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Image:Altlinux-p7-kde4-20140312-i586.jpg|BIOS boot
Image:Altlinux-p7-kde4-20140312-i586.jpg|BIOS boot
Image:Altlinux-p7-sysv-tde-20140312-x86_64.jpg|UEFI boot
Image:Altlinux-p7-sysv-tde-20140312-x86_64.jpg|UEFI boot
Image:Basealt-p8-cinnamon-20160612.png|cinnamon
Image:Basealt-p8-enlightenment-20160612.png|enlightenment
Image:Basealt-p8-gnome3-20160612.png|gnome3
Image:Basealt-p8-gnustep-20160612.png|gnustep
Image:Basealt-p8-icewm-20160612.png|icewm
Image:Basealt-p8-kde4-20160612.png|kde4
Image:Basealt-p8-kde5-20160612.png|kde5
Image:Basealt-p8-lxde-20160612.png|lxde
Image:Basealt-p8-lxqt-20160612.png|lxqt
Image:Basealt-p8-mate-20160612.png|mate
Image:Basealt-p8-tde-20160612.png|tde
Image:Basealt-p8-xfce-20160612.png|xfce
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|''🇷🇺 From [[:ru:starterkits|Russia]] with love!''
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== Intro ==
== Intro ==
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! Starterkits
! [[Regular|Regular builds]]
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| quarterly
| weekly
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| stable
| current
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| rescue,<br />livecd,<br />installer,<br /> vm
| rescue,<br />livecd,<br />jeos
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'''Starter kits''' are built with ALT [[Stable branches|stable repository]] as the base; these are intended '''for experienced users''' lending them a convenient way to have a look at a DE/WM they didn't get around yet to mess with, or to deploy another system spending reasonable<ref>that is, rather small</ref> amount of time to set it up accordingly.


'''Starter kits''' are built with ALT Linux [[Stable branches|stable repository]] as a base; these are intended for experienced users lending them a convenient way to have a look at a DE/WM they didn't get around yet to mess with, or to deploy another system spending reasonable<ref>that is, rather small</ref> amount of time to set it up accordingly.
These are ''not'' complete distributions: no special docs are written for each release, the design is simple and shared by all the builds — is there any sense to paint the walls just to have them repainted by the settlers? :)


These are ''not'' complete distributions: no special docs are written for each release, the design is simple and shared by all the builds — is there any sense to paint the walls just to have them repainted by the settlers? :)
There are not too many packages included: we've decided that it's better to install LibreOffice another time than to have to download it each time<ref>except Engineering which carries LibreOffice too</ref>.
 
Each starterkit as a whole is available under '''[https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/license.all.html GPL]'''.
 
'''Quarterly releases''' are expected to happen on March, June, September, December 12 with [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/beta/ beta] available on 5th day of those months.
 
The September 12, 2024 p11-based release (available at [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/ nightly.altlinux.org]) is based on 6.1.100 <tt>un-def</tt> kernel (some flavours vary as ''indicated'' below).


There are not too many packages included: we've decided that it's better to install LibreOffice or PostgreSQL another time than to have to download it each time.
The images are published as [http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/p11/images/starterkits/ official releases] upon having received wider testing.


'''Quarterly releases''' are expected to happen on March, June, September, December 12 with beta available on 5th day of those months. First of those updates has happened almost automatically on March 12, 2014 being the third [http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/p7/images/starterkits/ official release] of p7/branch starterkits.
''The previous series are available too: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p10/release/ p10/branch], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p9/release/ p9/branch], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p8/release/ p8/branch], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/ p7/branch]); note that these are considered archived by now.''


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== Flavours ==
== Flavours ==


Starterkits are like [[Regular|Regular builds]] based on [[Sisyphus]], technologically; the '''range has grown wider''' as we can recommend the images based on stable branch for installation while Sisyphus does require experience and attention.
The '''range has grown wider''' compared to [[Sisyphus|unstable]]-based [[Regular|Regular builds]] as we ''can'' recommend the images based on stable branch for installation.


The kits fall into these '''categories''':
The kits fall into these '''categories''':
* rescue image;
* rescue image;
* installable LiveCDs with various DE/WMs;
* installable LiveCDs with various DE/WMs;
* classic installers (TDE, server ones and JeOS<ref>Just Enough Operating System: minimalistic image with networking and package management capabilities</ref> "blank");
* classic installers (Xfce, server ones and JeOS<ref>Just Enough Operating System: minimalistic image with networking and package management capabilities</ref> "blank");
* OpenVZ template cache (tarball of chroot w/o kernel);
* OpenVZ template cache (tarball of chroot w/o kernel);
* KVM disk image<ref>5Gb sparse image that will take up a few hundred megabytes when handled appropriately</ref>.
* a cloud-geared KVM images for OpenStack<ref>and probably more as it carries <tt>cloud-init</tt></ref> and OpenNebula;
* [[Starterkits/builder|build environment]] LiveCD.
 
