[altlinux-announce-en] Distribution Release: ALT Education 11.0

[Мария Фоканова]

Hello!

11 update of ALT Education operating system is available. New 
distribution release is based on Platform 11 stable repository branch.
The build is available for x86_64 and AArch64 Platform 11 (p11 Salvia 
branch), based on the 6.12 kernel. Excluded 32-bit architecture images.

Download the release image:
http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/p11/images/education/
https://download.basealt.ru/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/p11/images/education/
http://mirror.yandex.ru/altlinux/p11/images/education/

ALT Education on the Eleventh Platform offers KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland 
(by default), Xfce or console installation.


Features

The distribution includes components maintained specifically for this 
product. These components consist of a cohesive set of packages that 
deliver the system’s core functionality. Component management is handled 
via altcenter — an application for system information and configuration.

The updated installer now allows network configuration (Wi-Fi and VLAN) 
before system installation, with settings preserved for the final setup.


Updated versions of software

The distribution includes updated versions of specialized and 
application software:

Programming Languages & Toolchains
* Perl 5.38, Python 3.12 & 2.7, PHP 8.3, GCC 13.2

Desktop Environments
* Xfce 4.20, KDE (Plasma 6.3, Frameworks 6.12, Gear 24.12)

Productivity & Multimedia
* Office suite: LibreOffice (LTS) 24.8
* Web browser: Chromium 136.0
* Win32 API compatibility layer: WINE 9.0

Graphics & Technical Computing
* Raster graphics: GIMP 3.0
* Vector graphics: Inkscape 1.4
* 3D modeling: Blender 4.3
* Computer algebra system: wxMaxima 24.05
* Desktop publishing: Scribus 1.7


System Environment

Glibc 2.38, GCC 13 compiler suite, systemd 255.


More about Platform 11 (p11 - Salvia branch):
https://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/altlinux-announce-en/2024/000039.html

More about the distribution images and updates:
https://packages.altlinux.org/en/p11/images/alt-education

Please find our distributions at:
https://getalt.org/en/