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Last Update: 2025-05-12 05:20 UTC


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.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 56 (180), 6 months: 44 (225), 3 months: 43 (250), 4 weeks: 22 (468), 1 week: 16 (643)

Average visitor rating: 8.91/10 from 23 review(s).


ALT Linux Summary
Distribution ALT Linux
Home Page https://en.altlinux.org/ (English)
https://www.basealt.ru/ (Russian)
Mailing Lists https://lists.altlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/
User Forums http://forum.altlinux.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://en.altlinux.org/Main_Page (English)
http://www.altlinux.org/Main_Page (Russian)
http://heap.altlinux.org/ (Russian)
https://docs.altlinux.org/ (Russian)
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-05-01: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 11.0
 • 2024-03-16: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 10.2
 • 2022-11-17: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 10.1
 • 2022-05-13: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 10.0
 • 2021-12-19: Development Release: ALT Linux 10.0 Beta
 • 2021-05-30: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 9.1 "Simply"
 • 2020-08-02: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 9.1
 • 2019-10-28: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 9.0
 • 2017-12-31: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 8.2
 • 2016-11-25: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 8.1
 • 2015-05-27: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 7.0.5
 • 2013-07-02: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 7.0.0 "Centaurus", "Simply"
 • More ALT releases...

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Feature Sisyphus 11.0 10.2 10.1 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 7.0.0 6.0.0 5.0.0 4.1.1 4.0 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.1 Feature
Release Date 2025-05-12 2025-05-01 2024-03-16 2022-11-16 2020-08-02 2019-10-28 2017-12-31 2016-11-24 2013-07-01 2011-08-30 2009-10-29 2009-01-14 2007-08-27 2005-12-08 2004-09-19 2004-03-25 2003-03-04 2002-04-17 2001-09-12 Release Date
End Of Life                                       End Of Life
Price (US$)                                       Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)   6000-7000 2900-8000 2900-8000 2900-8000 2900-7100 2300-4900 800-4500                       Image Size (MB)
Free Download RPMs, ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop   GNOME MATE MATE MATE MATE MATE, KDE Plasma, Xfce MATE, KDE Plasma, Xfce MATE, Xfce KDE, Xfce KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) Package Management
Release Model Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, KOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice KOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture aarch64, armhf, i586, mipsel, ppc64el, riscv64, x86_64 aarch64, i586, mipsel, ppc64el, x86_64 aarch64, i586, mipsel, ppc64el, x86_64 aarch64, i586, mipsel, ppc64el, x86_64 aarch64, i586, mipsel, ppc64el, x86_64 aarch64, i586, mipsel, ppc64el, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd, SysV systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS   Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes en, es, kk, pt, ru, tt, uk en, es, kk, pt, ru, tt, uk en, es, kk, pt, ru, tt, uk en, es, kk, pt, ru, tt, uk en, es, kk, pt, ru, tt, uk en, es, kk, pt, ru, tt, uk en, es, kk, pt, ru, tt, uk en, es, kk, pt, ru, tt, uk en, es, pt, ru, uk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List sisyphus 11.0 10.2 10.1 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 7.0.0 6.0.0 5.0.0 4.1.1 4.0 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.1 Full Package List
Package Sisyphus 11.0 10.2 10.1 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 7.0.0 6.0.0 5.0.0 4.1.1 4.0 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.1 Package
