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ByzantineOS was a software Internet Appliance with a home entertainment bias. It was based on a networked Linux distribution/bootable system with Mozilla providing access to a range of services and applications. ByzantineOS fits on a 32MB (or 48MB) media and should work on any PC. With ByzantineOS CD-ROM, there was no need for hard-disks or floppy drives.
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| 2017-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ALT Linux 8.2 |
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Michael Shigorin has announced the release of ALT Linux 8.2, a set of independently-developed, RPM-based distributions designed for desktops, servers and educational institutions: "BaseALT Ltd announces the release of ALT Server, ALT Workstation and ALT Education distributions version 8.2, aimed at corporate servers and desktops, educational and personal use. Changes in version 8.2: critical security fixes in Linux kernel, Samba, OpenSSL and other software packages included along with bug fixes; iucode-tool is now used to load updated CPU microcode. ALT Server 8.2 changes: the link to access System management center printed to console; FreeIPA server added. ALT Workstation 8.2 changes: Chromium browser is not installed by default but provided in the image; FreeIPA client added...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and links to product descriptions. Download (pkglist, the live/installation images support English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese and Ukrainian languages): alt-workstation-8.2-x86_64.iso (MATE, 3,306MB, MD5), alt-kworkstation-8.2-install-x86_64.iso (KDE, 3,776MB, MD5, alt-kworkstation-8.2-live-x86_64.iso (KDE, 2,427MB, MD5). |
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| ALT Linux was founded in 2001 by a merge of two large Russian free software projects. By the year 2008 it became a large organization developing and deploying free software, writing documentation and technical literature, supporting users, and developing custom products. ALT Linux produces different types of distributions for various purposes. There are desktop distributions for home and office computers and for corporate servers, universal distributions that include a wide variety of development tools and documentation, certified products, distributions specialized for educational institutions, and distributions for low-powered computers. ALT Linux has its own development infrastructure and repository called Sisyphus, which provides the base for all the different editions of ALT Linux.
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| 2024-03-16 |
Distribution Release: ALT Linux 10.2 |
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ALT Linux is a project which produces multiple editions of an independent distribution for Russian speakers. The project's latest release, version 10.2, enables installing the distribution to Btrfs pools, includes Timeshift for working with filesystem snapshots, and includes an OEM install mode. "Computer manufacturers will be interested in the preinstallation mode (OEM mode). Added Timeshift 23.12. This program is designed to create snapshots of system files and settings. In the installer, at the disk preparation stage, it became possible to create subpartitions of the BtrFS. This file system uses accelerated operations with any files thanks to copy-on-write technology which affects fault tolerance and ease of administration. A security benefit when using BtrFS is the creation of a restore point before updating the system. A module has been added to the System Control Center (Alterator) for remote configuration of the system via the alterator-fbi network (Form Based Interface) which provides a web-based management interface. Changes have been made to the text of the license agreement." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: alt-workstation-10.2-x86_64.iso (6,812MB), alt-server-10.2-x86_64.iso (4,955MB). |
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| 2022-11-17 |
Distribution Release: ALT Linux 10.1 |
