Kunokusatshalaliswa okuningi kweLinux kangangokuba kunzima ukubazi bonke. Ezinye zenzelwe uhlobo olulodwa lomsebenzisi, ezinye zenzelwe ezinye izinjongo, ... ngamafuphi, ziningi futhi zihlukahlukene kakhulu. Namuhla ngize ukwethula I-Alpine Linux, ukuthi impela abanye bazokwazi kepha abaningi abazi. I-Alpine Linux 3.0.1 isiyatholakala ukulanda.
Le distro ihlukile kakhulu, isuselwa ku- UClibc neBusyBox. UClibc umtapo wezincwadi we-C owenzelwe uhlelo lwe-Linux olushumekiwe lwemishini yezinsiza eziphansi. Kungashiwo ukuthi ngudadewabo omncane we-glibc futhi usekela i-x86, AMD64, ARM, Blackfin, H8300, m68k, MIPS, PowerPC, SuperH, SPARC kanye ne-V850.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, enye insika yayo eyisisekelo, iBusyBox yisoftware ehlanganisa izinsiza eziningi Amazinga we-Unix. Ngamanye amagama, kufana nommese wamasosha waseSwitzerland onamathuba amaningi futhi lokho akudingi izinsiza eziningi ukwenza.
Okunye okuphawuleka okubonisa i-Alpine Linux ukuthi isebenzisa ama-PaX nezimpawu zokuphepha ze-kernel futhi ngokuzenzakalela ihlanganisa yonke amaphakheji ngokuvikelwa ukushaya isitaki. Futhi njengohlelo lokuphathwa kwephakeji lisebenzisa APK (yebo, njenge-Android).
I-Alpine Linux ivele njengemfoloko ye- Iphrojekthi yeLEAF, futhi yize isekela izindawo ezahlukahlukene zokuqhafaza (X11, XFCE, GNOME), ukusatshalaliswa okugxile kakhulu kukhonsoli. Ngakho-ke kubasebenzisi besikole esidala abakhetha ukuthayipha esigungwini kunokuba babone isithonjana, ngincoma kakhulu ukuzama i-Alpine Linux 3.0.1.