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<div id="intro"></div> | |||
== Intro == | == Intro == | ||
The regular image builds are intended to aid those interested in [[ALT | The regular image builds are '''intended''' to aid those interested in [[ALT]] [[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 '''LiveCD'''s?). | |||
Please note that regular images are built using the '''unstable''' development repository (think debian testing) so if you want to ''install'' ALT 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|p9/branch]]. | |||
The [[rescue]] image contains console tools for handling and fixing up all of the popular and some less widely known filesystems as well as to perform '''data recovery''', hardware and networking diagnostics, security incident investigation; sometimes it is the [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=alt most recent versions] of kernel, drivers and utilities that are really in need. | |||
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 == | == Flavours == | ||
There are multiple sets of DE/architecture specific builds; 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. | 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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! [[Starterkits]] | |||
! Regular | |||
|- | |||
| quarterly | |||
| weekly | |||
|- | |||
| stable | |||
| current | |||
|- | |||
| rescue,<br />livecd,<br />installer,<br />server, vm | |||
| rescue,<br />livecd,<br />jeos | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
If you encounter any [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/BUGS 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 [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/ChangeLog the latest] isn't greatest in your particular case). | |||
The images are autobuilt '''weekly''' (on Wednesdays, Moscow time) but we can release updated ones manually as often as daily. | |||
<div id="nonx86"></div> | |||
=== non-x86 architectures === | |||
Please refer to [[Regular/arm|aarch64]] (nee ARMv8), [[Regular/mipsel|mipsel]] (MIPS32) and [[Regular/riscv64|riscv64]] (RV64GC) specific pages for more information on running the images in QEMU and on corresponding hardware. | |||
<div id="download"></div><div id="livecd"></div> | |||
== Direct image download links == | |||
NB: these lead to '''fairly large files''' themselves <small>(see estimation)</small>; see the [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/ tested/] directory if you'd like to browse things. | |||
There's also a mirror at [http://mirror.yandex.ru/altlinux-nightly/ Yandex]. | |||
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. | |||
<div id="main"></div> | |||
=== main === | === main === | ||
* | * Cinnamon: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-cinnamon-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-cinnamon-latest-aarch64.iso aarch64] | ||
* | * KDE5: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-kde5-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-kde5-latest-aarch64.iso aarch64] | ||
* MATE: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/ | * [http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download MATE]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-mate-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-mate-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64]; aarch64: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-mate-latest-aarch64.iso iso]/[http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-mate-latest-aarch64.img.xz rootfs], <small>mipsel: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-mipsel/tested/qemu-regular-mate-latest-mipsel.img.xz qemu], riscv64: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-riscv64/tested/regular-mate-latest-riscv64.img.xz rootfs]</small> | ||
* | * Xfce: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-xfce-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-xfce-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64]; aarch64: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-xfce-latest-aarch64.iso iso]/[http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-xfce-latest-aarch64.img.xz rootfs], mipsel: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-mipsel/tested/qemu-regular-xfce-latest-mipsel.img.xz qemu], riscv64: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-riscv64/tested/regular-xfce-latest-riscv64.img.xz rootfs]</small> | ||
<div id="aux"></div> | |||
=== auxiliary === | === auxiliary === | ||
* | * [https://phab.enlightenment.org/w/livecd/ Enlightenment]<ref>E19, E18 and E17 images available in [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/ archive]</ref>: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-enlightenment-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] | ||
* | * Gnome: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-gnome-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-gnome-latest-aarch64.iso aarch64] | ||
* | * IceWM: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-icewm-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-icewm-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] | ||
* TDE: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/ | * LXQt: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-lxqt-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-lxqt-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64], aarch64: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-lxqt-latest-aarch64.iso iso]/[http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-lxqt-latest-aarch64.img.xz rootfs],<small>(medium)</small>;<!-- --> mipsel: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-mipsel/tested/qemu-regular-lxqt-latest-mipsel.img.xz qemu], riscv64: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-riscv64/tested/regular-lxqt-latest-riscv64.img.xz rootfs]</small> | ||
<div id="experimental"></div> | |||
