y Box , ▁designed ▁for ▁security , ▁simplicity , ▁and ▁resource ▁efficiency . ▁It ▁used ▁a ▁hard ened ▁kernel ▁until ▁release ▁ 3 . 8 ▁and ▁comp iles ▁all ▁user - space ▁bin aries ▁as ▁position - in dependent ▁execut ables ▁with ▁stack - sm ash ing ▁protection . ▁ ▁Because ▁of ▁its ▁small ▁size , ▁it ▁is ▁commonly ▁used ▁in ▁containers ▁providing ▁quick ▁boot - up ▁times . ▁ ▁The ▁post market OS ▁project ▁which ▁is ▁designed ▁to ▁run ▁on ▁mobile ▁devices ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁Al pine ▁Linux . ▁ ▁History ▁Origin ally , ▁Al pine ▁Linux ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁fork ▁of ▁the ▁LE AF ▁Project . ▁ ▁The ▁members ▁of ▁LE AF ▁wanted ▁to ▁continue ▁making ▁a ▁Linux ▁distribution ▁that ▁could ▁fit ▁on ▁a ▁single ▁flo ppy ▁disk , ▁whereas ▁the ▁Al pine ▁Linux ▁wished ▁to ▁include ▁some ▁more ▁heavy weight ▁packages ▁such ▁as ▁S qu id ▁and ▁S amba , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁additional ▁security ▁features ▁and ▁a ▁newer ▁kernel . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁goals ▁was ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁framework ▁for ▁larger ▁systems ; ▁although ▁us able ▁for ▁this ▁purpose , ▁this ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁a ▁primary ▁goal . ▁ ▁Version ▁history ▁ ▁Fe atures ▁▁ ▁Al pine ▁uses ▁its ▁own ▁package - management ▁system , ▁ap k - tools , ▁which ▁originally ▁was ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁shell ▁scripts ▁but ▁was ▁later ▁re written ▁in ▁C . ▁Al pine ▁currently ▁contains ▁most ▁commonly ▁used ▁packages ▁such ▁as ▁G NO ME , ▁X f ce , ▁Firefox , ▁and ▁others