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> Keep in mind that today due to the great popularity of Docker, Alpine Linux is one of the most deployed operating systems currently in use, because within eve
by Macha 5y ago
> Keep in mind that today due to the great popularity of Docker, Alpine Linux is one of the most deployed operating systems currently in use, because within every other operating system that uses docker, the docker image it uses is almost always Alpine Linux.
Isn't this a little overstated? I'm willing to accept it has a majority, especially once you get into custom images, but e.g. docker's library images are usually debian based, with a -slim or -alpine variant available, and of developer provided images on my network, debian + derived images have a majority, while Alpine's statement leads you to expect some kind of 90% share.
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- DiabloD3 5y agoDocker images used to be entirely Debian-based but have slowly become almost entirely Alpine based. A lot of Debian users have become Alpine users, and I've been mulling over if I should join as well (since I've used Debian for 20+ years but are friends with Alpine devs and users).
- Macha 5y agoSo I surveyed docker images in my personal use: Postgres (Docker provided - https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres): Debian (with alternates for alpine or other debian versions) Jellyfin (Developer provided - https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/blob/master/Dockerfile https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/blob/master/Dockerfile): They use an alpine build step but the final distributed image is debian Calibre-Web (Linuxserver provided - https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-calibre-web/blob/master/Dockerfile https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-calibre-web/blob/maste...): Ubuntu Graylog (Developer provided - https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog-docker/blob/4.2/docker/oss/Dockerfile https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog-docker/blob/4.2/docker/o...): Debian Vaultwarden (Developer provided - https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/blob/main/docker/amd64/Dockerfile https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/blob/main/docker/...): Debian (with alpine alternate available) I'm finding it hard to reconcile "Some of the software has secondary alpine images available" with "Almost all software uses alpine images" For professional use, our company mandates all images used are built off a common base image, which is Ubuntu based (my previous employer was similar, but used a Red Hat based image).
- austinshea 5y agoIt was popular, but it has always been someone’s choice to start from someone else’s flat base.