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In 2014, Alpine Linux switched from [[uClibc]] to [[musl]] as its [[C standard library]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Release notes |url=https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.0.0-released.html |access-date=6 May 2018 |website=alpinelinux.org}}</ref>

A PaX [[Hardening (computing)|hardened]] kernel was included in the default distribution to aid in reducing the impact of exploits and vulnerabilities,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alpine 3.8.0 released {{!}} Alpine Linux |url=https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.8.0-released.html |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=alpinelinux.org}}</ref> but endedAlpine's maintainers chose to discontinue this distributionsupport due to the PaX patch no longer being made publicly available.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How does Alpine Linux harden its kernel? — alpinelinux lists |url=https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/users/[e-mail]%3E |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=lists.alpinelinux.org}}</ref> Alpine still uses a hardened toolchain and position-independent executables to minimize the potential for [[Buffer overflow|stack-based attacks]]<ref name=":0" />, but is now based on the standard long term stable distribution of the Linux kernel.

==Features==