14 DAY TRIAL // Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution that uses musl libc and Busybox, which make up the terminal. A new version of this distribution is out and ready for download.
If you expect to see a classic Linux distribution with a regular desktop environment, you're going to be disappointed. This Linux OS is built for veteran users who don't mind spending all of their time in the terminal. In fact, most of the stuff you need in a Linux OS can be done from a terminal and Alpine Linux devs know this very well.
"The Alpine Linux project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 3.2.1 of its Alpine Linux operating system. This is a bugfix release of the v3.2 musl based branch. This release is based on the 3.18.17 kernel which has some critical security fixes," the release notes read.
According to the changelog, the Linux kernel has been upgraded to version 3.18.17, a leaseweb GeoDNS mirror has been added, SPIP UCS has been updated to version to 4.0.9, Owncloud is now at version 8.0.5, and various other fixes have been implemented.
The complete changelog can be found on the official website. You can download Alpine Linux 3.2.1 right now from Softpedia. The developer of the OS has extensive documentation on his website, if you feel that the distro is too complicated to use.