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# Alpine Linux Shows Signs of RISC-V Architecture Support
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/alpine-linux-3-2-0/
- Published: 2024-05-24T10:58:37.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-24T11:53:16.000Z
- Description: RISC-V support to Apline Linux is coming around starting with this release.
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Distribution Releases, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

Alpine Linux is a popular choice among users who prefer a lightweight Linux distro experience. **Interesting bit:** What started off as a fork of the [LEAF Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEAF%5FProject?ref=news.itsfoss.com) now focuses on two key things: Security, and Reliability.

Over the years, Alpine Linux has been receiving regular updates with varying degrees of fixes and improvements. One such update is the recently introduced **Alpine Linux 3.2.0** release, which has some important changes to offer.

Let's take a brief look at it.

## 🆕 Alpine Linux 3.2.0: What's New?

![a cropped screenshot of the alpine linux website](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/05/Alpine_Linux_Banner.jpg)

Powered by [Linux kernel 6.6](https://itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-6-6-release/), Alpine Linux 3.2.0 is a stable release with the following key highlights:

- **Initial RISC-V Support**
- **Desktop Environment Upgrades**
- **Refined Packages**

### Initial RISC-V Support

For the first time with this release, we now have initial support for the [RISC-V](https://riscv.org/?ref=itsfoss.com) platform on Alpine Linux. 

Details on this are scarce, but the developers have mentioned in the release blog that there is now **support for 64-bit RISC-V implementations**.

It's great to see another popular Linux distro adding support for this! 😀

### Desktop Environment Upgrades

![a screenshot of gnome 46](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/05/GNOME_46-1.png)

A screenshot of GNOME 46 for reference

On the desktop environment side of things, Alpine Linux comes equipped with the recent [GNOME 46](https://itsfoss.com/gnome-46-release/) release. You can take advantage of things like better notifications, fractional scaling support, a reorganized settings app, updated core apps, and more.

[GNOME 46 Released: See What’s New!GNOME 46 is a subtle but useful upgrade.![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/08/android-chrome-192x192.png)It's FOSS NewsSourav Rudra![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/03/gnome-46-release.jpg)](https://itsfoss.com/gnome-46-release/)

![a screenshot of kde plasma 6](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/05/KDE_Plasma_6-1.png)

A screenshot of KDE Plasma 6 for reference

If you are not interested in that, then there's the inclusion of [KDE Plasma 6](https://itsfoss.com/kde-plasma-6/), which brings about improvements like HDR support, an improved Discover app, a new wallpaper, Wayland by default, etc.

[KDE Plasma 6: The Big Release is Here!KDE Plasma 6, the much-awaited upgrade, is here. Let’s take a look at it.![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/08/android-chrome-192x192.png)It's FOSS NewsSourav Rudra![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/02/kde-plasma-6.png)](https://itsfoss.com/kde-plasma-6/)

### Refined Packages

And, to wrap this up, we have many up-to-date packages. Some notable ones include:

- **Go 1.22**
- **Rust 1.78**
- **LLVM 18**
- **.NET 8.0**
- **Crystal 1.12**
- **Python 3.12**
- **Node.js 20.10 (LTS)**

For more details on Alpine Linux 3.2.0, you can refer to the [release blog](https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.20.0-released.html?ref=itsfoss.com).

## 📥Get Alpine Linux 3.2.0

The latest Alpine Linux release is available on the [official website](https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/?ref=itsfoss.com), and for existing users, head to [the wiki](https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Upgrading%5FAlpine?ref=itsfoss.com) for official upgrade instructions.

[Alpine Linux](https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/?ref=itsfoss.com)

*💬 Did this release got you interested? Will you be getting it?*