Alpine Linux 3.18 Is Out with Linux 6.1 LTS, Experimental Support for Unattended Installs

The Alpine Linux development team announced today the release and general availability of Alpine Linux 3.18 as the latest stable version for this security-oriented Linux distribution using musl, BusyBox, and OpenRC instead of the more commonly used GNU technologies.

Arriving five and a half months after Alpine Linux 3.17, the Alpine Linux 3.18 release is powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series, which comes with signed kernel modules. The devs note the fact that verified kernel modules are not enforced by default, which means that third-party modules with AKMS (Alpine Kernel Module Support) will still work.

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