Images have been built for i586, x86_64, aarch64, armh, e2k and e2kv4 architectures<ref>e2k* ones being available on request to mike@altlinux.org</ref>.  All of the 64-bit x86 hybrid bootable ISO images but jeos include UEFI support and should boot with [[UEFI SecureBoot mini-HOWTO|SecureBoot]] left enabled<ref>the notable exception being Hyper-V Gen.2 VMs which seem to lack the key for "3rd party" bootloaders</ref>.  Use {{cmd|dd(1)}} to write those to USB flash.
 
If an image looks broken '''verify''' its checksum against [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/MD5SUMS MD5SUMS]. It's possible to fix a misdownloaded image using {{cmd|rsync}} and {{path|nightly.altlinux.org::nightly/p11/}} prefix.


Images have been built for i586 and x86_64 architectures.  All of the 64-bit hybrid bootable ISO images but jeos include UEFI support and should boot with [[UEFI SecureBoot mini-HOWTO|SecureBoot]] left enabled.  Use {{cmd|dd(1)}} to write those to USB flash.
These images also get tested in VMs with 2 Gb RAM and 32 Gb of hard drive space which is good enough for any of them to perform/install (the lower threshold for the "light" flavours is around 512 Mb RAM, it can be pushed further below 256 Mb by optimizing kernel configuration for smaller systems if neccessary).


If an image looks broken '''verify''' its checksum against [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/MD5SUMS MD5SUMS]. It's possible to fix a misdownloaded image using {{cmd|rsync}} and {{path|nightly.altlinux.org::nightly/p7/}} prefix.
ISOs boot in English by default<ref>except Engineering which boots in Russian by default as chosen by its author</ref>. Press F2 and choose a different language of those supported as needed; Ctrl-Shift to switch layout.


ISOs boot in English by default.  Press F2 and choose a different language of those supported as needed; Ctrl-Shift to switch layout.
Note that there's experimental support for Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese Input Methods in Cinnamon and LXDE flavours as of 20150912; add <tt>"lang=vi_VN"</tt>, <tt>"lang=ko_KR"</tt> or <tt>"lang=zh_CN"</tt> to kernel boot parameters manually and start <tt>ibus-setup</tt> upon having booted to the desktop.


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== Direct download links ==
== Direct download links ==
Please note: the links lead to '''fairly large files''' themselves; you can [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/ browse the directory] too.
'''Please note:''' the links lead to '''fairly large files'''<ref>approximate size is: under half a gigabyte/medium/over gigabyte</ref>; you can [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/ browse the directory] too, and here's a '''[http://mirror.yandex.ru/altlinux-starterkits/release/ mirror]''' when the main site is too busy.  If you need to link to those, please use permalinks: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/permalink/ i586, x86_64], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11-aarch64/permalink/ aarch64], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11-armh/permalink/ armh].


Note the [[write|tips on suitable utilities]] to '''write''' the hybrid ISO image to bootable media; please do '''not''' use UNetbootin, Rufus, or UltraISO as those '''will cripple''' the result unfortunately.
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=== Rescue LiveCD ===
=== Rescue LiveCD ===
Has command-line tools to service various filesystems, diagnose and recover system.
Has command-line tools to service various filesystems, diagnose and recover system.<br>The '''most recent''' version is [[rescue|available]] weekly.
* [[Rescue]]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-rescue-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-rescue-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~250 Mb)
* [[Rescue]]: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-rescue-20240912-i586.iso i586], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-rescue-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11-aarch64/release/alt-p11-rescue-20240912-aarch64.iso aarch64] <small>(small)</small>


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=== Installable LiveCDs ===
=== Installable LiveCDs ===
These builds mostly use systemd as init; icewm, tde and wmaker use sysvinit<ref>...thus polkit doesn't really work there and additional tweaking is required if e.g. {{pkg|NetworkManager}} is needed</ref>.
These builds mostly use systemd as init; gnustep, icewm and wmaker use sysvinit<ref>...thus polkit doesn't really work there and additional tweaking is required if e.g. {{pkg|NetworkManager}} is needed</ref>.


