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Alpine Linux 3.23 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5
Powered by the latest and greatest Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, Alpine Linux 3.23 introduces support for the latest GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5, and LXQt 2.3 desktop environments, as well as support for the Sway 1.11 tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11.
This release also replaces the linux-edge kernel with linux-stable, which features an identical configuration as linux-lts while following the stable kernel series instead of LTS kernel releases. The devs said that Alpine Linux’s package manager, apk, will automatically install linux-stable on systems with linux-edge installed.
Linuxiac:
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Alpine Linux 3.23 Released With Kernel 6.18 LTS
Alpine, a lightweight, musl-based and systemd-free (OpenRC is the default init system) Linux distribution, has just released version 3.23 as the distro moves to the brand-new Linux kernel 6.18, which was promoted to an LTS release today.
Core developer tools receive major upgrades, including GCC 15, LLVM 21, Go 1.25, Rust 1.91, PHP 8.5, and PostgreSQL 18. The release also updates a long list of user-facing components, including GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5.3, LXQt 2.3, Sway 1.11, and Qt 6.10.
Another highlight is that this version introduces APK-Tools v3. The new package manager version is designed to be a seamless in-place upgrade for most users, retaining the v2 package format while preparing the system for future changes.
DW:
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Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.23.0
The Alpine Linux team has announced a new version of its lightweight distribution. The project's latest release, version 3.23.0, introduces a new version of the apk package manager and makes some adjustments to how kernel packages are handled. It also features the new long-term supported Linux kernel, version 6.18. [...]
How-To Geek:
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Alpine Linux just got updated (and still supports 32-bit)
A Linux distribution known for its security and stability, Alpine Linux, has released version 3.23 with several improvements and upgrades to its package base. It's the first major point release since May, and it carries on support a wide range of computer architectures.
The development team announced Wednesday the stable release of Alpine Linux 3.23, highlighting the upgrade of the base Linux kernel to 6.18, which just hit repositories a few days ago. Notably, the linux-edge kernel is being swapped in favor of the linux-stable series with 3.23, and the replacement will happen automatically on Alpine systems using a linux-edge kernel. Obviously, there's a chance this will affect more unique configurations, and the Alpine team had this to say...
LWN:
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Alpine GNU/Linux 3.23.0 released
Version 3.23.0 of Alpine GNU/Linux has been released. Notable changes in this release include an upgrade to version 3.0 of the Alpine Package Keeper (apk), and replacing the linux-edge package with linux-stable:
For years, linux-lts and linux-edge grew apart and developed their own kernel configs, different architectures, etc.
The Register:
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New LTS kernel – and Alpine freshness to go with it
Kernel 6.18 has already been designated the new LTS release – just as we predicted – and Alpine Linux 3.23 has arrived carrying it ahead of a flurry of other year-end distro updates.
It seems to be new version season in distro-land. In the last week, lots of Linux distributions have shiny new releases out: we have noted Ultramarine 43, Solus 4.8, Endeavour OS "Ganymede," 4MLinux 50, and a new CachyOS snapshot.
Alpine Linux 3.23.0 caught our attention, though. The new release means it's time for the standby partitions on a couple of The Reg FOSS desk's laptops to be upgraded.