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ALT Linux
ALT Linux 5.0
Developer
ALT Linux Ltd[1] and ALT Linux Team[2]
OS family
Linux (Unix-like)
Working state
Active
Source model
Open source
Initial release
March 25, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-03-25)[3][4]
Latest release
10.2 / September 19, 2023; 7 months ago (2023-09-19)[5]
Latest preview
Sisyphus / released daily[6]
Available in
Multilingual (but installation process in Russian by default; can edit the language at boot of livecd by changing ru_RU to en_US)
Update method
0.5 years per stabilization
Package manager
APT-RPM
Platforms
AMD64, i586
Kernel type
Monolithic (Linux kernel)
Default user interface
bash; KDE Plasma Desktop (in Desktop), Xfce (in Desktop Lite)
Official website
en.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.
^"ALT Linux – main". Archived from the original on 18 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
^"ALT Linux Team – ALT Linux Wiki". Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
^Releases/History – ALT Linux Wiki Archived 27 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
^[mdk-re] I: Linux-Mandrake RE Spring 2001 Archived 27 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
^"«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.
^"packages.altlinux.org tracks the daily development". Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
^"Sisyphus – ALT Linux Wiki". Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
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