OS Distribution release Alpine 3.16.1

Alpine Linux 3.16.1 is available as a netboot install.

A brief list of changes are below. You can view the Release Notes for 3.16.0 and the full List of Changes for 3.16.1.

Notes

• /tmp is now a volatile TMPFS
• Python 2 has been removed
• PHP 7 has been removed
• Nextcloud 24 is available (upgrade from Nextcloud 22 via the intermediate nextcloud 23 package)

Updates

• GNOME 42
• LLVM 13
• PHP 8.0 and 8.1
• Python 3.10
• R 4.2
• Ruby 3.1
• Rust 1.60
• Sway 1.7

Installation

You can install Alpine 3.16.1 via the VPS Console using option #6 (set bootloader, rescue mode, or netboot installer) followed by option #4 (Netboot installers) and selecting “Alpine 3.16.1 64-bit”.

Alpine 3.16.1 is only available to HVM instances.