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Alpine Linux does not make the news (drewdevault.com)

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[–] aaaa@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

We like Alpine because it doesn't run afoul of our outbound software license to distribute container images with it.

Of course most folks aren't distributing full container images with their licensed software, so this niche probably doesn't apply to most people.

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[–] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 1 point 3 years ago

That makes sense!

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