[Comm-en] Distribution Release: Simply Linux 10.1 for RISC-V

[Maria Fokanova]

Good day

The release of the experimental build of Simply Linux 10.1 (the p10 
Aronia branch) for the riscv64 architecture has been prepared. The 
assembly is based on the Sisyphus riscv64 repository. It will be of 
interest to developers, testers and advanced users. The BaseALT Ltd. is 
a member of the international RISC-V community 
https://riscv.org/members/. The company is working to support VisionFive 
v2 and other RISC-V64 boards.

Download: 
http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/iv/images/riscv64/slinux-20230209-riscv64/


New features

* Support for StarFive VisionFive V1 single-board computer.

* The distribution includes Firefox 109.0.1 web browser, Thunderbird 
102.7.1 mail client, LibreOffice 7.4.2 office suite.

* XFCE desktop environment 4.18.

Added to the distribution

* Support for Russian certification authorities (CA) 
(ca-certificates-digital.gov.ru 1.0).
* htop 3.2.2 utility for viewing processes in the console.
* libnss-role 0.5.64 mechanism for providing additional groups to the user.
* XSane 0.999 provides a graphical user interface to control a scanner.
* Improved support for peripheral equipment - Epson and HP printer drivers.


New Application Versions

* kernel un-def 6.1.10 with VisionFive v1 support.
* openssl 1.1.1t
* xorg-server 21.1.7.
* x11vnc 0.9.16.

Image tested on QEMU, VisionFive v1 and SiFive boards.

More about Sisyphus port to riscv64 architecture:
https://www.altlinux.org/Ports/riscv64

More about the StarFive VisionFive V1 board and its support in ALT:
https://www.altlinux.org/StarFive_VisionFive

More about the image and its updates you can found at:
https://packages.altlinux.org/en/sisyphus_riscv64/

You can also view and download distributions of ALT products:
http://getalt.ru

-- 
With best regards,
Maria Fokanova
community manager