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==== main ====
==== main ====
* KDE4: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-kde4-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-kde4-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~1.3 Gb)
* Cinnamon: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-cinnamon-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11-aarch64/release/alt-p11-cinnamon-20240912-aarch64.iso aarch64] <small>(medium)</small>
* [http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download MATE]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-mate-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-mate-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~600 Mb)
* [https://community.kde.org/Plasma/LiveImages KDE5]: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-kde-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11-aarch64/release/alt-p11-kde-20240912-aarch64.iso aarch64] <small>(large)</small>
* Xfce: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-xfce-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-xfce-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~450 Mb)
* [http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download MATE]: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-mate-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11-aarch64/release/alt-p11-mate-20240912-aarch64.iso aarch64] <small>(medium)</small>
* Gnome3: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-gnome3-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-gnome3-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~800 Mb)
* Xfce: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-xfce-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11-aarch64/release/alt-p11-xfce-20240912-aarch64.iso aarch64] <small>(medium)</small>


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==== auxiliary ====
==== auxiliary ====
* Cinnamon: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-cinnamon-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-cinnamon-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~650 Mb)
<!--* Deepin: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-deepin-20221209-x86_64.iso x86_64] <small>(medium)</small>-->
* [https://phab.enlightenment.org/w/livecd/ E17]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-e17-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-e17-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~500 Mb)
* [https://phab.enlightenment.org/w/livecd/ Enlightenment]: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-enlightenment-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64] <small>(medium)</small>
* [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Documentation/LiveCDs TDE]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-tde-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-tde-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~600 Mb)
* GNOME: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-gnome-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11-aarch64/release/alt-p11-gnome-20240912-aarch64.iso aarch64] <small>(large)</small>
* [http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Comparison_between_LXDE_and_Xfce LXDE]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-lxde-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-lxde-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~450 Mb)
* LXQt: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-lxqt-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11-aarch64/release/alt-p11-lxqt-20240912-aarch64.iso aarch64] <small>(medium)</small>


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==== experimental ====
==== experimental ====
* IceWM: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-icewm-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-icewm-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~350 Mb)
* [[Starterkits/gnustep|GNUstep]]: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-gnustep-20240912-i586.iso i586], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-gnustep-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64] <small>(medium)</small>
* [http://razor-qt.org/install/live.php Razor-qt]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-razorqt-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-razorqt-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~500 Mb)
* IceWM: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-icewm-20240912-i586.iso i586], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-icewm-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64] <small>(medium)</small>
* WindowMaker: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-wmaker-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-wmaker-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~400 Mb)


A separate build of gnustep flavour based on t7/branch and sysvinit is available for testing:
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* [http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/User_Guides#Other_Info GNUstep]: [http://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ALT/people/mike/iso/mkimage-profiles/gnustep/altlinux-t7-gnustep-20140326-i586.iso i586], [http://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ALT/people/mike/iso/mkimage-profiles/gnustep/altlinux-t7-gnustep-20140326-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~550 Mb)
==== beta ====
* '''MATE/Engineering''': [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-engineering-live-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64] <small>(large)</small>
* '''LxQt/CNC-rt''': [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-cnc-rt-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64] <small>(large)</small>


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=== Classic installers ===
=== Classic installers ===


These builds use the classic SysV init.  All of the images but jeos include basic rescue facility.
These builds mostly use the classic SysV init.  All of the images but jeos include basic rescue facility and support RAID/LVM installation.


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==== desktop ====
* TDE: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-sysv-tde-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-sysv-tde-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~700 Mb)


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==== server ====
* base: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-server-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-server-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~400 Mb)
* OpenVZ: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-server-ovz-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-server-ovz-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~500 Mb)


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==== blank ====
==== blank ====
* JeOS: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-jeos-20140312-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-jeos-20140312-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~150 Mb)
* JeOS (sysvinit): [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-jeos-sysv-20240912-i586.iso i586], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-jeos-sysv-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64] <small>(small)</small>
* JeOS (systemd): [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-jeos-systemd-20240912-i586.iso i586], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-jeos-systemd-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11-aarch64/release/alt-p11-jeos-systemd-20240912-aarch64.iso aarch64] <small>(small)</small>
 
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<!-- === [http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/p11/images/cloud/ KVM disk images and rootfs for container ] === -->
=== OpenVZ template ===
* base: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-ovz-generic-20140312-i586.tar.xz i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-ovz-generic-20140312-x86_64.tar.xz x86_64] (32 Mb)


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=== KVM disk image ===
 
* base: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-vm-net-20140312-i586.img.xz i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/release/altlinux-p7-vm-net-20140312-x86_64.img.xz x86_64] (45 Mb)
=== Build environment ===
 
