# Container vs Image

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Alpine is a Linux Distribution. Docker provides you with the low sized (only 5 MB) Alpine Linux Image. The Alpine Linux Docker Image has advantages over the Ubuntu Image because of its relatively lower size and it provides almost all the functionalities that an Ubuntu Image can.
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