abiword (3.0.6) 3.0.6 -- -- -- 3.0.2 3.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 2.6.4 2.4.6 2.2.7 -- -- 1.0.3 1.0.2 0.9.2 abiword (3.0.6)
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.13 1.2.10 1.2.8 1.2.6 1.1.9 1.1.9 1.1.0 1.1.0 1.0.27 1.0.24.1 1.0.21a 1.0.15 1.0.14a 1.0.9 1.0.5 0.9.8 0.9.0rc7 0.9.0rc1 0.5.10 alsa-lib (1.2.14)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 23.0.0 -- -- -- -- -- 13.101 13.101 8.872 8.650 8.47.1 8.39.4 8.18.6 3.7.6 3.7.0 2.5.1 -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2 5.2.15 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.05b 2.05b 2.05b 2.05b 2.05 2.05 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.8) 9.18.36 -- -- 9.11.37 9.11.19 9.11.6 9.10.6 9.9.8 9.9.2 -- 9.3.6 9.3.5 9.3.4 9.2.4 9.2.4rc5 9.2.3 9.2.2.rc1 8.3.1 8.2.4 bind (9.20.8)
chromium (136.0.7103.92) 136.0.7103.92 134.0.6998.165 -- -- 83.0.4103.61 76.0.3809.87 61.0.3163.100 54.0.2840.59 -- 12.0.742.21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (136.0.7103.92)
cups (2.4.12) 2.4.12 2.4.11 2.4.7 2.3.3 2.3.1 2.2.11 2.1.0 2.1.0 1.6.2 1.4.7 1.4.1 1.3.9 1.2.12 1.1.20 1.1.20 1.1.18 1.1.18 1.1.14 1.1.10 cups (2.4.12)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3.P1 -- -- 4.4.2 4.4.2 4.4.1 4.3.3 -- 4.2.5 -- 3.0.7 3.0.6 3.0.5 3.0.2 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1rc8 2.0pl5 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.47.1 1.47.1.0.10 1.46.2.0.16 1.46.2.0.16 1.44.6 1.44.6 1.42.13 1.42.13 1.42.7 1.41.14 1.41.9 1.40.5 1.39 1.37 1.35 1.34 1.32 1.27 1.19 e2fsprogs (1.47.2)
firefox (138.0.1) 138.0.1 -- 115.8.0 -- 68.9.0 68.0.1 52.5.2 45.5.0 21.0 5.0.1 3.5.3 3.0.4 2.0.0.6 1.0.7 -- -- -- -- -- firefox (138.0.1)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 2.13.2 2.11.0 2.11.0 2.10.1 2.10.0 2.8 2.6.3 2.4.11 2.4.4 2.3.11 2.3.6 2.3.4 2.1.9 1.3.1 2.1.4 2.1.2 2.0.9 2.0.4 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (15.1.0) 14.2.1 13.2.1 -- -- 8.4.1 8.3.1 5.3.1 4.7.2 4.7.2 4.5.1 4.4.1 4.1.2 4.1.1 3.4.4 3.3.3 3.2.3 3.2.1 -- 2.96 gcc (15.1.0)
gimp (3.0.2) 3.0.2 3.0.0 2.10.30 -- 2.10.18 2.10.12 2.8.20 2.8.16 2.8.4 2.6.11 2.6.7 2.4.7 2.2.17 2.2.7 -- 1.2.5 1.2.3 1.2.3 1.2.2 gimp (3.0.2)
glibc (2.41) 2.40.0.69.8566822197 2.38 2.32 2.32 2.27 2.27 2.23 2.23 2.17 2.11.3 2.10.1 2.5.1 2.5 2.3.5 2.3.3 2.2.6 2.2.6 2.2.5 2.2.4 glibc (2.41)
gnome-shell (48.1) 48.1 47.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (48.1)
gnucash (5.11) 5.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.2.9 2.2.4 2.2.0 1.8.11 -- -- 1.7.7 -- -- gnucash (5.11)
gnumeric (1.12.59) 1.12.59 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.9.2 1.7.11 1.4.3 -- 1.2.0 1.0.10 1.0.6 0.70 gnumeric (1.12.59)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.02 2.02 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.99 -- -- -- 0.95 0.94 0.93 0.92 0.92 0.90 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.18.5) 4.18.5 4.16.12 3.24.32 3.24.32 3.24.11 3.20 2.24.31 2.24.31 2.24.18 2.24.5 2.16.6 2.12.12 2.10.6 2.6.7 2.4.9 2.2.4 2.2.1 1.2.10 1.2.10 gtk (4.18.5)
httpd (2.4.63) 2.4.63 2.4.63 -- 2.4.53 2.4.43 2.4.39 2.4.29 -- 2.2.24 2.2.19 2.2.14 2.2.8 2.2.4 2.0.55 -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.63)
inkscape (1.4.2) 1.4 1.4 1.2.2 1.1.2 1.0 0.92.4 0.91 0.91 0.48.4 0.48.1 0.47 0.46 0.45.1 0.41 -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.2)
k3b (25.04.1) 24.12.3 -- -- -- -- -- 17.04.3 2.10.0 -- 2.0.2 -- 1.0.4 1.0.3 0.12.4a -- 0.10.2 0.7.4 -- -- k3b (25.04.1)
kmod (34.2) 32 31 30 27.0.9 26 26 21 21 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.9) 5.2.9 -- -- 5.0.8 -- -- -- -- -- 2.3.3 -- 1.6.3 1.6.3 1.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.9)
LibreOffice (25.2.3) 25.2.0 -- -- -- 6.3.0 6.2.7 5.2.7 5.2.0 4.0.0 3.4.2 3.1.1 3.0.0 2.2.1 1.1.5 1.1.2 1.1.0 1.0.2 1.0 638 LibreOffice (25.2.3)