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The developers of ALT Linux, an independent Russian distribution originally from the Mandrake Linux family, have published version 10.1 of their project. The new release includes both Live and Install editions, offers the systemd out of memory monitoring service, and offers Btrfs support at install time. "New features in 10.1: support for installing the system by the Ventoy added; Webkiosk mode added - it is possible to install the system for limited use where only a web browser is available to the user; live CD added to the install image for opportunity to check the operability of the bootloader before installation; the distribution includes the systemd-oomd free memory monitoring service - it is a component that improves system behavior related to lack of memory; for the convenience of tracking oomd actions, a user notification is implemented when applications are aborted by the oomd service; Btrfs subvolume support during installation - it is a modern copy-on-write filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while also focusing on fault tolerance and easy administration; the security benefit of using Btrfs is the creation of a restore point before updating the system." Additional information is provided in the distribution's release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): alt-kworkstation-10.1-install-x86_64.iso (5,885MB), alt-kworkstation-10.1-live-x86_64.iso (4,157MB). |
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| 2022-05-13 |
Distribution Release: ALT Linux 10.0 |
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The developers of ALT Linux have published a new stable version. The new release, ALT Linux 10.0 ships with the 5.15 version of the Linux kernel and updated development tools. "The distribution ALT KWorkstation 10 with a desktop environment based on KDE Plasma available on platform 10 (p10 Aronia branch). The distribution kit contains current versions packages for the system environment based on the Linux 5.15 kernel, glibc 2.32, the GCC 10.3 compiler set, systemd 249.9. ALT KWorkstation 10 contains all the tools for performing office tasks - a web browser, an office suite of text editors and spreadsheets as well as players and editors for sound and video. The new 10th version of ALT KWorkstation supports the 12th generation of Intel Alder Lake processors and seamless system boot. It also became possible to take a screenshot during the installation of the system. Tablet computer users can appreciate the improved support for their devices. The developers have added more drivers for OKI, Brother printers and Epson scanners. In the new 10th version, the Linphone program, a cross-platform software client for IP telephony in the SIP standard
with an open-source code distributed under the GNU GPL license, is included." Additional information is in the release announcement. The distribution is provided in Live and Install editions. Download (MD5, pkglist): alt-kworkstation-10.0-install-x86_64.iso (5,589MB), alt-kworkstation-10.0-live-x86_64.iso (3,879MB). |
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| 2021-12-19 |
Development Release: ALT Linux 10.0 Beta |
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ALT Linux is a Russian distribution which is available in Workstation and Server editions. The distribution's latest version is a development snapshot for the upcoming 10.0 release. "Members of the ALT family can run on different hardware platforms. All of these versions are built on the same codebase for Platform 10. Today, users have at their disposal ALT Workstation operating systems for i586, x86_64, ARM64 (Baikal-M), e2k (Elbrus), Alt Server OS for x86_64, ARM64 (Baikal-M , Huawei Taishan), ppc64le, e2k (Elbrus); Alt Education OS for i586, x86_64, ARM64 (Baikal-M, Raspberry Pi4), e2k (Elbrus) architectures. The Elbrus architecture is supported from the third version to the fifth (from 4C to 8CB). The products are based on the Linux kernel (std-def) 5.10 (5.4 for Elbrus), programming languages Perl 5.34, Python 3.9.6, PHP 8.0.13 and 7.4.26, GCC 10.3.1. The package versions of the p10 repository can be viewed at packages.altlinux.org." The release announcement (in Russian) contains further details. Download (pkglist): alt-kworkstation-10.0-beta20211014-live-x86_64.iso (3,413MB, MD5), alt-server-v-10.0-beta1-x86_64.iso (2,269MB, SHA256). |
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| 2021-05-30 |
Distribution Release: ALT Linux 9.1 "Simply" |
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Michael Shigorin has announced the release of ALT Linux 9.1 "Simply" edition, a variant of the project's independently-developed distribution aimed at home desktop and available for several popular processor architectures. It comes with the Xfce 4.14, desktop and Linux kernel 5.10. The supported architectures include x86_64, i586, aarch64, armh (armv7a), mipsel, riscv64, e2kv4/e2k (beta). The i586 flavour can be used on systems with just 512MB of RAM. The 9.1 release has Vulkan support on x86 and UEFI compatibility on ARM boards (e.g. Raspberry Pi 3 and 4), while OBS Studio is available as an installation option. The system comes with version 4.13 of the RPM package manager, systemd 246.13, Chromium 89 on x86, Firefox ESR 52.9.0 on e2k* and 78.10.0 on other architectures, Thunderbird 78.8.0, LibreOffice 7.0.5, GIMP 2.10.18, Audacious 3.10.1, Pidgin 2.13.0, VLC 3.0.11.1, Wine 5.20, X.Org Server 1.20.8 and Mesa 20.3.5. See the release announcement (in Russian) for further information. Here are the download links to the installation and live DVD images for the x86_64 architecture (SHA256, signature, pkglist): slinux-9.1-x86_64.iso (5,312MB), slinux-live-9.1-x86_64.iso (1,741MB). |
