Those are Python images. The base Debian slim image [0] is 28mb, compared to 3mb from Alpine [1]. So that's a difference of 25mb, or "on the order of 20mb." A

Those are Python images. The base Debian slim image [0] is 28mb, compared to 3mb from Alpine [1]. So that's a difference of 25mb, or "on the order of 20mb." A machine in the datacenter will probably spend more time opening the connection to the registry than it will downloading that extra 25mb. [0] https://hub.docker.com/_/debian/tags https://hub.docker.com/_/debian/tags [1] https://hub.docker.com/_/alpine/tags https://hub.docker.com/_/alpine/tags