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ALT Linux

Last Update: Saturday 21 November 2009 01:20 GMT




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.


ALT Linux Summary
Distribution ALT Linux
Home Page http://www.altlinux.com/
Mailing Lists http://lists.altlinux.org/
User Forums http://forum.altlinux.org/
Documentation http://www.altlinux.org/Main_Page (Russian)
http://heap.altlinux.ru/ (Russian)
Screenshots SEO Expert Consultants
Download Mirrors http://www.altlinux.com/en/go/download
Bug Tracker https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/
Related Web Sites AltLinux.ruSisyphus RepositoryBackportsALT BrazilALT Turkey
Reviews 4.1: Shabalinux (Russian) • IXBT (Russian) • Computerra (Russian)
4.0: PlanetOSS
Where To Buy LinuxCD.org

Recent Related News
 • 2009-10-30: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 5.0 "Ark" and "School"
 • 2009-06-19: Development Release: ALT Linux 5.0 Beta
 • 2009-02-21: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 4.1.0 "School Server"
 • 2009-01-15: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 4.1.1
 • 2008-10-07: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 4.1 "Desktop"
 • 2007-08-28: Distribution Release: ALT Linux 4.0 "Personal Desktop"

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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'libgnome' and 'nautilus' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as "apache", while apache 2.x is referred to as "httpd".
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature Sisyphus 5.0.0 4.1.1 4.0 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.1 Feature
Release Date 2009/11/21 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
Price (US$)                     Price (US$)
CDs -- 1 DVD 1 DVD 1 DVD 1 DVD 1 1 1 - 9 1 1 CDs
Free Download RPMs ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop GNOME 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) Package Management
Office Suite GOffice, KOffice, OO.o 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 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 i586 Processor Architecture
Journaled File Systems 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 ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS   Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Package Sisyphus 5.0.0 4.1.1 4.0 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.1 Package
abiword (2.8.1) 2.8.1 -- 2.6.4 2.4.6 2.2.7 -- -- 1.0.3 1.0.2 0.9.2 abiword (2.8.1)
alsa-lib (1.0.21a) 1.0.21a 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 (1.0.21a)
amarok (2.2.1) 1.4.10 -- 1.4.10 1.4.5 1.3.5 -- -- -- -- -- amarok (2.2.1)
ati-driver (8.661) 8.66.1 8.650 8.47.1 8.39.4 8.18.6 3.7.6 3.7.0 2.5.1 -- -- ati-driver (8.661)
bind (9.6.1-P1) 9.3.6 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 (9.6.1-P1)
compiz (0.8.4) 0.8.4 0.8.4 0.7.4 0.5.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- compiz (0.8.4)
cups (1.4.2) 1.4.2 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 (1.4.2)
db (4.8.24) 4.7.25 4.7.25 4.4.20 4.4.20 4.3.28 4.2.52 4.1.25 4.0.14 4.0.14 3.2.9 db (4.8.24)
dhcp (4.1.0p1) 3.0.7 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 (4.1.0p1)
emacs (23.1) -- 22.3 22.2 22.1 21.3 -- 21.3 21.2 -- -- emacs (23.1)
evolution (2.28.1) 2.28.1 2.26.3 2.22.3 2.8.3 2.2.3 1.5.92 -- 1.2.1 1.0.5 -- evolution (2.28.1)
firefox (3.5.5) 3.5.5 3.5.3 3.0.4 2.0.0.6 1.0.7 -- -- -- -- -- firefox (3.5.5)
freetype (2.3.11) 2.3.11 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 (2.3.11)
gcc (4.4.2) 4.4.2 4.4.1 4.1.2 4.1.1 3.4.4 3.3.3 3.2.3 3.2.1 -- 2.96 gcc (4.4.2)
gimp (2.6.7) 2.6.7 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 (2.6.7)