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| 2020-08-02 |
Distribution Release: ALT Linux 9.1 |
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Michael Shigorin has announced the release of ALT Linux 9.1, an updated version of the project's independently developed distribution for workstations, servers and educational institutions: "BaseALT Ltd announces the availability of an update to its family of Linux distributions, ALT 9.1. The stable Platform 9 repository supports 8 architectures (ppc64le, aarch64, armh, mipsel, e2k, e2kv4 in addition to i586 and x86_64) and the releases published cover all of them as appropriate; riscv64 support stays in Sisyphus development repository until production hardware is on the market. ALT Workstation is now available for armh (armv7hf) too, with Elvees Mcom02 CPU/board being the first supported one; both Workstation and Education are available for aarch64 CPUs, namely Baikal-M, Huawei Kungpeng Desktop and Raspberry Pi 3/4. A new gpupdate utility and tooling was introduced to make use of Active Directory group policies. ALT Server for x86_64 got Jitsi Meet videoconferencing. Most of the architectures were moved to the Linux 5.4 kernel." Here is the full release announcement (in Russian). Download (pkglist): alt-workstation-9.1-x86_64.iso (4,837MB), alt-server-9.1-x86_64.iso (2,961MB), alt-education-9.1-x86_64.iso (7,915MB). |
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| 2019-10-28 |
Distribution Release: ALT Linux 9.0 |
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ALT Linux is an independently developed distribution which is available in Workstation, Server and Education editions. The distribution runs on several CPU architectures, making it run on a wide range of hardware. The project's latest release is ALT Linux 9.0. An English translation of the original Russian release announcement reads: "In addition to expanding the range of hardware platforms, a number of other significant improvements have been implemented for Alt 9.0 distribution kits: APT (advanced packaging tool, system for installing, updating and removing software packages) introduced rpmlib support (FileDigests), which will allow installing third-party packages (Yandex Browser, Chrome and others) without repackaging, and many other improvements. LibreOffice office suite is implemented in two versions: Still for corporate customers and Fresh for experimenters and advanced users. A single Samba package is available (for regular workstations and for Active Directory domain controllers). The Application Centre is available (an analogue of Google Play), in which you can search for the desired free program from various categories (educational, office, work with multimedia, etc.) and install on your computer." Download (pkglist): alt-workstation-9.0-x86_64.iso (4,722MB), alt-server-9.0-x86_64.iso (2,967MB), alt-education-9.0-x86_64.iso (7,174MB). |
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| 2016-11-25 |
Distribution Release: ALT Linux 8.1 |
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Michael Shigorin has announced the release of ALT Linux 8.1, the latest release of the project's independently-developed distribution that uses the RPM packaging format and APT for RPM as its package management tool. The new version comes in two "Workstation" variants, with a choice of MATE or KDE desktops: "BaseALT Ltd announces the release of ALT Workstation 8.1 aimed for corporate and personal desktop use. Features: the distribution includes operating system and a set of applications that can be used directly off a bootable live USB stick or installed permanently; MATE desktop environment; wide range of software to connect to corporate and cloud infrastructure, work with internet, documents, complex graphics and animation, to process audio and video, to create and run virtual machines and access those. Changes in version 8.1: Linux kernel 4.4.34, LibreOffice 5.2 suite...." See the release announcement for more details. Download links (the live/installation images support English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese and Ukrainian, pkglist): alt-workstation-8-x86_64.iso (MATE, 2,980MB, MD5), alt-kworkstation-8.1-install-x86_64.iso (KDE, 3,586MB, MD5, alt-kworkstation-8.1-live-x86_64.iso (KDE, 2,161MB, MD5). |
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