ALT Linux創始于2001年，由兩個大的俄羅斯自由軟件計劃合并而來。2008年它成為了一個大的組織，從事自由軟件的開發和部署、文檔和技術資料撰寫、用戶支持及定制產品開發工作。ALT Linux面向不同的目的生產不同類型的發行。這包括面向家庭、辦公計算機、企業服務器的各種桌面發行，廣泛包含各種開發工具和文檔的通用發行，認證產品，面向教育機構的專用發行，以及面向低端計算機的發行。ALT Linux擁有自己的基礎開發設施和軟件倉庫，稱為Sisyphus，它為所有不同類型的ALT Linux提供基礎。

The ALT Linux development team has announced the availability of the first beta release of ALT Linux 5.0, a Russian general-purpose distribution for servers and workstations. Some of the new features in this release include: choice of two desktop environments - KDE 4 and GNOME; optimised for office deployment, with Internet, electronic mail and office suite of applications; integration with server on many levels, including centralised authentication, virtual containers and file storage; support for interaction between virtual private networks; centralised update mechanism for servers and workstations; convenient web-based system administration. Read the full release announcement (in Russian) for further information. Download (MD5 the desktop installation DVDs: altlinux-5.0.0_beta-desktop-i586-ru-install-dvd5.iso (2,876MB), altlinux-5.0.0_beta-desktop-x86_64-ru-install-dvd5.iso (2,868MB).

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