ALT Linux is a set of Russian operating systems based on RPM Package Manager (RPM) and built on a Linux kernel and Sisyphus package repository. ALT Linux has been developed collectively by ALT Linux Team developers community and ALT Linux Ltd. History ALT Linux Team arose from the merger of IPLabs Linux Team and the Linux community of the Institute of Logic, Cognitive Science and Development of Personality. The latter cooperated with Mandrake Linux and SUSE Linux teams to improve localization (specifically Cyrillic script), producing a Linux-Mandrake Russian Edition (RE). Mandrake and Mandrake RE became different distributions and thus the decision was made to create a separate project. The name ALT was coined, which is a recursive acronym meaning ALT Linux Team. The split led to the creation of the Sisyphus package repository, which is an unstable branch of the ALT Linux development. In 2007, the Sisyphus repository won a prestigious CNews award in nomination for Information Security. Releases Version history Linux-Mandrake Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Russian Edition, released in the beginning of 2000, was the first de facto independent distribution of IPLabs Linux Team. It kept the name Mandrake with permission from Mandrake developers. Spring 2001 was the second IPLabs Linux team release, released several months later. ALT Linux 1.0 Since the summer of 2001, ALT Linux Team has been formed and the ALT Linux name has been established. The first ALT Linux release was ALT Linux Junior 1.0, released in summer of 2001, followed by the updated ALT Linux Junior 1.1 in autumn of 2001. Junior distributions were 1CD releases. ALT Linux 2.* ALT Linux Master 2.0, released in May 2002, was the 4CD all-purpose Linux distribution targeted for software developers and system administrators. ALT Linux Junior 2.0 was released in summer of 2002, as a 1CD desktop/workstation-oriented release. ALT Linux 3.0 ALT Linux Compact 3.0 was released during autumn 2005, and consisted of 1CD/1DVD installable versions along with LiveCD (TravelCD 3.0). There were several subsequent OEM updates counting up to 3.0.5. ALT Linux 4.0 These series changed the official naming somewhat to be ALT Linux 4.0 $flavour. Server was released in June 2007 (1CD+1DVD per platform; i586 and x86_64); Office Server quickly followed (1CD; i586 and x86_64); Desktop Personal in August 2007 (1DVD, LiveCD, Rescue CD; i586; KDE3); Lite in December 2007 (installation CD, live CD and 2CD with addons; i586; Xfce4); Terminal in December 2007 (joint release with