'''[[About]]''' <br/> About Alpine Linux
-|style="width:64px;"|[[image:Downloads.svg|64px|link=Downloads]]
-|'''[[Downloads|Downloads]]''' <br/> Get Alpine Linux
 |style="width:64px;"|[[image:hdd_mount.svg|64px|link=Installation]]
-|'''[[Installation|Install]]''' <br/> Installing Alpine Linux
+|'''[[Installation]]''' <br/> Installing Alpine Linux
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+|[[image:filetypes.svg|64px|link=Alpine Linux:FAQ]]
-|[[image:filetypes.svg|64px|link=FAQ]]
+|'''[[Alpine Linux:FAQ|FAQ]]''' <br/> Frequently Asked Questions
-|'''[[FAQ|FAQ]]''' <br/> Frequently Asked Questions
+|[[image:bookcase.svg|64px|link=Alpine Linux:Glossary]]
-|[[image:package_edutainment.svg|64px|link=Tutorials]]
+|'''[[Alpine Linux:Glossary|Glossary]]'''
-|'''[[Tutorials and Howtos]]''' <br/>Basic and advanced configuration tasks <br/>for your Alpine Linux
-|[[image:help_index.png | link=Index:Support]]
-|'''[[Support|Support]]''' <br/> Technical Support
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-|[[image:kuser.svg|64px|link=Index:Contribute]]
+|[[image:package_edutainment.svg|64px|link=Tutorials and Howtos]]
-|'''[[Contribute]]''' <br/> Contribute to the Alpine Linux
+|'''[[Tutorials and Howtos]]''' <br/>Basic and advanced configuration tasks
-|[[image:package_system.svg|64px|link=Development]]
+|[[image:package_system.svg|64px|link=Developer_Documentation]]
-|'''[[Developer Documentation|Development]]''' <br/> Alpine Linux Development
+|'''[[Developer Documentation]]''' <br/> Alpine Linux Development
-|[[image:bookcase.svg|64px|link=Index:Misc]]
+|[[image:kuser.svg|64px|link=Alpine Linux:Contribute]]
-|'''[[Misc|Misc]]''' <br/> Definitions & Miscellaneous articles
+|'''[[Alpine Linux:Contribute|Contribute]]''' <br/> Contribute to Alpine Linux
 |}
-{{:News}}
+* [https://alpinelinux.org/releases Current releases] latest is {{AlpineLatest}}{{#ifexist: Release Notes for Alpine {{AlpineLatest}} | [[Release Notes for Alpine {{AlpineLatest}}| (release notes)]]}}
+<!--delete this line when Alpine 3.20.1 is released-->{{#ifeq: {{AlpineLatest}} | 3.20.0 | :[[Image:Tango-dialog-warning.png‎‎|48px|left|link=]]{{Box RED|Upgrade advisory:|There are breaking changes to the GRUB bootloader in Alpine 3.20.0<br>GRUB users are highly encouraged to read the [[Release Notes for Alpine 3.20.0#grub 2.12|release notes]] for more information.}}}}
+* [[Alpine Linux:Listings|Links to other sites with information about Alpine]]
+For licensing on any contributions, see the [[Alpine Linux:Privacy policy|Privacy Policy]].