Alpine Linux 2.7.0 发布，面向x86路由器、防火墙而设计

Alpine Linux是由社区开发的操作系统，它面向x86路由器、防火墙、虚拟专用网、IP电话盒及服务器而设计。它在设计时就贯彻了安全的理念，包含了一些主动安全特性如PaX和SSP，它们能防止软件中的漏洞被敌手加以利用。该系统采用的C语言库是uClibc，基础工具则都在BusyBox中。它们在嵌入式系统中很常见，它们比GNU/Linux系统中的工具要小。

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).