Autumn update ALT p9 starterkits

Available sixth issue starting sets on Platform Nine Alt. Starter kits are suitable for advanced users who prefer to define the list of application packages and configure the system themselves to get started with the stable repository. Starter kits as composite works are distributed on terms GPLv2+ licenses. images include into a base system, one of the desktop environments, or a set of specialized applications.

Assemblies prepared by for i586, x86_64, aarch64 and armh architectures. Optional available assembly for the mipsel architecture in variants for the Tavolga and BFK3 systems on the Baikal-T1 CPU. Owners of Elbrus VK based on 4C and 8C/1C+ processors also have access to a number of starter kits. Also collected options Engineering on p9 - Live with engineering software and cnc-rt - Live with real time core and LinuxCNC software CNC for x86_64.

Changes regarding June release:

• Linux kernel std-def 5.4.62 and un-def 5.7.19, in cnc-rt — kernel-image-rt 4.19.124;
• Mesa 20.1.1;
• Qt5 5.12.9;
• rootfs for aarch64 and armh moved to std-def and un-def kernels; on cores
  lts, mp left assembly with xfce;

• in ISO images, the timeout for automatic loading has been changed to 60 seconds, if the “Installation” item is present, it will be loaded;
• for aarch64 and armh, rootfs images for Raspberry Pi 4 (also suitable for RPi3) are compiled, having -rpi in the name and ending img.xz. On the second boot, the root partition is automatically expanded to the entire free space of the drive;
• for aarch64 and armh images are collected builder, intended for building packages and distributions. For aarch64, a live similar to x86_64 has been compiled, for both architectures, rootfs for RPi4 and qemu images have been compiled.

Known Issues:

• on Raspberry Pi 3 with un-def, lts, ​​mp kernels, when using pulseaudio, one of the audio cards (headphones or HDMI) must be disabled, otherwise the computer will shut down for a long time and sound may be lost due to frozen pulseaudio.

Torrents:

• i586, x86_64
• aarch64

The images were assembled using mkimage-profiles 1.4.2 with small additions from branch next; ISOs include a build profile archive (/.disk/profile.tgz) for building your own derivatives.

Builds for aarch64 and armh contain rootfs archives and qemu images in addition to ISO images; available to them installation instructions и instructions for launching qemu.

Additionally, we note the availability first release candidate distribution kit Alt Server Virtualization 9.1, another beta distribution kit Alt Workstation K 9.1 and alpha versions regular-gnome3.iso with GNOME3 3.38.

Source: opennet.ru