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In Docker image names what is the difference between Alpine, Jessie, Stretch, and Buster?

Problem

I am just looking at docker images in https://hub.docker.com/_/node/

For every version, the images are categorized into Alpine, Jessie, Stretch, Buster etc. What's their meaning?

Solution and Answer

In docker-Context here are the important informations you need.

  1. Alpine
    Url: https://alpinelinux.org/
    Imagename: alpine
    Shorty: Its very small.
    Packagemanger: apk
    Shells: /bin/sh
    Size: Few MBs - current tag needs 2.7MB

  2. Jessie aka Debian 8
    Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianJessie
    Imagename: debian:jessie
    Shorty: No LTS anymore
    Packagemanager: apt
    Shells: /bin/bash
    Size: ~50mb

  3. Stretch aka Debian 9
    Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch
    Imagename: debian:stretch
    Shorty: LTS is running out
    Packagemanager: apt
    Shells: /bin/bash and many more
    Size: ~40mb

  4. Buster aka Debian 10
    Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBuster
    Imagename: debian:buster
    Shorty: All what you need, but newer
    Packagemanager: apt
    Shells: /bin/bash and many more
    Size: ~50mb

  5. Bullseye aka Debian 11
    Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBullseye
    Imagename: debian:bullseye
    Shorty: All what you need, but newer
    Shells: /bin/bash and many more
    Size: ~50mb

  6. Bookworm aka Debian 12
    Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBookworm
    Imagename: debian:bookworm
    Shorty: Newest debian
    Shells: /bin/bash and many more
    Size: ~50mb

  7. Ubuntu based on debian
    Url: https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu
    Imagename: ubuntu
    Shorty: All what you need
    Packagemanager: apt
    Shells: /bin/bash and more
    Size: ~25mb

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