linux (6.14.6) 6.15.0 6.12.21 6.1.79 5.15.72 5.7.8 4.19.79 4.9.72 4.4.34 3.8.13 3.0.3 2.6.30 2.6.25 2.6.18 2.6.12 2.4.26 2.4.22 2.4.20 2.4.18 2.4.9 linux (6.14.6)
Package Sisyphus 11.0 10.2 10.1 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 7.0.0 6.0.0 5.0.0 4.1.1 4.0 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.1 Package
lxqt-panel (2.2.0) 2.2.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxqt-panel (2.2.0)
mariadb (11.7.2) 11.4.5 -- -- -- 10.4.13 -- 10.1.26 10.1.19 5.5.30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.7.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 -- 1.26.1 -- 1.22.2 1.22.2 1.12.1 1.12.1 1.6.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.1.0) 25.0.5 24.3.4 23.1.9 22.0.4 20.1.1 19.1.5 17.1.10 12.0.3 9.1.3 7.10.3 7.6 7.0.4 7.0.4 6.8.2 5.0.2 5.0.1 4.0.3 4.0.2 3.5 mesa (25.1.0)
mysql (9.3.0) 8.0.41 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.5.30 5.1.56 5.0.83 5.0.51 5.0.46 4.0.24 4.0.20 -- 3.23.55 -- -- mysql (9.3.0)
nautilus (48.1) 48.1 47.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.26.4 2.22.5.1 2.16.0 2.10.1 2.6.3 -- 2.2.1 1.0.6 1.0.4 nautilus (48.1)
NVIDIA (570.144) 570.133.07 -- -- -- 440.82 -- 384.98 367.57 319.32 280.13 185.18.36 177.80 100.14.11 1.0-7676 1.0-6111 1.0-5328 1.0-4191 1.0-2880 -- NVIDIA (570.144)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.1 -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (24) 17.0.15.0.6 21.0.6.0.7 17.0.10.0.7 11.0.16.0.8 8u212 -- 8u144 8u71 7u9 -- -- 1.6.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (24)
openssh (10.0p1) 9.6p1 9.6p1 7.9p1 7.9p1 7.9p1 7.9p1 7.2p2 7.2p2 5.9p1 5.6p1 5.3p1 5.0p1 4.6p1 3.6.1p2 3.6.1p2 3.6.1p2 3.4p1 3.1p1 2.9p2 openssh (10.0p1)
openssl (3.5.0) 3.3.3 3.3.3 1.1.1w 1.1.1q 1.1.1g 1.1.1d 1.0.2n 1.0.2j 1.0.1e 1.0.0d 0.9.8k 0.9.8d 0.9.8d 0.9.7g 0.9.7d 0.9.6l 0.9.6h 0.9.6d 0.9.6b openssl (3.5.0)
perl (5.40.2) 5.38.2 5.38.2 5.34.0 5.34.0 5.28.2 5.28.1 5.22.3 5.22.1 5.16.3 5.12.3 5.8.9 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.4 5.8.2 5.8.0 5.6.1 5.6.1 perl (5.40.2)
php (8.4.7) 8.4.6 -- -- -- 7.3.19 7.2.23 7.1.12 -- 5.3.25 5.3.6 5.2.11 5.2.5 5.2.2 5.0.5 4.3.9 -- 4.3.0 -- -- php (8.4.7)
plasma-desktop (6.3.5) 6.3.5 -- -- -- 5.18.5 5.16.5 5.10.4 5.8.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.3.5)
postfix (3.10.2) 3.8.6 3.8.6 3.6.2 3.6.2 2.11.11 2.11.11 2.11.7 2.11.7 2.9.5 2.5.14 2.5.9 2.4.9 2.3.12 2.2.4 2.0.20 2.0.16 1.1.12 1.1.11 20010714 postfix (3.10.2)
postgresql (17.5) 17.5 1.0 1.0 12.10 12.3 11.5 10.1 -- 9.1.9 9.0.4 -- 8.2.6 8.2.4 8.0.4 7.4.3 -- 7.3.1 -- -- postgresql (17.5)
Python (3.13.3) 3.12.10 3.12.7 3.9.16 3.9.6 3.7.4 3.7.4 2.7.11 2.7.11 2.7.4 2.6.6 2.5.4 2.5.2 2.4.4 2.4.1 2.3.3 2.2.3 2.2.2 2.2.1 2.1.1 Python (3.13.3)
qt (6.9.0) 6.8.2 6.8.2 5.15.12 5.15.4 5.12.9 5.12.5 5.7.1 5.6.2 4.8.4 4.7.3 3.3.8b 3.3.8b 3.3.8 3.3.4 3.3.3 3.1.2 3.1.1 3.0.4 2.3.1 qt (6.9.0)
samba (4.22.1) 4.20.8 4.20.6 4.19.4 4.16.5 4.11.9 4.10.8 4.6.12 4.5.1 4.0.5 3.5.10 3.0.37 3.0.30 3.0.25 3.0.14a 3.0.5 3.0.0 2.2.7 2.2.5 2.2.1a samba (4.22.1)
systemd (257.5) 257.5 255.18 249.17 249.12 243 242 233 230 201 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (257.5)
thunderbird (138.0) 138.0 137.0 102.11.0 91.10.0 68.9.0 60.8.0 52.5.0 45.5.0 17.0.6 5.0 -- 2.0.0.17 2.0.0.6 1.0.6 -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (138.0)
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.1 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.21 -- 3.0.18 -- 3.0.11 3.0.8 2.2.6 2.2.4 2.0.6 1.1.10 -- 0.8.7 0.8.6c -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) 1.23.1 1.23.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.20.1 -- -- -- 4.14.2 4.14.1 -- -- 4.10.2 4.8.2 -- 4.4.2 4.4.0 4.2.2 -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.16) 21.1.16 21.1.16 1.20.14 1.20.14 1.20.8 1.20.5 1.18.4 1.18.4 1.14.1 1.10.3 1.6.5 1.4.2 1.3.0.0 (6.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.16)

