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This page will tell you what requirements you will need to use the
[Alpine Linux](about.md) operating system.
* Hardware requirements
* Software requirements
# Hardware requirements
For installation and usage consider that Alpine can run on several kinds
of devices, from the popular PC machine to video game consoles like the
Game Boy Advance and the 3DS, and as such you must check the following
of your machine:
- [Architecture](#architecture)
- [Memory](#memory)
- [Storage](#storage)
- [Peripherals](#peripherals)
#### Architectures
**Architecture means kind of computer. The most popular architecture is
the misnamed "Intel IBM PC"** or "i386" which is actually in fact the
x86 or x64. There are other supported computer architectures that are
not "x86", like mainframes, servers, and embedded devices (such as
routers like Sonicwall and Cisco ones). Here are the architectures
supported by Alpine:
| Supported Arch | since | until | Meaning of installation and target architecture |
| -------------- | ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| x86\_64 | all | current | The popular AMD64 compatible 64-bit x86 based machines, i386 is not recommended for newer/latest hardware. |
| x86 | all | current | The all popular 32 bit intel (i386 pc 32bit) and x86\_64 (i686 pc 64bit and amd64)compatible (both) |
| ppc64le | v3.6 | current | For the PowerPC devices with pure little-endian mode, mostly for POWER8 and POWER9 |
| armhf | v3.0 | current | The newer ARM hard-float for newer, more powerful 32-bit devices alongside 64-bit. Including video games\! |
| armv7 | v3.9 | current | The 32-bit ARM only execution state of the ARMv7 devices machines. Including video game consoles\! |
| aarch64 | v3.5 | current | The 64-bit ARM only execution state of the ARMv8 device machines. Like Rasberri's |
| ppc64le | v3.6 | current | for 64-bit big-endian PowerPC and Power ISA processors like some MAC computers. |
| s390x | v3.6 | v3.15.0 | For the Super powered IBM mainframes, especially IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE servers. |
#### Memory
**Means minimum amount of RAM memory. Need of RAM it depends of the
meaning of the installation**, any hardware are supported and there is
minimum sizes for:
| Target Arch | Mim RAM to start | Min RAM to install | Min RAM for GUI | Best for GUI work |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------------ | --------------- | ----------------- |
| x86\_64 | 512 Megs | 512 Megs | 3 Gigs | 8 Gigs |
| x86\_32 | 128 Megs | 256 Megs | 2 Gigs | 3 Gigs |
| ppc64le | 128 Megs | 256 Megs | 2 Gigs | 8 Gigs |
| armhf | 256 Megs | 512 Megs | 2 Gigs | 6 Gigs |
| armv7 | 256 Megs | 512 Megs | 2 Gigs | 6 Gigs |
| aarch64 | 256 Megs | 512 Megs | 2 Gigs | 8 Gigs |
| ppc64le | 256 Megs | 512 Megs | 1 Gigs | 6 Gigs |
| s390x | 128 Megs | 256 Megs | 1 Gigs | N/A |
#### Storage
**Means any external or internal storage device that can be added after
or before install to use** by the Alpine Linux system. Currently depends
of the current linux kernel supported.
**All the PATA and SATA hard disk drives are supported, also any USB or
SD** card that can be detected by USB BUS by the linux kernel subsystem
during install.
#### Peripherals
**Means any external or internal device that can be added after or
before install to detectd** by the Alpine Linux system. Currently
depends of the current linux kernel supported.
##### ISA devices
**ISA devices** are not supported since 3.8 because kernel drops support.
those pc machines must use an older alpine linux, our wiki has good recipes
for such cases. To support those devices use v3.8.0 alpine version as maximun.
##### GPU devices
**GPU devices** are supported, but for advanced features, 3D acceleration
are manager by MESA project:
- Intel: mostly any Intel by one exception, intel i810/i815 will lack
of features cos only has 4Mb memory, Mesa and Linux drop theit
support. Recent devs wants to deprecated intel support on mesa.
- ATI/AMD, only radeon series with exception of recent two last years
respect Alpine release, Rage r128/match64 series has limited
support. Recently AMD brings now open source code for last chips.
- Nvidia: limited; only few are complete supported\! not all features
are allowed\! Needs 5.15 ad up kernels due to the bribery of the
anonymous community that forced the sources to be released.
- Matrox: not all features are supported, just cos are shipped on most
servers. Those GPU has 3D support but in recent kernels due the
increment of requirementes that is practically not usefully.
- Sis: limited features are supported, since code are not updated on
Xorg and Linux kernel
- Via: limited features are supported, since openchrome code are not
updated on Xorg and Linux kernel
##### WIFI devices
**WIFI devices** are supported well if are not hybrid ones, nomadays
currently wifi devices are now hybrids that are mostly mix of bluetooth and wifi.
