The company "Bazalt SPO" has released distributions of Alt Server 10.2 and Alt Workstation 10.2, built on the ALT 10 platform (p10 Aronia branch). The Alt Workstation builds are formed for x86_64, AArch64, i586, and Elbrus architectures, while the Alt Server builds are available for x86_64 and AArch64 architectures. The distributions are provided under a License Agreement that allows free use only by individuals. Legal entities are allowed only to test, and for usage, it is required to purchase a commercial license or enter into a written license agreement.
Key changes in Alt Server 10.2:
- Updated software versions: Linux kernel 6.1.79 (optionally 5.10.203), samba 4.19, php 8.2, gpupdate 0.9.13.7, admc 0.15.2, gpui 0.2.40.
- The installer now supports RAID arrays based on Intel VROC (Virtual RAID on CPU) technology with IMSM (Intel Matrix Storage Manager) metadata.
- The LiveCD for recovery after failures (Rescue) has added the mdmon metadata monitoring process for RAID with IMSM, as well as the usbutils package.
- The base system has added the packages gostcrypto, color-prompt-and-man, local-policy, chrony, and btrfs-progs.
- By default, the services suspend, hibernate, nslcd, and nscd are turned off in the base system.
- Service start management has been moved by default from the installer-distro-centaurus package to mkimage-profiles.
- Automatic startup of NetworkManager or systemd-networkd is provided after the system installation.
- Four installation profiles are offered: Office, serverSamba DC Server (AD controller), Home server, and Minimal installation. The 'Home server' profile offers the MATE graphical environment, while the other profiles provide a console interface.
- A section "Group Policies" has been added to profile settings, offering subsections: Administration Tools, Group Policy Templates, and Client (application tools).
- The gostcrypto repository has been added to the list of repositories.
- The ability to change the terminal prompt color has been added (via the color-prompt-and-man package).
- The method of connecting a repository on removable media has been changed.
Key changes in Alt Workstation 10.2:
- The MATE desktop environment has been updated to release 1.26.
- The kernel has been updated to version 6.1.79 (a package with 5.10.209 is optionally available).
- Updated software versions: LibreOffice 7.6.4.1, Firefox ESR 115.8.0, Wine 8.14.1, GIMP 2.10.30, Inkscape 1.2.2, Appinstall 1.4, OpenUDS 3.6.0.
- A mode for installation on OEM hardware has been added.
- Included packages: timeshift (a backup utility similar to System Restore in Windows and Time Machine in macOS), alterator-fbi (a web interface for remote system configuration), and man-pages-en.
- The license agreement has been updated.
- The installation profiles for the 'Group Policies' section now allow for more precise configuration of the set of installed packages.
- An installation profile for BtrFS with subvolumes for timeshift support has been added.
Source: opennet.ru
