[Comm-en] Release: ALT Workstation 11.0

[Comm-en] Release: ALT Workstation 11.0

[Мария Фоканова]

Hello!

11.0 update of ALT Workstation operating system is available.

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

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 features of release on Platform 11

* Redesigned system theme.
* Switched from MATE to GNOME desktop environment. ALT Tour introduction 
to the new GNOME environment.
* Numerous new GNOME-compliant applications.
* Updated documentation.


Package Updates

- GNOME Console (kgx) as default terminal.
- Chromium (with GOST patches); Firefox ESR for AArch64.
- Group Policy Support implemented via Samba 4.20 and gpupdate 0.12.
- Foldy 3.8 (full-screen application folder manager).
- GIMP 3.0
- Inkscape 1.4
- Blender 4.3.
- Shotcut 24.04 (nonlinear video editor).
- FFmpeg 7.1 (multimedia processing).
- Audacity 3.7 (audio editor).
- PipeWire as default sound server (improved performance, new devices 
support).
- Impression 3.3 (a tool to write images to portable drives, now 
supports ALT OS family).
- New tools:
   - "Surguch" (PDF digital signatures);
   - "Kopidel" (automated system anonymization tool, developed by 
BaseALT LTD).

Read more:
https://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/altlinux-announce-en/2025/000046.html


Release of Platform 11:
https://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/altlinux-announce-en/2024/000039.html

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