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Subject: Re: Discussion - Is Alpine Linux still a more secure Linux
 Distribution compared to its compatriots
From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>
To: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:18:59 +0200
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On Wed, 2024-09-18 at 16:54 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2024-09-18 at 15:38 +0200, kdmw.629@tuta.io=C2=A0wrote:
> > Should Alpine be considered as more secure or equal secure compared
> > to its peers like Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc?
                              ^^^^^^

It's important to understand the policy of a used distro, e.g. related
to repository components. Ubuntu is an excellent example:

"[snip]
Main

The main component contains applications that are free software [snip]
and that the Ubuntu security and distribution team are willing to
support. When you install software from the main component, you are
assured that the software will come with security updates and that
commercial technical support is available from Canonical.

Restricted

[snip] Please note that it may not be possible to provide complete
support for this software because we are unable to fix the software
ourselves [snip]

Universe

[snip] Canonical does not provide a guarantee of regular security
updates for software in the universe component [snip]

Multiverse

The multiverse component [snip] is not supported and usually cannot be
fixed or updated. Use it at your own risk.
[snip]" - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories