ALT Linux 4.1 Desktop

About

We're happy to announce our new release, ALT Linux 4.1 Desktop. This is a general purpose GNU/Linux distribution intended for use on desktop stations, laptops and netbooks. More details about the distribution can be found at this page.

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

Notes

• Recomendations on ISO image update (in Russian)
• User Manual (in Russian)

Changes after 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
• A new look of the System management center
• Updated Bootloader and Display management modules
• New management modules:
  • Create a bootable USB storage
  • A system proxy-server setup (apt also uses it)
  • An easy to use chooser of an updates repository
  • Package management
• A flash media image so you can install from your USB flash drive (you can install to EeePC, too)
• Cyrillic filenames inside Zip archives are not corrupted on Windows, and vice versa.
• Kaffeine is used as default player of audio- and videofiles
• KView is default image viewer
• Updated and revised menu
• Many programs 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 APT source (it's better to remove any 4.0-related repos), and run

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

Update should be successful and should not break anything. Old settings should be actual.

Screenshots

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  Boot Menu

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  System loading

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  Installation

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  KDE Splash Screen

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  Default desktop

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  System Management Center