Note that bluetooth adapter, while on the same card as your wifi will
have a seperate hardware ID but both will be reconiced always as USB devices.
Mostly mayor of those are not well suported unless you use kernel 5.10 and up,
so the recommendations for recent hybrits devices are Alpine v3.15 and up.
the only problem are few modules like Broadcom (that some not matter if
are older or newer will require compilation and firmware) and the
Realtek Semiconductor only if your device are so so recent.
# Software requirements
- [Media](#media)
- [Booting](#booting)
- [Storage](#storage)
- [Firmware](#firmware)
### Media
**Means the files need for dump the install media, and later boot from
the target install** machine, of course downloaded from
http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/releases or main Download page.
| Available for | ISO (for USB, CD/DVD) | IMG (for Netboot) | TAR (for ROOTFS, in tar.gz) | Download links recommended |
| ------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| x86\_64 | YES | YES | N/A | <http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/releases/x86_64/> |
| x86 | YES | YES | N/A | <http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.12.2/releases/x86/> |
| ppc64le | NO | YES | YES | <http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/releases/ppc64le/> |
| armhf | NO | YES | YES | <http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/releases/armhf/> |
| armv7 | NO | YES | YES | <http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/releases/armv7/> |
| aarch64 | YES | YES | YES | <http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/releases/aarch64/> |
| mips64 | YES (until v3.15.0) | YES | N/A | <http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.13.0/releases/mips64/> |
| s390x | YES | YES | N/A | <http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.15.0/releases/s390x/> |
For some architectures, those pc machines must use an older alpine linux,
our wiki has good recipes for such cases, like the `x86` knowed widely
as `i386` or `32bit pc`, its better to use the recomended download link,
Contrary to everything that stupids devs will say about using fads, fashioned
and latest versions, **the age of these devices will require that you do
not use software so modern** that it always increases the requirements
to do the same task as any recent version of same.
### Booting
**Means support for kind of BIOS setup of machine, and where can be
media downloaded will be boot**, please for more info check [Alpine and UEFI](alpine-and-uefi.md)) wiki page
| Supported Arch | Supported BIOS | Supported Types | Media Boot Recommended |
| -------------- | ---------------------- | --------------- | ---------------------------- |
| x86\_64 | Coreboot, Vendor/OEM | BIOS, UEFI | **USB**, CD/DVD (ISO) |
| x86 | Coreboot, Vendor/OEM | BIOS, UEFI | **USB**, CD/DVD (ISO) |
| ppc64le | Coreboot, Vendor/OEM | BIOS, UEFI | **USB**, CD/DVD (ISO) |
| armhf | Uboot, Vendor/OEM | BIOS, UEFI | **NET**, MINIROOTFS (TAR.GZ) |
| armv7 | Uboot, Vendor/OEM | BIOS, UEFI | **NET**, MINIROOTFS (TAR.GZ) |
| aarch64 | ?Coreboot?, Vendor/OEM | BIOS, ?UEFI? | **USB**, CD/DVD (ISO) |
| mips64 | Vendor/OEM | ? | v3.14.0 end of support |
| s390x | Vendor/OEM | BIOS, ?UEFI? | **USB**, CD/DVD |
If the computer does not automatically boot from the desired device, one
needs to bring up the boot menu selection for choosing the media to boot
from. Depending on the computer the menu may be accessed by quickly
(repeatedly) pressing a key when booting starts, or sometimes it is
needed to press the button before starting the computer and keep holding
it when it boots. Typical keys are: `F9`-`F12`, sometimes `F7` or
`F8`. If these don't bring up the boot menu, it may be necessary to
enter the BIOS configuration and adjust the boot settings, for which
typical keys are: `Del.` `F1` `F2` `F6` or `Esc.`
### Space
**This means amount of available space in disk partitions to perform a
kind of install** and of course will depends of type and meaning of your
desired install, this are the recommended sizes but depends of the
[BIOS/UEFI support and disk layout](alpine-and-uefi.md) wiki page.
| Minimum sizes | Partition for BOOT (`/boot`) | Partition for ROOT (`/`) | Partition for HOME (`/home`) | Partition for SWAP (`N/A`) |
| --------------- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| base only | 100 Megs | 500 Megs | 1 Gigs | Optional |
| default server | 200 Megs | 2 Gigs | 2 Gigs | 4 Gigs |
| default desktop | 250 Megs | 80 Gigs | 320 Gigs | 8 Gigs |
| mail server | 200 Megs | 80 Gigs | 20+ Gigs | 8 Gigs |
| web server | 200 Megs | 10 Gigs | 20+ Gigs | 8 Gigs |
# See Also
* [about.md](about.md)
* [contribution.md](contribution.md)
* [README (index)](README.md)
* [README (main)](../README.md)