What is the meaning of node's docker image suffix name?

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as above, there are so many versions of the docker scene in this version of node, and the sizes even vary greatly. Why?

What is the difference between

-alpine and -slim versions?

Mar.24,2021

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Alpine Linux operating system is a security-oriented lightweight Linux distribution, Alpine Linux Docker image that also inherits these advantages of the Alpine Linux distribution. Compared to other Docker images, it has a very small capacity of only 5m and has a very friendly package manager.

the following table shows the sizes of some official images:

< table > < tbody > < tr > < td > Image name < / td > < td > size (MB) < / td > < / tr > < tr > < td > ubuntu:latest < / td > < td > 187.9 < / td > < / tr > < tr > < td > debian:latest < / td > < td > 125.1 < / td > < / tr > < tr > < td > centos:latest < / td > < td > 196.6 < / td > < / tr > < tr > < td > alpine < / td > < td > 4.794 < / td > < / tr > < / tbody > < / table >
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