Editing ALT Linux (section)

== Releases ==
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.altlinux.org/Releases/History |title=Releases/History – ALT Linux Wiki |access-date=30 July 2008 |archive-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903180719/https://www.altlinux.org/Releases/History |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Expand section|descriptions of distribution variants|date=June 2008}}

=== Version history ===
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! Version !! Release date !! End-of-life date !! Kernel version
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| {{Version |o |1.1}}
| 2001-09-12
| {{dunno}}
| 2.4.9
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| {{Version |o |2.0}}
| 2002-04-17
| {{dunno}}
| 2.4.18
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| {{Version |o |2.2}}
| 2003-03-04
| {{dunno}}
| 2.4.20
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| {{Version |o |2.3}}
| 2004-03-25
| {{dunno}}
| 2.4.22
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| {{Version |o |2.4}}
| 2004-09-19
| {{dunno}}
| 2.4.26
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| {{Version |o |3.0}}
| 2005-12-08
| {{dunno}}
| 2.6.12
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| {{Version |o |4.0}}
| 2007-08-27
| {{dunno}}
| 2.6.18
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| {{Version |o |4.1.1}}
| 2009-01-14
| {{dunno}}
| 2.6.25
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| {{Version |o |5.0.0}}
| 2009-10-29
| {{dunno}}
| 2.6.30
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| {{Version |o |6.0.0}}
| 2011-08-30
| {{dunno}}
| 3.0.3
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| {{Version |o |7.0.0}}
| 2013-07-01
| {{dunno}}
| 3.8.13
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| {{Version |co |8.0}}
| 2016-08-16
| {{dunno}}
| 4.4.16
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| {{Version |co |8.1}}
| 2016-11-24
| {{dunno}}
| 4.4.34
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| {{Version |co |8.2}}
| 2017-12-31
| {{dunno}}
| 4.9.72
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| {{Version |co |8.2.1}}
| 2019-09-06
| {{dunno}}
| 4.19.65
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| {{Version |co |9.0}}
| 2019-10-28
| {{dunno}}
| 4.19.79
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| {{Version |co |9.1}}
| 2020-08-02
| {{dunno}}
| 5.4.51
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| {{Version |co |10.0}}
| 2021-12-16
| {{dunno}}
| 5.15.34
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| {{Version |co |10.1}}
| 2022-11-16
| {{dunno}}
| 5.15.72
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| {{Version |c |10.2}}
| 2024-03-16
| {{dunno}}
| 6.1.79
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=== Linux-Mandrake ===
''Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Russian Edition'', released in the beginning of 2000, was the first de facto independent distribution of IPLabs Linux Team. It kept the name ''Mandrake'' with permission from Mandrake developers.

''Spring 2001'' was the second IPLabs Linux team release, released several months later.

=== ALT Linux 1.0 ===
Since the summer of 2001, ALT Linux Team has been formed and the ALT Linux name has been established.

The first ALT Linux release was ''ALT Linux Junior 1.0'', released in summer of 2001, followed by the updated ''ALT Linux Junior 1.1'' in autumn of 2001.

Junior distributions were 1CD releases.

=== ALT Linux 2.* ===
''ALT Linux Master 2.0'', released in May 2002, was the 4CD all-purpose Linux distribution targeted for software developers and system administrators.

''ALT Linux Junior 2.0'' was released in summer of 2002, as a 1CD desktop/workstation-oriented release.

=== ALT Linux 3.0 ===
ALT Linux Compact 3.0 was released during autumn 2005, and consisted of 1CD/1DVD installable versions along with LiveCD (TravelCD 3.0). There were several subsequent OEM updates counting up to 3.0.5.

=== ALT Linux 4.0 ===
These series changed the official naming somewhat to be ''ALT Linux 4.0 $flavour''.
* Server was released in June 2007 (1CD+1DVD per platform; i586 and x86_64);
* Office Server quickly followed (1CD; i586 and x86_64);
* Desktop Personal in August 2007 (1DVD, LiveCD, Rescue CD; i586; KDE3);
* Lite in December 2007 (installation CD, live CD and 2CD with addons; i586; Xfce4);
* Terminal in December 2007 (joint release with [[:ru:Media Magic|Media Magic Ltd]], 1DVD; i586; KDE3, low client RAM requirements).

There was also a more conservative ''school 4.0 branch'' maintained for the Russian schools pilot project, and several distributions specifically tailored for schools released using that as a base.

=== ALT Linux 4.1 ===
* Desktop was released in October 2008 (1CD/1DVD; i586 and x86_64; KDE3);
* Children in December 2008 (LiveCD; i586);
* Skif in December 2008 (1CD; x86_64; HPC);
* School Server in February 2009 (1CD; i586).

