[altlinux-announce-en] Distribution Release: ALT Workstation 11.1

["Мария Фоканова" <mari@altlinux.org>]

Hello!

11.1 minor release of ALT Workstation operating system is available.

Stable version announcement:
https://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/altlinux-announce-en/2025/000046.html

The build is available for x86_64 and AArch64, based on the 6.12 (LTS) 
kernel.

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

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


Key Updates

* The Tuner utility has been added – a developer tool for creating a 
custom set of system settings:
** https://tuner.altlinux.org;
** 
https://docs.altlinux.org/ru-RU/alt-workstation/11.1/html/alt-workstation/tuner.html 
(in Russian).
* The interface gains a more polished look with new application icons in 
the Adwaita style for: Alterator, Brasero, Dia, gImageReader, Hugin, 
Project Libre, Timeshift and Trash.
* It is now possible to save the session state upon re-login using the 
Session Keeper extension for GNOME.
* Hashsum graphical utility has been added for data integrity 
verification (as a replacement for GTK Hash). The application was 
created by the ALT Linux Team developers:
** 
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/08/twig-212/#introducing-hashsum--a-modern-checksum-utility
* Gear Lever tool for AppImage applications managing has been 
introduced. It allows users to manage launch settings and application 
updates.
* WineHelper (x86_64) has been added.
* Flexible graphics card selection for application launches.
* Note-taking and synchronization in Iotas (a replacement for Folio).
* The Steam computer game distribution platform has been added to the image.
* Support for GOST algorithms in OpenSSL has been implemented by adding 
the openssl-gost-engine package.
* Password storage via gnome-keyring-ssh.
* Integration of passwd into the GNOME desktop environment via the new 
userpasswd-gnome utility.


Changes

* The design of the ALT Tour overview application has been updated.
* Meteorological data is now available for all cities in the Russian 
Federation with a population of over 50,000.
* The MoreWaita icon set has been expanded.
* The ability to install the system directly from a Live CD has been 
reintroduced.
* NVIDIA:
** Memory management has been improved.
** Power management services are available out of the box.
** Switching to the Nouveau driver no longer requires to edit 
configuration files; it is sufficient to remove the blacklist-nouveau 
package.
* The Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut to launch the terminal is now 
available out of the box.


Package version updates to 11.0

* systemd 255.22
* firmware-linux 20250509
* glib 2.84
* GTK4 4.18
* libadwaita 1.7
* NetworkManager 1.52
* Chromium 138.0
* Thunderbird 139.0
* Foldy 4.2


Fixes

* GDM: ORCA operation fixed and restrictions on launching Wayland 
sessions lifted, not only for NVIDIA graphics cards but also in other 
scenarios.
* Wi-Fi connection bug during installation fixed.
* Rendering artifacts in Wayland sessions after resuming from sleep mode 
fixed.
* HardInfo2 now correctly identifies the OS as ALT.
* Folder Manager interface improved and bugs fixed.


More

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