glibc (2.11) 2.10.1 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 (2.11)
gnucash (2.2.9) 2.2.9 2.2.9 2.2.4 2.2.0 1.8.11 -- -- 1.7.7 -- -- gnucash (2.2.9)
gnumeric (1.8.4) 1.9.15 -- 1.9.2 1.7.11 1.4.3 -- 1.2.0 1.0.10 1.0.6 0.70 gnumeric (1.8.4)
gtk+ (2.18.3) 2.18.3 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+ (2.18.3)
hal (0.5.13) 0.5.13 0.5.13 0.5.11               hal (0.5.13)
httpd (2.2.14) 2.2.14 2.2.14 2.2.8 2.2.4 2.0.55 -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.2.14)
inkscape (0.47) 0.47 0.47 0.46 0.45.1 0.41 -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (0.47)
jre (6u17) -- 6u16 6u10 -- -- -- -- -- 1.3.1 1.3.1 jre (6u17)
k3b (1.0.5) 1.0.5 -- 1.0.4 1.0.3 0.12.4a -- 0.10.2 0.7.4 -- -- k3b (1.0.5)
kdebase (4.3.3) 3.5.10 3.5.10 3.5.10 3.5.7 3.4.1 3.2.3 3.1.4 3.1.0 3.0.1 2.2 kdebase (4.3.3)
koffice (2.0.2) 2.0.2 -- 1.6.3 1.6.3 1.4.2 -- -- 1.2.1 1.1.1 1.1 koffice (2.0.2)
Package Sisyphus 5.0.0 4.1.1 4.0 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.1 Package
libgnome (2.28.0) 2.28.0 2.28.0 2.22.0 2.16.0 2.10.1 2.6.1.1 2.4.0 2.2.0.1 -- -- libgnome (2.28.0)
linux (2.6.31.6) -- 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 (2.6.31.6)
module-init-tools (3.11.1) 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.3-pre6 -- -- -- -- -- -- module-init-tools (3.11.1)
mono (2.4.2.3) 2.4.2.3 2.4.2.3 1.9.1 1.2.3.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- mono (2.4.2.3)
MPlayer (1.0rc2) 1.0 1.0svn 1.0cvs 1.0cvs 1.0pre7 -- -- 0.90 0.90 -- MPlayer (1.0rc2)
mysql (5.1.41) 5.0.83 5.0.83 5.0.51 5.0.46 4.0.24 4.0.20 -- 3.23.55 -- -- mysql (5.1.41)
nautilus (2.28.1) 2.26.4 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 (2.28.1)
NVIDIA (190.42) -- 185.18.36 177.80 100.14.11 1.0-7676 1.0-6111 1.0-5328 1.0-4191 1.0-2880 -- NVIDIA (190.42)
OpenOffice.org (3.1.1) 3.1.1.4 3.1.1 3.0.0 2.2.1 1.1.5 1.1.2 1.1.0 1.0.2 1.0 638 OpenOffice.org (3.1.1)
openssh (5.3p1) 5.3p1 5.3p1 5.0p1 4.6p1 3.6.1p2 3.6.1p2 3.6.1p2 3.4p1 3.1p1 2.9p2 openssh (5.3p1)
openssl (0.9.8l) 0.9.8k 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 (0.9.8l)
perl (5.10.1) 5.8.9 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 (5.10.1)
php (5.3.1) 5.2.11 5.2.11 5.2.5 5.2.2 5.0.5 4.3.9 -- 4.3.0 -- -- php (5.3.1)
pidgin (2.6.3) 2.6.3 2.6.3 2.5.1 2.0.0 1.3.1 -- -- 0.59.8 -- -- pidgin (2.6.3)
postfix (2.6.5) 2.5.9 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 (2.6.5)
postgresql (8.4.1) 8.3.7 -- 8.2.6 8.2.4 8.0.4 7.4.3 -- 7.3.1 -- -- postgresql (8.4.1)
Python (3.1.1) 2.5.4 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 (3.1.1)
qt-x11 (4.5.3) 3.3.8b 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-x11 (4.5.3)
samba (3.4.3) 3.0.37 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 (3.4.3)
sendmail (8.14.3) 8.14.3 -- -- 8.14.1 8.13.4 -- -- -- -- -- sendmail (8.14.3)
thunderbird (2.0.0.23) 3.0 -- 2.0.0.17 2.0.0.6 1.0.6 -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (2.0.0.23)
udev (147) 141 141 118 108 070 -- -- -- -- -- udev (147)
vim (7.2) 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 vim (7.2)
xfce (4.6.1) 4.6.1 -- 4.4.2 4.4.0 4.2.2 -- -- -- -- -- xfce (4.6.1)
xine-lib (1.1.16.3) 1.1.16.3 -- 1.1.12 1.1.7 1.1.0 1-rc5 1-rc2 1.0cvs 0.9.10 0.5.3 xine-lib (1.1.16.3)
xorg-server (1.7.1) 1.6.5 1.6.5 1.4.2 1.3.0.0 (6.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- xorg-server (1.7.1)

Note: Alt Linux provides two commercial editions - Alt Linux "Junior" an Alt Linux "Master". While only Alt Linux "Junior" is available in the form of an ISO image, this can be easily upgraded to Alt Linux "Master" via the apt-rpm utility.

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