Alpine Linux 3.21 Released With Linux 6.12 & GCC 14, LoongArch CPU Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Alpine Linux 3.21 Released With Linux 6.12 & GCC 14, LoongArch CPU Support

Alpine Linux 3.21 is out today as the newest version of this simple, lightweight, and security-minded Linux distribution that is popular for use within containerized environments, embedded systems, and more...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Alpine-Linux-3.21

[ncopa]

This release also shows up in rpi-imager!

[cassiofb-dev]

Yay, gonna update some devices today!

[Raka555]

Just pushed a 3.20 VM that I installed a few days ago to 3.21. Looks like it survived and is working properly. Good job Alpine

[FireBurn]

I'm surprised they've not switched away from GCC entirely

[skeevy420]

I know these are different Asian countries, but does anyone else earwig that name into "Loong Loong ArrrRRRrrrch (Loong Loong)"

[caligula]

Alpine + systemd would be nice.

[kaynine]

Alpine + systemd would be nice.

postmarketOS is working on that, though I don't know how well it currently works.

[stalkerg]

Alpine + systemd would be nice.

I am using Gentoo with OpenRC and it's working perfectly, I don't know why do you need systemd.

[roland5]

I am using Gentoo with OpenRC and it's working perfectly, I don't know why do you need systemd.

Using the same logic in the argument, you could say that any Linux distribution using systemd works fine, so why need openrc?