=== ALT Linux 5.x ===
The 5.0 branch was canceled<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.altlinux.org/Stable_branches |title=Stable branches – ALT Linux Wiki |access-date=31 March 2011 |archive-date=10 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510145215/http://en.altlinux.org/Stable_branches |url-status=live }}</ref> mainly due to stormy X.org conditions (and subsequently archived); 5.1 community branch was created along with p5 ''conservative'' branch later in 2009. Somewhat confusingly, distributions based on the p5/branch were numbered as ALT Linux 5.0:

* Ark (client+server suite, 1DVD+1CD per platform; i586 and x86_64);
* School Suite – mostly i586, also including docs, video lessons and free software for Windows (3DVD):
** Server (1DVD; i586 and x86_64);
** Terminal (1DVD; KDE3);
** Master (1DVD/flash; KDE4);
** Junior (1DVD/flash; GNOME2);
** Lite (2CD; Xfce4);
** New Lite (1CD/1DVD/flash; LXDE);
* KDesktop (1DVD; i586 and x86_64; KDE4);
* Simply Linux 5.0 (1CD/flash/LiveCD; i586; Xfce4).

=== Lite ===
A small single-CD distribution for older/low-memory computers, with [[Xfce]] as default desktop. Available in normal and [[Live CD]] versions.<ref>[http://www.altlinux.ru/home_and_office/altlinux40lite.html ALT Linux Lite 4.0] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409220146/http://altlinux.ru/home_and_office/altlinux40lite.html |date=9 April 2008 }} description</ref> Rather superseded by LXDE-based New Lite.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

=== Compact ===
''Compact'' is a series of ALT Linux distributions tailored for beginner users. It is mostly used on workstations, home computers, and notebooks. It includes additional means for easy configuration, many office and multimedia applications, and some games. ''Compact'' was also a popular choice for [[OEM]] white-labeling, i.e., creating a specific edition for various hardware vendors to bundle with their hardware.
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=== Junior ===
Дистрибутивы серии ''Junior'' предназначены для решения различных прикладных задач пользователей. Помимо ставших привычной необходимостью офисных и мультимедийных приложений, а также приложений, необходимых для полноценной работы в Интернет, в ''Junior'' входят текстовые редакторы, словари, шрифты, несколько графических операционных сред, языки программирования и среды разработки, системы управления базами данных, образовательные программы, игры и утилиты администрирования системы. Одной из задач при составлении дистрибутива ''ALT Linux 2.3 Junior'' было создание на базе GNU/Linux платформы для обучения [[информатика|информатике]] и информационным технологиям. Поэтому в нём присутствуют дополнительные учебные и методические пособия, книги и статьи по GNU/Linux и смежным темам.

В конце 2007 года была выпущена бета-версия ''{{Nowrap|ALT Linux 4.0 Junior}}''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.altlinux.ru/company_news/junior_40_beta.html}}</ref>

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=== Desktop ===
Серия ''Desktop'' – развитие серии ''Junior'' для домашнего и офисного применения. Версия ''Small Business Desktop'' позволяет работать с программами ''1С'' и другими российскими бизнес-приложениями, а версия ''Corporate Desktop'' включает услуги расширенной технической поддержки.

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=== Master ===
Задача дистрибутивов серии ''Master'' – служить универсальным инструментарием для разработчика, администратора и пользователя. ''Master'' – наиболее полный дистрибутив ALT Linux, в котором ''всё под рукой''. На основе Master можно строить корпоративные информационные системы, использовать его в качестве серверной платформы, для разработки клиентских и серверных приложений, в образовательных учреждениях, а также применять в качестве профессиональной настольной операционной системы. Последняя версия дистрибутива ALT Linux Master 2.4 вышла в октябре 2004 года.

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Linux
''ALT Linux Server'' is a hardened server single CD distribution. It is certified by Federal department of technical and expert control of Russia in the following categories:
* by the level of monitoring for non-declared features – level 4<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fstec.ru/_docs/doc_3_3_010.htm |title=Система защиты! |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315022433/http://www.fstec.ru/_docs/doc_3_3_010.htm |archive-date=2008-03-15}}</ref>
* class of protection from unauthorized access to information – class 5<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fstec.ru/_docs/doc_3_3_003.htm |title=Система защиты! |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331191617/http://www.fstec.ru/_docs/doc_3_3_003.htm |archive-date=2008-03-31}}</ref>

=== Terminal ===
''ALT Linux Terminal'' is a terminal server distribution<ref>Last stable release is [http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/4.0/Terminal/ 4.0.0] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127015301/http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/4.0/Terminal/ |date=27 January 2020 }}.</ref> based on ALT Linux Desktop and ALTSP5: a friendly/merging fork of [[Linux Terminal Server Project]] (LTSP) which is usable on older hardware acting as [[thin client|thin]] and [[diskless workstation|diskless]] clients (16 [[megabyte|MB]] RAM is enough, while stock LTSP5 usually requires ≥ 64 MB RAM). It was also adapted for Russian School Education National Project<ref>[[:ru:Перечень школьного программного обеспечения#.D0.A1.D0.B2.D0.BE.D0.B1.D0.BE.D0.B4.D0.BD.D0.BE.D0.B5 .D0.9F.D0.9E|School software list]]</ref> free software package.