Ubuntu to Alpine Docker Images
I did a quick test and switched the base OS in a docker image which I use for backing up MySQL database and the size difference is amazing! Going from Ubuntu 18:04 to Alpine latest (version) means the combined OS image and the build to include the MySQL client is smaller than the base Ubuntu image at 45MB v.s 81.2MB
Ubuntu:
![](http://dannytsang.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Ubuntu-docker-image-size.png)
Alpine:
![](http://dannytsang.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Alpine-docker-image-size.png)
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