In Docker image names what is the difference between Alpine, Jessie, Stretch, and Buster?

Question

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?

Answer 1

In docker-Context here are the important informations you need.

1. Alpine
   Url: https://alpinelinux.org/
   Shorty: Its very small.
   Packagemanger: apk
   Shells: /bin/sh
   Size: Few MBs - current tag needs 2.7MB

2. Jessie aka Debian 8
   Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianJessie
   Shorty: All what you need, but LTS is running out. Click me for details
   Packagemanager: apt
   Shells: /bin/bash and many more
   Size: Round about 50MB

3. Stretch aka Debian 9
   Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch
   Shorty: All what you need
   Packagemanager: apt
   Shells: /bin/bash, many more
   Size: Round about 40MB

4. Buster aka Debian 10
   Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBuster
   Shorty: All what you need, but newer
   Packagemanager: apt
   Shells: /bin/bash and many more
   Size: Round about 50MB

5. Ubuntu based on debain
   Url: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBuster
   Shorty: All what you need - and some more
   Packagemanager: apt
   Shells: /bin/bash and more
   Size: Round about 25MB