=== experimental<ref>gnustep, icewm, wmaker flavours use sysvinit</ref> === | |||
* [http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/User_Guides#Other_Info GNUstep]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-gnustep-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-gnustep-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64] | |||
<div id="non-desktop"></div> | |||
=== archived === | |||
* KDE4: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-kde4-20180418-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-kde4-20180418-x86_64.iso x86_64] <small>(1.5 Gb)</small> ''20180418'' | |||
* [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Documentation/LiveCDs TDE]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-tde-20170111-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-tde-20170111-x86_64.iso x86_64] <small>(~750Mb)</small> ''20170111'' | |||
* WindowMaker (sysvinit): [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-wmaker-sysv-20200115-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-wmaker-sysv-20200115-x86_64.iso x86_64] ''20200115'' | |||
* [http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Comparison_between_LXDE_and_Xfce LXDE]: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-lxde-20230913-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-lxde-20230913-x86_64.iso x86_64] ''20230913'' | |||
* IceWM (sysvinit): [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-icewm-sysv-20240103-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-icewm-sysv-20240103-x86_64.iso x86_64] ''20240103'' | |||
* GNUstep (sysvinit): [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-gnustep-sysv-20240103-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/archive/regular-gnustep-sysv-20240103-x86_64.iso x86_64] ''20240103'' | |||
=== non-desktop === | |||
* [[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], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-rescue-latest-aarch64.iso aarch64] | |||
* jeos<ref>Just Enough Operating System: minimalistic installer/image with networking and package management capabilities; non-x86 flavours have '''root''' password set to '''altlinux''', please change</ref>: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-jeos-sysv-latest-i586.iso i586], [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-jeos-sysv-latest-x86_64.iso x86_64]; aarch64: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-jeos-systemd-latest-aarch64.iso iso]/[http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-aarch64/tested/regular-jeos-systemd-latest-aarch64.img.xz rootfs]; <small> riscv64: [http://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus-riscv64/tested/regular-jeos-systemd-latest-riscv64.img.xz rootfs]</small> | |||
= | <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. | 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] or join the [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=altlinux-en IRC channel] 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 == | == Tech note == | ||
The [https://www. | The [https://www.openhub.net/p/mkimage-profiles technology behind these images] is aimed at making derivatives easy while requiring the very minimal specification of the difference added. | ||
== References == | |||
<references /> | |||
* [http://livecdlist.com/alt-linux livecdlist.com entry] | |||
* [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=alt DistroWatch] (see the Sisyphus column for versions) | |||
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* [http://www.virtualsky.net/againstthecurrent/doku.php?id=2013:03-05 VirtualSky's review of regular-kde4] (and some more kind words, thank you David!) // seems to be missing after the move to ipernity | |||
--> | |||
[[Category:Regular]] | |||
[[Category:Sisyphus]] | [[Category:Sisyphus]] | ||
[[ru:Regular]] | [[ru:Regular]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:51, 10 January 2024
Intro
The regular image builds are intended to aid those interested in ALT 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 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 p9/branch.
The rescue image contains console tools for handling and fixing up all of the popular and some less widely known filesystems as well as to perform data recovery, hardware and networking diagnostics, security incident investigation; sometimes it is the most recent versions of kernel, drivers and utilities that are really in need.
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, jeos |
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, Moscow time) but we can release updated ones manually as often as daily.
non-x86 architectures
Please refer to aarch64 (nee ARMv8), mipsel (MIPS32) and riscv64 (RV64GC) specific pages for more information on running the images in QEMU and on corresponding hardware.
Direct image download links
NB: these lead to fairly large files themselves (see estimation); see the tested/ directory if you'd like to browse things.
There's also a mirror at Yandex.
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.
main
- Cinnamon: x86_64, aarch64
- KDE5: x86_64, aarch64
- MATE: i586, x86_64; aarch64: iso/rootfs, mipsel: qemu, riscv64: rootfs
- Xfce: i586, x86_64; aarch64: iso/rootfs, mipsel: qemu, riscv64: rootfs
auxiliary
- Enlightenment[1]: x86_64
- Gnome: x86_64, aarch64
- IceWM: i586, x86_64
- LXQt: i586, x86_64, aarch64: iso/rootfs,(medium); mipsel: qemu, riscv64: rootfs
experimental[2]
archived
- KDE4: i586, x86_64 (1.5 Gb) 20180418
- TDE: i586, x86_64 (~750Mb) 20170111
- WindowMaker (sysvinit): i586, x86_64 20200115
- LXDE: i586, x86_64 20230913
- IceWM (sysvinit): i586, x86_64 20240103
- GNUstep (sysvinit): i586, x86_64 20240103
non-desktop
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 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
- livecdlist.com entry
- DistroWatch (see the Sisyphus column for versions)