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Linux in Container in Not the Same as Linux OS

Jul 7, 2026

Catherine Edelveis

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BellSoft Releases Alpaquita Linux 25 LTS

Dec 12, 2025

Aleksei Voitylov

Alpaquita Linux 25 is a Long-Term Support version that will receive updates for four years. Learn more about important changes and improvements in this release.

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Alpaquita Linux Performance on ARM: A Comparative Study

Dec 12, 2024

Dmitry Chuyko

Discover a comparative performance study of popular Linux distributions on ARM

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How to create Java container images on a developer machine for other architectures

May 2, 2024

Dmitry Chuyko

Find out how to containerize Java apps in a guest Linux on macOS or Windows

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CVE-2024-3094: a backdoor in XZ Utils

Apr 3, 2024

Sergey Chernyshev

Find out about a recently discovered CVE in XZ Utils and ways to mitigate the risks.

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BellSoft releases Alpaquita Containers with Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint support

Mar 14, 2024

Aleksei Voitylov

Find oout about Alpaquita containers with CRaC support for instant Java application startup

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How to install Linux on a mac with Apple silicon

Feb 22, 2024

Catherine Edelveis

Find out how to install and run Linux on M-series macs

Shorts

CVE-2023-4911 (Looney Tunables): a critical vulnerability in glibc

Oct 6, 2023

Dmitry Chuyko

Find out about a vulnerability in GNU C Library (glibc)

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BellSoft releases Alpaquita Containers for Spring Boot applications

Aug 22, 2023

Dmitry Chuyko

Discover the benefits of Alpaquita Containers for containerized Spring Boot workloads.

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Red Hat limits access to RHEL source code

Jul 27, 2023

Alex Belokrylov

Red Hat restricted access to RHEL source code leaving numerous developers in a tough situation

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How to use Alpaquita Linux images in Microsoft Azure

May 18, 2023

Aleksei Voitylov

Discover how to launch Azure instances with Alpaquita Linux

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Guide to Linux package management

May 4, 2023

Dmitry Chuyko

Discover tips on effective package management in Linux

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How to deal with Alpine DNS issues

Apr 7, 2023

Dmitry Chuyko

Find out what causes DNS issues in Alpine Linux and how to eliminate or avoid them.

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How to use Alpaquita Linux images in AWS

Mar 16, 2023

Aleksei Voitylov

Discover how to launch AWS instances with Alpaquita Linux

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How to dockerize a Spring Boot app with the smallest base image

Mar 9, 2023

Dmitry Chuyko

In this article, we will learn the easiest way of dockerizing Spring Boot applications.

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How to build Linux containers with Docker

Feb 9, 2023

Dmitry Chuyko

Find out how to containerize applications using Alpaquita Linux

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Static images with Liberica Native Image Kit

Feb 3, 2023

Peter Zhelezniakov

This guide describes how to cross-compile static musl-based images with Liberica NIK

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Distroless containers for security and size?

Feb 2, 2023

Dmitry Chuyko

Discover the true value of distroless container images: their size, security, and practical use cases. Learn how they compare to Alpaquita Linux and other alternatives

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Six articles to read over the long weekend

Dec 30, 2022

Dmitry Chuyko

Java articles you will enjoy in 2023

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How to reduce the size of Docker container images

Dec 14, 2022

Dmitry Chuyko

Learn how to reduce Docker image size with best practices. Optimize Dockerfile, use multi-stage builds, and tools like DockerSlim. Enhance performance and deployment times with expert tips.

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