ALT Linux

ALT Linux
ALT Linux 5.0
DeveloperALT Linux Ltd[1] and ALT Linux Team[2]
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateActive
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseMarch 25, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-03-25)[3][4]
Latest release10.2 / September 19, 2023; 11 months ago (2023-09-19)[5]
Latest previewSisyphus / released daily[6]
Available inMultilingual (but installation process in Russian by default; can edit the language at boot of livecd by changing ru_RU to en_US)
Update method0.5 years per stabilization
Package managerAPT-RPM
PlatformsAMD64, i586
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux kernel)
Default
user interface
bash; KDE Plasma Desktop (in Desktop), Xfce (in Desktop Lite)
Official websiteen.altlinux.org English
altlinux.org Russian

ALT Linux is a set of Russian operating systems based on RPM Package Manager (RPM) and built on a Linux kernel and Sisyphus[7] package repository. ALT Linux has been developed collectively by ALT Linux Team developers community and ALT Linux Ltd.

  1. ^ "ALT Linux – main". Archived from the original on 18 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  2. ^ "ALT Linux Team – ALT Linux Wiki". Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  3. ^ Releases/History – ALT Linux Wiki Archived 27 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  4. ^ [mdk-re] I: Linux-Mandrake RE Spring 2001 Archived 27 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  5. ^ "«Альт Рабочая станция К» 10.2: новый менеджер входа в систему, автоматическое резервное копирование, обновленная графика и многое другое". 19 September 2023. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  6. ^ "packages.altlinux.org tracks the daily development". Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Sisyphus – ALT Linux Wiki". Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2008.