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Alt Linux

ALT Linux is a set of Russian operating systems based on RPM Package Manager (RPM) and built on a Linux kernel and Sisyphus package repository.

ALT Linux has been developed collectively by ALT Linux Team developers community and ALT Linux Ltd.

The ALT Linux Team arose from the merger of IPLabs Linux Team and the Linux community of the Institute of Logic, Cognitive Science and Development of Personality.[9] The latter cooperated with Mandrake Linux and SUSE Linux teams to improve localization (specifically Cyrillic script), producing a Linux-Mandrake Russian Edition (RE).

Mandrake and Mandrake RE became different distributions and thus the decision was made to create a separate project. The name ALT was coined, which is a recursive acronym meaning ALT Linux Team.

The split led to the creation of the Sisyphus package repository, which is an unstable branch of the ALT Linux development. In 2007, the Sisyphus repository won a prestigious CNews award in nomination for Information Security.


Alt Linux Comparison Table

Feature Sisyphus 11.0 10.2 10.1 9.1
Release Date 2026-01-31 2025-05-01 2024-03-16 2022-11-16 2020-08-02
End Of Life
Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 6000-7000 2900-8000 2900-8000 2900-8000
Download RPMs, ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME MATE MATE MATE
Default Browser
Package Management RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT) RPM (APT)
Release Model Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, KOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
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
Init Software systemd, SysV systemd systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS ext3, ext4, XFS
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
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- --
Full Package List sisyphus 11.0 10.2 10.1 9.1

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