> Too much There are cases in which it does matter. Just like anything else, it strongly depends on your use case. If you're into the microservices thing and r

> Too much There are cases in which it does matter. Just like anything else, it strongly depends on your use case. If you're into the microservices thing and rebuild your containers, or change requirements frequently - maybe container size (as they'll be pulled a lot, by a lot of different hosts) matter. Maybe you're making something for the public consumption and want to make sure it doesn't take up a huge amount of space. Maybe you're making an image for IOT/RPi type devices. You get the idea. Personally, I like using Alpine where possible because it's got less stuff. Less software means less things that could potentially have a security issue needing fixing/patching/updating later. However my default container for anything else is "miniubuntu" build as it's got all the basics, it's 85mb in size, and I can install all the things I need for the more complicated projects.