* [[Starterkits/builder|base]]: [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/release/alt-p11-builder-20240912-x86_64.iso x86_64], [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11-aarch64/release/alt-p11-builder-20240912-aarch64.iso aarch64] <small>(small)</small>


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== Torrents ==
== Torrents ==
Use [http://torrent.altlinux.org/gettorrent.php?info_hash=ed0e23daf65e5a2c31b77f662facc57ba4ad52fb this torrent file] for 20140312 release.
=== p11 ===
Use these torrent files for 20240912 release (more info on non-x86 builds available within [[:ru:Starterkits|Russian page]]):
* '''[https://torrent.altlinux.org/gettorrent.php?info_hash=70c6c60d06a4f0b7336438805c7853c8e1c1ac0a x86_64, i586]'''
* [https://torrent.altlinux.org/gettorrent.php?info_hash=9687e7b6bb893f8548c8b4e3a339f75f2e44f792 aarch64]
 
=== archived versions ===
* 20240309: '''[https://torrent.altlinux.org/gettorrent.php?info_hash=119da028457384b942f7056ca21f81c744b3f6ea x86_64, i586]''' (p10-bases release)
* [https://torrent.altlinux.org/gettorrent.php?info_hash=1620f0c111490ff7f5c171083d645a5bb8a89924 aarch64]
* 20210612: [https://torrent.altlinux.org/gettorrent.php?info_hash=dc225fb1cbf09a9f7eadebeb431a4dc9ced0a1c8 x86_64, i586], [https://torrent.altlinux.org/gettorrent.php?info_hash=81157f7fc78237156bdd41844e6bf36ebb8b9295 aarch64], [https://torrent.altlinux.org/gettorrent.php?info_hash=29b06fcce180f0eaa20569aa5c4c7dfbbadb23c8 mipsel] (p9-bases release)
* [https://torrent.altlinux.org/gettorrent.php?info_hash=ab77c0ade197fc2e1c92c9db2aabacf1f7b83909s 20190312] (the last p8-based release)
* [https://torrent.altlinux.org/gettorrent.php?info_hash=f51eba2d9651a39bbe9294482d021ae9641dfcc5 20160312] (the last p7-based release)


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== Status ==
== Status ==
Please see [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/ChangeLog ChangeLog] and [http://nightly.altlinux.org/p7/BUGS BUGS] files for current information (e.g. regarding Realtek ethernet chips).
Please see [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/ChangeLog ChangeLog] and [https://nightly.altlinux.org/p11/BUGS BUGS] files for current information.


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== Discussion ==
You're welcome to subscribe to our [https://lists.altlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/community-en mailing list] or join the [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=altlinux-en IRC channel] to discuss anything related to these images.


== Discussion ==
The bugs (unless [https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/buglist.cgi?classification=Distributions&product=Regular already known]) should be filed against specific products, namely [https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Regular Regular] (for image bugs) and [https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Branch%20p11 Branch p11] (for package bugs).
You're welcome to subscribe to our [https://lists.altlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/community-en mailing list] to discuss anything related to these images.  The bugs (unless [https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/buglist.cgi?classification=Distributions&product=Regular already known]) should be filed against specific products, namely [https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Regular Regular] (for image bugs) and [https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Branch%20p7 Branch p7] (for package bugs).


== Tech note ==
== Tech note ==
The [https://www.ohloh.net/p/mkimage-profiles technology behind these images] is aimed at making derivatives easy while requiring the very minimal specification of the difference added.
The [https://www.ohloh.net/p/mkimage-profiles technology behind these images] is aimed at making derivatives easy while requiring the very minimal specification of the difference added; you can try it out yourself using the builder flavour.


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* [[Regular|regular builds]] (Sisyphus)
* [[Regular|regular builds]] (Sisyphus)
* [[Rescue|ALT Linux Rescue]] (Sisyphus too)
* [[Rescue|ALT Linux Rescue]] (Sisyphus too)
* [http://linux.softpedia.com/downloadTag/ALT+Linux Softpedia's heroic stream of ALT reviews]
* [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=alt DistroWatch page]


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 18:02, 12 September 2024

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  • BIOS boot

  • UEFI boot

  • cinnamon

  • enlightenment

  • gnome3

  • gnustep

  • icewm

  • kde4

  • kde5

  • lxde

  • lxqt

  • mate

  • tde

  • xfce

🇷🇺 From Russia with love!

