▁also ▁available .) ▁ ▁Al pine ▁Linux ▁allows ▁very ▁small ▁Linux ▁containers , ▁around ▁ 8 ▁MB ▁in ▁size , ▁while ▁a ▁minimal ▁installation ▁to ▁disk ▁might ▁be ▁around ▁ 1 3 0 ▁MB . ▁▁ ▁Al pine ▁Configuration ▁Framework ▁( AC F ): ▁While ▁optional , ▁A CF ▁is ▁an ▁application ▁for ▁config uring ▁an ▁Al pine ▁Linux ▁machine , ▁with ▁goals ▁similar ▁to ▁Deb ian ' s ▁deb conf . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁standard ▁framework ▁based ▁on ▁simple ▁Lu a ▁scripts . ▁ ▁Al pine ▁Linux ▁previously ▁used ▁u C lib c ▁as ▁its ▁C ▁standard ▁library ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁traditional ▁GNU ▁C ▁Library ▁( g lib c ) ▁most ▁commonly ▁used . ▁Although ▁it ▁is ▁more ▁light weight , ▁it ▁does ▁have ▁the ▁significant ▁draw back ▁of ▁being ▁binary ▁in compatible ▁with ▁g lib c . ▁Thus , ▁all ▁software ▁must ▁be ▁compiled ▁for ▁use ▁with ▁u C lib c ▁to ▁work ▁properly . ▁As ▁of ▁April ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Al pine ▁Linux ▁switched ▁to ▁mus l , ▁which ▁is ▁partially ▁binary ▁compatible ▁with ▁g lib c . ▁ ▁The ▁light weight ▁Open RC ▁is ▁the ▁init ▁system ▁currently ▁used ▁by ▁Al pine ▁Linux . ▁Un like ▁many ▁distributions , ▁including ▁Deb ian , ▁Ubuntu , ▁R H EL , ▁Arch ▁Linux ▁and ▁Cent OS , ▁Al pine ▁does ▁not ▁use ▁system d . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁ ▁Category : Light - weight ▁Linux ▁distributions ▁Category : X 8 6 - 6