took place Release Alpine Linux 3.14 minimalist distribution built on the basis of the MUSL system library and a busybox utility set. The distribution is distinguished by improved security requirements and assembled SSP (Stack SMashing Protection). OpenRC is used as an initialization system, the Package Manager Appk is used to manage packages. Alpine is used to form official Docker container images. Boot ISO images (x86_64, x86, armhf, aarch64, armv7, ppc64le, s390x, MIPS64) prepared in five versions: standard (143 MB), with a nucleus without patches (155 MB), expanded (615 MB) and for virtual machines (45 MB).
In the new release, the versions of the packages are updated, including available HAPROXY 2.4.0 issues, KDE Apps 21.04.2, Nginx 1.20.0, NJS 0.5.3 Node.js 14.17.0, KDE Plasma 5.22.0, PostgreSQL 13.3, Python 3.9.5, R 4.1.0, QEMU 6.0. 0, Zabbix 5.4.1. The composition includes a package with LUA 5.4.3.