Intro

Starterkits Regular builds
quarterly weekly
stable current
rescue,
livecd,
installer,
vm 		rescue,
livecd,
jeos

Starter kits are built with ALT stable repository as the base; these are intended for experienced users lending them a convenient way to have a look at a DE/WM they didn't get around yet to mess with, or to deploy another system spending reasonable[1] amount of time to set it up accordingly.

These are not complete distributions: no special docs are written for each release, the design is simple and shared by all the builds — is there any sense to paint the walls just to have them repainted by the settlers? :)

There are not too many packages included: we've decided that it's better to install LibreOffice another time than to have to download it each time[2].

Each starterkit as a whole is available under GPL.

Quarterly releases are expected to happen on March, June, September, December 12 with beta available on 5th day of those months.

The September 12, 2024 p11-based release (available at nightly.altlinux.org) is based on 6.1.100 un-def kernel (some flavours vary as indicated below).

The images are published as official releases upon having received wider testing.

The previous series are available too: p10/branch, p9/branch, p8/branch, p7/branch); note that these are considered archived by now.

Flavours

The range has grown wider compared to unstable-based Regular builds as we can recommend the images based on stable branch for installation.

The kits fall into these categories:

  • rescue image;
  • installable LiveCDs with various DE/WMs;
  • classic installers (Xfce, server ones and JeOS[3] "blank");
  • OpenVZ template cache (tarball of chroot w/o kernel);
  • a cloud-geared KVM images for OpenStack[4] and OpenNebula;
  • build environment LiveCD.

Images have been built for i586, x86_64, aarch64, armh, e2k and e2kv4 architectures[5]. All of the 64-bit x86 hybrid bootable ISO images but jeos include UEFI support and should boot with SecureBoot left enabled[6]. Use dd(1) to write those to USB flash.

If an image looks broken verify its checksum against MD5SUMS. It's possible to fix a misdownloaded image using rsync and nightly.altlinux.org::nightly/p11/ prefix.

These images also get tested in VMs with 2 Gb RAM and 32 Gb of hard drive space which is good enough for any of them to perform/install (the lower threshold for the "light" flavours is around 512 Mb RAM, it can be pushed further below 256 Mb by optimizing kernel configuration for smaller systems if neccessary).

ISOs boot in English by default[7]. Press F2 and choose a different language of those supported as needed; Ctrl-Shift to switch layout.

Note that there's experimental support for Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese Input Methods in Cinnamon and LXDE flavours as of 20150912; add "lang=vi_VN", "lang=ko_KR" or "lang=zh_CN" to kernel boot parameters manually and start ibus-setup upon having booted to the desktop.

Direct download links

Please note: the links lead to fairly large files[8]; you can browse the directory too, and here's a mirror when the main site is too busy. If you need to link to those, please use permalinks: i586, x86_64, aarch64, armh.

Note the tips on suitable utilities to write the hybrid ISO image to bootable media; please do not use UNetbootin, Rufus, or UltraISO as those will cripple the result unfortunately.

Rescue LiveCD

Has command-line tools to service various filesystems, diagnose and recover system.
The most recent version is available weekly.

Installable LiveCDs

These builds mostly use systemd as init; gnustep, icewm and wmaker use sysvinit[9].

main

auxiliary

experimental

beta

  • MATE/Engineering: x86_64 (large)
  • LxQt/CNC-rt: x86_64 (large)

Classic installers

These builds mostly use the classic SysV init. All of the images but jeos include basic rescue facility and support RAID/LVM installation.

blank


Build environment

Torrents

p11

Use these torrent files for 20240912 release (more info on non-x86 builds available within Russian page):

archived versions

Status

Please see ChangeLog and BUGS files for current information.

Discussion

You're welcome to subscribe to our mailing list or join the IRC channel to discuss anything related to these images.

The bugs (unless already known) should be filed against specific products, namely Regular (for image bugs) and Branch p11 (for package bugs).

Tech note

The technology behind these images is aimed at making derivatives easy while requiring the very minimal specification of the difference added; you can try it out yourself using the builder flavour.

Links

References

  1. ↑ that is, rather small
  2. ↑ except Engineering which carries LibreOffice too
  3. ↑ Just Enough Operating System: minimalistic image with networking and package management capabilities
  4. ↑ and probably more as it carries cloud-init
  5. ↑ e2k* ones being available on request to mike@altlinux.org
  6. ↑ the notable exception being Hyper-V Gen.2 VMs which seem to lack the key for "3rd party" bootloaders
  7. ↑ except Engineering which boots in Russian by default as chosen by its author
  8. ↑ approximate size is: under half a gigabyte/medium/over gigabyte
  9. ↑ ...thus polkit doesn't really work there and additional tweaking is required if e.g. NetworkManager is needed