ALT Linux 4.1 Desktop

About
ALT Linux 4.1 Desktop is a general purpose GNU/Linux distribution intended for use on workstations, laptops and netbooks.

Release Date
October 07, 2008

Repository
4.1/branch

Download

 * ftp.altlinux.ru
 * ftp.heanet.ie
 * ftp.linux.kiev.ua
 * mirror.yandex.ru
 * Torrents

ISO Images Description
9398e957702d2a88f6b69db814d874d2 altlinux-4.1.0-desktop-i586-install-cd.iso		Install CD (i586), 671 Mb 2f11f39645fe5b0ad6cecc3bc253e078  altlinux-4.1.0-desktop-i586-install-dvd5.iso		Install DVD (i586), Live CD included, 4,3 Gb 2557f74141a6e218d467948646b1dc86  altlinux-4.1.0-desktop-i586-live-cd.iso		Live CD (i586), 692 Mb d14c5a9135dbe9b019d4862b15a23b95  altlinux-4.1.0-desktop-i586-rescue-cd.iso		Rescue disk (i586), 75 Mb e1310e9a6653c9e990d7c82ee650c103  altlinux-4.1.0-desktop-x86_64-install-cd.iso		Install CD (x86_64), 694 Mb 84d87cd9f1e7b8f52e9b3b4babf3db7b  altlinux-4.1.0-desktop-x86_64-install-dvd5.iso	Install DVD (x86_64), включает Live CD, 4,1 Gb e97e522baac5b2342627880b6117d00d  altlinux-4.1.0-desktop-x86_64-live-cd.iso		Live CD (x86_64), 707 Mb 59a3138ab5ae321ba99785405b47c434  altlinux-4.1.0-desktop-x86_64-rescue-cd.iso		Rescue disk (x86_64), 77 Mb c8a4a0e0d0451468b439f41e902d2f15  altlinux-4.1.0-desktop-i586-install-flash.img.gz	Live Flash, 1,8 Gb

Changes since ALT Linux 4.0 Desktop Personal

 * Based on the new stable 4.1 repository branch
 * 2.6.25 kernel with wider hardware support
 * KDE 3.5.10 (GNOME 2.22 and XFCE 4.4.2 can be installed manually from DVD)
 * Firefox 3
 * NetworkManager allows to manage any network interface without root privileges
 * New look and feel of the System management center
 * Updated Bootloader and Display management modules
 * New management modules:
 * Creating a bootable USB storage
 * System proxy-server setup (apt also uses it)
 * Easy to use chooser of updates repository
 * Package management
 * A flash media image so you can install from your USB flash drive (on EeePC, too)
 * Cyrillic filenames inside Zip archives are not corrupted on Windows, and vice versa.
 * Kaffeine is the default player of audio- and video files
 * KView is the default image viewer
 * Updated and revised menu structure
 * Applications with duplicate functionality removed:
 * Using Evince instead of KGhostView, KPDF, and KDVI
 * KuickShow and KMail are not installed by default; they are present on the media and can be installed manually
 * New applications:
 * Qtemu (Qemu with a GUI)
 * VirtualBox

Migration
You can change repository from 4.0 to 4.1 or add ALT Linux 4.1 Desktop CD/DVD as an APT source (it's better to remove any 4.0-related repos) and run For update kernel set 4.1 as APT source and run: After update and boot with new kernel (possible, it is needed to set 3 runlevel) you may update (especially for NVIDIA videocards) resetup video driver by command: