Alpine Linux 3.22 Released with GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, and LXQt 2.2

posted by Marius Nestor on May 30, 2025,
updated Jun 04, 2025

Powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and coming more than six months after Alpine Linux 3.21, the Alpine Linux 3.22 release introduces support for the latest GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, and LXQt 2.2 desktop environments, as well as the replacement of the gummiboot (formerly systemd-boot) boot manager with systemd-efistub.

Under the hood, the new Alpine Linux release has up-to-date components, including LLVM 20, Dovecot 2.4, nginx 1.28, Node.js 22.16 LTS, Ruby 3.4, Rust 1.87, Xen 4.20, BIRD 3.1, Crystal 1.16, Docker 28, and Go 1.24.

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Linuxiac:

• Alpine Linux 3.22 Lands with /usr-Merge Prep, KDE X11 Removal

  Alpine, a lightweight and secure Linux distribution, has just released its latest version, 3.22. A notable highlight is the ongoing work on the /usr-merge, a unification effort that streamlines system paths.

  Transition to apk-tools v3 is also on the horizon, as this release marks the final Alpine version to ship with apk-tools v2.14. Starting with Alpine 3.23, the distro will adopt apk-tools v3, introducing package and index format changes. For those eager to test the new tooling, Alpine edge users can enable the testing repository and install the “apk-tools3” package.

  On the desktop side, a significant shift is removing the KDE Plasma X11 session. From this version onward, Wayland is the sole graphical session option for KDE Plasma. To avoid conflicts, users with the “plasma-workspace-x11″ package installed must manually remove it from their package world file.

DistroWatch and Original:

• Distro Watch ☛ Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.22.0

  The Alpine Linux team have announced the release of Alpine Linux 3.22.0 which includes many key package updates along with an adjustment to the boot process. [...]

• Alpine Linux ☛ Alpine Linux 3.22.0 Released

  We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.22.0, the first in the v3.22 stable series.

Neowin:

• Alpine Linux 3.22 swaps out Gummiboot for systemd-efistub and makes several improvements

  The Alpine Linux development team has released version 3.22, which replaces Gummiboot with systemd-efistub and introduces a range of other improvements and removals.

LWN:

• Alpine Linux 3.22.0 released

  Version 3.22.0 of the Alpine GNU/Linux distribution has been released. Notable changes in this release include the removal of the X11 session for KDE Plasma, a switch to systemd-efistub, and experimental support for user services with the OpenRC init system. See the release notes for a detailed list of changes.

FOSS Force:

• Alpine Linux 3.22.0: Not Just for Servers, Containers, and IoT

  Everybody knows that Alpine Linux is a great base OS for containers and IoT devices, and works great for running servers in data centers.