Dossier
Alpine Linux
Coverage of Alpine Linux in the Nexus archive.
- Alpine Linux 3.24 scales new desktop heights with COSMIC
Alpine Linux 3.24 introduces the COSMIC desktop environment, optimized for performance on older hardware, alongside updated software versions like GRUB, LLVM, and KDE Plasma. The release addresses OpenSSL security issues and retains musl libc instead of GNU components, with positive early testing results on legacy systems.
- We reduced a real Node.js production Docker image from 1.2GB to 78MB
The article details optimizing a Node.js production Docker image by reducing its size from 1.2GB to 78MB using techniques like multi-stage builds and Alpine Linux. It highlights practical steps for minimizing Docker image sizes in real-world applications.