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Intro

The regular image builds are intended to aid those interested in ALT Linux Sisyphus and the current state of Linux desktop environments (at least as packaged there).

These are not the fully fledged properly tailored distributions but rather targeted technology demos that can happen to be useful either (the release manager's current laptop is installed using one of those -- did I mention these are installable LiveCDs?).

Please note that regular images are built using the unstable development repository (think debian testing) so if you want to install ALT Linux really do consider images which are built and updated using stable branches:

the official distributions should fit the best, but
there are also starterkits which are essentially regular image counterparts built using p7/branch.

NB: if an image looks broken check the hash against MD5SUM/SHA1SUM files. This can happen if your download manager gets the file in chunks or has to resume the interrupted download and the "latest" symlink changes during that (which should not happen more than once a day). The images under snapshots/ directory aren't symlinks but are the files themselves so if this is an issue you might want to choose and download one of those. The other way to fix a corrupted download is to use rsync against nightly.altlinux.org::nightly prefix.

Flavours

There are multiple sets of DE/architecture specific builds (see also dedicated rescue page); note that the manually verified ones are linked from tested directory while current contains automatically updated symlinks.

Starterkits	Regular
quarterly	weekly
stable	current
rescue, livecd, installer, server, vm	rescue, livecd

If you encounter any problems with a current image it might make sense to look whether the "a bit more official" tested one behaves better (thank you for still dropping us a note that the latest isn't greatest in your particular case).

The images are autobuilt weekly (on Wednesdays) but we can release updated ones manually as often as daily.

Download

Direct links to download the latest ISO images; NB: these lead to fairly large files themselves, use current/tested links above if you'd like to browse things!

main

KDE4: i586, x86_64 (~1.3 Gb)
MATE: i586, x86_64 (~600 Mb)
Xfce: i586, x86_64 (~450 Mb)
Cinnamon: i586, x86_64 (~650 Mb)

auxiliary

Gnome3: x86_64^[1] (~800Mb)
E18: i586, x86_64 (~500Mb)
TDE: i586, x86_64 (~600Mb)
LXDE: i586, x86_64 (~450 Мб)

experimental

GNUstep: i586, x86_64 (~500 Мб)
IceWM: i586, x86_64 (~350 Mb)
LXQt: i586, x86_64 (~500 Mb)
WindowMaker: i586, x86_64 (~350 Mb)

non-desktop

rescue: i586, x86_64 (~300 Mb)

NB: there's also a mirror at Yandex.

Status

Please see ChangeLog and BUGS files for current information.

Discussion

You're welcome to subscribe to our mailing list to discuss anything related to these images. The bugs (unless already known) should be filed against specific products, namely Regular (for image bugs) and Sisyphus (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.

References

↑ i586 image available in archive due to bug #29979 [ru] (epiphany segfaults upon startup)

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 These are ''not'' the fully fledged properly tailored distributions but rather targeted technology demos that can happen to be useful either (the release manager's current laptop is installed using one of those -- did I mention these are installable '''LiveCD'''s?).
+Please note that regular images are built using the '''unstable''' development repository (think debian testing) so if you want to ''install'' ALT Linux really do consider images which are built and updated using '''stable branches''':
+* [[Downloads|the official distributions]] should fit the best, but
+* there are also [[starterkits]] which are essentially regular image counterparts built using [[Branches|p7/branch]].
+NB: if an image looks broken '''check''' the hash against {{path|MD5SUM}}/{{path|SHA1SUM}} files.  This can happen if your download manager gets the file in chunks or has to resume the interrupted download ''and'' the "latest" symlink changes during that (which should not happen more than once a day).  The images under {{path|snapshots/}} directory aren't symlinks but are the files themselves so if this is an issue you might want to choose and download one of those.   The other way to fix a corrupted download is to use {{cmd|rsync}} against {{path|nightly.altlinux.org::nightly}} prefix.
+<div id="flavours"></div>
+== Flavours ==
+There are multiple sets of DE/architecture specific builds (see also dedicated [[rescue]] page); note that the '''manually verified ones''' are linked from '''[http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/ tested]''' directory while '''[http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/ current]''' contains automatically updated symlinks.
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-Please note that regular images are built using the '''unstable''' development repository (think debian testing) so if you want to ''install'' ALT Linux really do consider images which are built and updated using '''stable branches''':
-* [[Downloads|the official distributions]] should fit the best, but
-* there are also [[starterkits]] which are essentially regular image counterparts built using [[Branches|p7/branch]].
-NB: if an image looks broken '''check''' the hash against {{path|MD5SUM}}/{{path|SHA1SUM}} files.  This can happen if your download manager gets the file in chunks or has to resume the interrupted download ''and'' the "latest" symlink changes during that (which should not happen more than once a day).  The images under {{path|snapshots/}} directory aren't symlinks but are the files themselves so if this is an issue you might want to choose and download one of those.   The other way to fix a corrupted download is to use {{cmd|rsync}} against {{path|nightly.altlinux.org::nightly}} prefix.
-== Flavours ==
-There are multiple sets of DE/architecture specific builds (see also dedicated [[rescue]] page); note that the '''manually verified ones''' are linked from '''[http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/ tested]''' directory while '''[http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/ current]''' contains automatically updated symlinks.
 If you encounter any problems with a {{path|current}} image it might make sense to look whether the "a bit more official" {{path|tested}} one behaves better (thank you for still dropping us a note that the latest isn't greatest in your particular case).
 The images are autobuilt '''weekly (on Wednesdays)''' but we can release updated ones manually as often as daily.
+<div id="download"></div>
-== Direct links to download the latest ISO images ==
+== Download ==
-Please note: the links lead to fairly large files themselves, use current/tested links above if you'd like to browse things!
+Direct links to download the latest ISO images; NB: these lead to fairly large files themselves, use current/tested links above if you'd like to browse things!
+<div id="main"></div>
 === main ===
 * KDE4: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-kde4-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-kde4-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~1.3 Gb)
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 * Xfce: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-xfce-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-xfce-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~450 Mb)
 * Cinnamon: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-cinnamon-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-cinnamon-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~650 Mb)
+<div id="aux"></div>
 === auxiliary ===
 * Gnome3: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-gnome3-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64]<ref>[http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-gnome3-20140402-i586.iso i586] image available in archive due to [https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29979 bug #29979] [ru] (epiphany segfaults upon startup)</ref> (~800Mb)
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 * [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Documentation/LiveCDs TDE]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-tde-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-tde-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~600Mb)
 * [http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Comparison_between_LXDE_and_Xfce LXDE]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-lxde-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-lxde-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~450 Мб)
+<div id="experimental"></div>
 === experimental ===
 * [http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/User_Guides#Other_Info GNUstep]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-gnustep-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-gnustep-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~500 Мб)
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 * LXQt: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-lxqt-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-lxqt-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~500 Mb)
 * WindowMaker: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-wmaker-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-wmaker-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~350 Mb)
+<div id="non-desktop"></div>
 === non-desktop ===
 * [[rescue]]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-rescue-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/current/regular-rescue-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] (~300 Mb)
 NB: there's also a mirror at [http://mirror.yandex.ru/altlinux-nightly/ Yandex].
+<div id="status"></div>
 == Status ==
 Please see [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/ChangeLog ChangeLog] and [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/BUGS BUGS] files for current information.
+<div id="discussion"></div>
 == Discussion ==
 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=Sisyphus Sisyphus] (for package bugs).
+<div id="tech"></div>
 == 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.