Media Magic Ltd, 1DVD; i586; KDE3, low client RAM requirements). There was also a more conservative school 4.0 branch maintained for the Russian schools pilot project, and several distributions specifically tailored for schools released using that as a base. ALT Linux 4.1 Desktop was released in October 2008 (1CD/1DVD; i586 and x86_64; KDE3); Children in December 2008 (LiveCD; i586); Skif in December 2008 (1CD; x86_64; HPC); School Server in February 2009 (1CD; i586). ALT Linux 5.x The 5.0 branch was canceled mainly due to stormy X.org conditions (and subsequently archived); 5.1 community branch was created along with p5 conservative branch later in 2009. Somewhat confusingly, distributions based on the p5/branch were numbered as ALT Linux 5.0: Ark (client+server suite, 1DVD+1CD per platform; i586 and x86_64); School Suite – mostly i586, also including docs, video lessons and free software for Windows (3DVD): Server (1DVD; i586 and x86_64); Terminal (1DVD; KDE3); Master (1DVD/flash; KDE4); Junior (1DVD/flash; GNOME2); Lite (2CD; Xfce4); New Lite (1CD/1DVD/flash; LXDE); KDesktop (1DVD; i586 and x86_64; KDE4); Simply Linux 5.0 (1CD/flash/LiveCD; i586; Xfce4). Lite A small single-CD distribution for older/low-memory computers, with Xfce as default desktop. Available in normal and Live CD versions. Rather superseded by LXDE-based New Lite. Compact Compact is a series of ALT Linux distributions tailored for beginner users. It is mostly used on workstations, home computers, and notebooks. It includes additional means for easy configuration, many office and multimedia applications, and some games. Compact was also a popular choice for OEM whitelabeling, i.e., creating a specific edition for various hardware vendors to bundle with their hardware. Linux ALT Linux Server is a hardened server single CD distribution. It is certified by Federal department of technical and expert control of Russia in the following categories: by the level of monitoring for non-declared features – level 4 class of protection from unauthorized access to information – class 5 <be<>me> Terminal ALT Linux Terminal is a terminal server distribution based on ALT Linux Desktop and ALTSP5: a friendly/merging fork of Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) which is usable on older hardware acting as thin and diskless clients (16 MB RAM is enough, while stock LTSP5 usually requires ≥ 64 MB RAM). It was also adapted for Russian School Education National Project free software package. References External links Community website (in English) Sisyphus package repository, on which Alt Linux is based Reviews ALT Linux 5 Ark desktop review Customizing