Writing tagged "alpine"
The (ongoing) quest for 1 second Linux boot to desktop
Micro VMs are becoming more popular as a more secure alternative to containers, but VMs traditionally suffered from long boot times that containers typically haven’t. Boot time optimizations make VMs more accessible for ephemeral loads that need to spin up quickly.
That’s not why I’m interested in fast boot times.
Alpine Linux on Raspberry Pi
Raspbian, a Debian Linux derivative, is the standard operating choice on a Raspberry Pi, developed and recommended by the makers of the device. As someone who always favored Debian and sometimes its derivatives as well, I never gave much thoughts to alternatives on this platform.
When Docker emerged, I started noticing Alpine Linux, because it was a popular choice for small images, and I started using it for my own images. I always thought that Alpine is a child of container architecture, but the distribution is actually twice as old as Docker, and still a couple of years older than the concept of containers on Linux.