We're happy to announce our new release, ALT Linux 4.1 'Desktop'.
- Based on the new stable 4.1 repository branch
- 2.6.25 kernel with wider hardware support
- KDE 3.5.10 (GNOME 2.22 and XFCE 4.4.2 can be installed manually from DVD)
- Firefox 3
- NetworkManager allows to manage any network interface without root privileges
- New look and feel of the System management center
- Updated Bootloader and Display management modules
- New management modules:
- Creating a bootable USB storage
- System proxy-server setup (apt also uses it)
- Easy to use chooser of updates repository
- Package management
- A flash media image so you can install from your USB flash drive (on EeePC, too)
- Cyrillic filenames inside Zip archives are not corrupted on Windows, and vice versa.
- Kaffeine is the default player of audio- and video files
- KView is the default image viewer
- Updated and revised menu structure
- Applications with duplicate functionality removed:
- Using Evince instead of KGhostView, KPDF, and KDVI
- KuickShow and KMail are not installed by default; they are present on the media and can be installed manually
- New applications:
- Qtemu (Qemu with a GUI)
- VirtualBox
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