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.
Alpine
Url: https://alpinelinux.org/
Imagename:alpine
Shorty: Its very small.
Packagemanger:apk
Shells:/bin/sh
Size: Few MBs - current tag needs 2.7MBJessie aka Debian 8
Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianJessie
Imagename:debian:jessie
Shorty: No LTS anymore
Packagemanager:apt
Shells:/bin/bash
Size: ~50mbStretch aka Debian 9
Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch
Imagename:debian:stretch
Shorty: LTS is running out
Packagemanager:apt
Shells:/bin/bashand many more
Size: ~40mbBuster aka Debian 10
Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBuster
Imagename:debian:buster
Shorty: All what you need, but newer
Packagemanager:apt
Shells:/bin/bashand many more
Size: ~50mbBullseye aka Debian 11
Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBullseye
Imagename:debian:bullseye
Shorty: All what you need, but newer
Shells:/bin/bashand many more
Size: ~50mbBookworm aka Debian 12
Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBookworm
Imagename:debian:bookworm
Shorty: Newest debian
Shells:/bin/bashand many more
Size: ~50mbUbuntu based on debian
Url: https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu
Imagename:ubuntu
Shorty: All what you need
Packagemanager:apt
Shells:/bin/bashand more
Size: ~25mb