A lot of major packages have been updated in this version

Jul 3, 2013 21:51 GMT  ·  By

The Alpine Team announced on July 3 that Alpine Linux 2.6.2, a community-developed operating system designed for x86 Routers, Firewalls, VPNs, VoIP and servers, was available for download.

Alpine Linux 2.6.2 is just a bug fix release, which means there are only a few bugs that have been squashed and a handful of updated packages.

Highlights of Alpine Linux 2.6.2:

• The Linux kernel has been updated to version 3.9.8; • Various Xen-related security fixes have been implemented; • ncurses-terminfo has been added as a dependency; • Alternative combinations are now allowed in the terminal; • phpMyAdmin has been updated to version 4.0.3; • An ipv6 related startup crash has been fixed; • Sudo has been updated to version 1.8.7.

The complete changelog for Alpine Linux 2.6.2 can be found here. Download Alpine Linux 2.6.2 right now from Softpedia.