What's new in ALT Linux KDesktop 7.0.5
May 28, 2015
- Updated software closing known vulnerabilities as of May 22, 2015 with further updates available through Platform 7 repositories
- Updated timezones
- System Control Center is now able to join Active Directory
- LiveCDs gained RW partition support during UEFI boot as well
- "poweroff" kernel commandline parameter will cause the system to shut down upon installation to ease automated deployment
- Online repositories will always be configured, not just when found available
- Linux 3.14.41
- Mesa 10.0.5
- Firefox 31.6.0
- Various bugs were fixed with updated Intel video driver
New in ALT Linux KDesktop 5.0.0 (Oct 30, 2009)
- The most prominent features of the server distributions are:
- Enterprise-class network organization
- Host-based authorization of users and services
- Connecting distributed systems together via VPN
- Host-based updates of servers and workstations throughout your LAN
- Network installation and setup of workstations
- Virtualization environment based on OpenVZ and KVM technologies
- Automated host-based backup and restore functionality for all the network, including single files restore
- A unified file storage with quota support
- Automatic RAID1 setup if two or more identical discs are detected
- Simple and convenient administration by means of an innovative web-interface that doesn't require profound administration skills
- Moodle and MediaWiki are bundled and installed along with School Server
- Desktop distributions sport the following features:
- Graphical desktops: GNOME (Ark Desktop, School Junior), XFCE (School Lite), KDE 4 (School Master)
- Improved interaction with server distributions and virtual machines that use Platform Five technologies, including out-of-the-box availability of a terminal service
- Ready to use office suite to work with WWW, e-mail, common office documents including those stored in OpenXML formats
- Host-based authorization (needs support from the server; all Platform
- Five servers support this)
- Seemless integration with the server file storage (needs support from the server; all Platform Five servers support this)
- Both suites increase the productivity of everyday work greatly, when you use the server and the desktop along in the same network. Host-based authentication, automatic network resources mounting, Zeroconf publish-subsribe technology. A useful and important feature is virtualization, with OpenVZ and KVM technologies available, depending on a virtual machine profile. Even unexperienced administrators can deal with Platform Five servers thanks to a convenient and easy to use AJAX-enabled web-interface based on ALTerator system.
New in ALT Linux KDesktop 4.1.1 (Jan 15, 2009)
- This is a general-purpose GNU/Linux distribution intended for use on desktop systems, laptops and netbooks. Changes since ALT Linux 4.1.0 Desktop include: updated version of OpenOffice.org - 3.0.0, with bugfixes; Compiz works out-of-the-box, all you need to do is run it from the menu; fixes in NetworkManager, targeted on its stability and PPPoE operation; printer settings and management is fixed in a default KDE installation; CPU frequency changing fixed; miscellaneous fixes here and there; an installation DVD image with English as the default language.
New in ALT Linux KDesktop 4.1.0 (Oct 7, 2008)
- based on the new stable 4.1 repository branch;
- 2.6.25 kernel with better hardware support;
- KDE 3.5.10 (GNOME 2.22 and Xfce 4.4.2 can be installed from DVD);
- Firefox 3;
- NetworkManager allows managing any network interface without root privileges;
- a new look of the system management center;
- updated bootloader and display management modules;
- Kaffeine as the default player of audio and video files;
- updated and revised menu;
- new applications - QtEmu (QEMU with a GUI), VirtualBox.