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Version: 10.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-04-20
Votes: 5


There’s a huge user base and comprehensive team behind ALT and it really shows here. Although version 11 of the KWorkstation is still not fully released the ISO available and used in my tests is faultless. One example. Unless you want to use the Flatpak version, Birdtray for Thunderbird is still in countless repositories but hasn’t worked for months. The ALT version for the normal installed version of Thunderbird does. KDE6 looks and feels properly integrated and not just a new desktop version with stuff cobbled together to fit with it. Only a few of the third party widgets previously available for Plasma5 are no longer supported. Most have alternative choices albeit maybe not as good but hopefully the devs will catch up with these and release a Plasma 6 version as with the weather widget. The ALT installer is also unique but in a good way with great defaults or a manual option plus the chance to add extra software during the installation. The one downside that may irk some users is the obligatory double reboot with every update but considering I’ve never had an ALT update break IMO this is a small inconvenience. Kubuntu should be like this but it doesn’t even come close.


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Version: 10.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-01-27
Votes: 5


Out of the all of Linux Distributions Alt Linux KStation was the only one what was working "out-of-the-box" on my awful Lenovo Legion laptop. The only 3 bad things about this about this distro: 1) Sysyphus repository is updating less frequently than it's competition; 2) you need to do some machinations to get rights to access root (there are instructions in Russian language but I'm unsure about existence of instructions in English). 3) as far as I know only Russian and English versions are available.
Though for me all of these things are irrelevant. First is irrelevant because of FlatPack, second is irrelevant for me because I'm a Windows user and Alt KStation is pretty Windows-user-friendly. It was created as "Windows substitute" and most of the tweaking can be done through it's GUI. The third thing is irrelevant to me because only languages I know are Russian and English


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Version: Sisyphus
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-04-25
Votes: 31


Excellent distribution. The latest Gnome. A very large set of programs in the repository. Flatpak support, new kernel. In my opinion, a relatively stable rolling distribution.
There are telegram channels where you can ask questions, even without knowing Russian, and get answers.
I liked the large knowledge base.
Liked the new community wiki, alt-gnome.wiki
Although it is in Russian, everything is quite clear through online translation services.
In general, I am very pleased with this rolling distribution.
ALT Sisyphus Gnome, my choice.


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