Alpine Linux 2.7.0 發布，面向x86路由器、防火墻而設計

Alpine Linux是由社區開發的操作系統，它面向x86路由器、防火墻、虛擬專用網、IP電話盒及服務器而設計。它在設計時就貫徹了安全的理念，包含了一些主動安全特性如PaX和SSP，它們能防止軟件中的漏洞被敵手加以利用。該系統采用的C語言庫是uClibc，基礎工具則都在BusyBox中。它們在嵌入式系統中很常見，它們比GNU/Linux系統中的工具要小。

Natanael Copa has announced the release of Alpine Linux 2.7.0, an independent, security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution designed primarily for servers:
" We are pleased to announce Alpine Linux 2.7.0, the first release in 2.7 stable series. Since 2.6, apart from the various bug fixes, several packages have been upgraded: Linux kernel is based on 3.10.18, PHP 5.5.5, QEMU 1.6.1, Xen 4.3.1, PostgreSQL 9.3.1, Samba 4.1.0, NSD 4.0.0, Asterisk 11.6.0, Bluez 5.7, OpenSSH 6.4p1, Lua 5.2.2. Some of the desktop applications that got upgraded and are available for 2.7 include AbiWord 3.0.0, Firefox 25.0, Gnumeric 1.12.8, Evince 3.10 and virt-manager 0.10.0. The full lists of changes can be found in the git log</a> and bug tracker.</span>"
Here is the brief release announcement with commit statistics. Download the installation CD image from here: alpine-2.7.0-x86_64.iso (255MB, SHA256).