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I'd like to know if the Linux server landscape is changing in favor of Debian due to Docker. It seems most popular packages are based on Debian. Although Alpin

• jameskegel 9y ago
  Alpine is the default iirc
  • krzyk 9y ago
    Strange, this is the first time I hear about Alpine, most of the server stuff I work/worked with were either Redhat or Debian.
    • devonkim 9y ago
      A lot of people porting older applications that depend upon base OS assumptions into containers will probably be using more full-featured containers. With greenfield applications I would expect more use of Alpine or even the scratch base image for people trying to deploy truly minimal containers.
• jedisct1 9y ago
  Pretty much the opposite. Alpine is the recommended base layer, and is progressively replacing Debian and Ubuntu in many images.