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ALT Linux

ALT Linux was founded in 2001 by a merge of two large Russian free software projects. By the year 2008 it became a large organization developing and deploying free software, writing documentation and technical literature, supporting users, and developing custom products.

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Vendefoul Wolf

Vendefoul Wolf is a set of lightweight, Devuan-based Linux distributions featuring various popular desktop environments, including Budgie, Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXQt, Trinity and Xfce. As the init software, it offers a choice between SysV and runit.

Technical Specs Comparison
ALT LinuxVendefoul Wolf
Independent (forked from Mandrake)BaseDevuan
rpm (APT)Package Managerapt / deb, flatpak
systemd, SysVInit SystemOpenRC
Rolling ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
11.0Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
May 1, 2025Release DateApril 15, 2026
ARM64ARMhfi586mipselppc64elRISC-Vx86_64
Architecture
ARM64ARMhfi586mipselppc64elRISC-Vx86_64
AfterStepBlackboxCinnamonEnlightenmentFVWMGNOMEIceWMKDElabwcLXDEMATEOpenboxLXQtWMakerWayfireXfcebspwmBudgieKatanaKDE PlasmaSonicDETrinity
Desktops
AfterStepBlackboxCinnamonEnlightenmentFVWMGNOMEIceWMKDElabwcLXDEMATEOpenboxLXQtWMakerWayfireXfcebspwmBudgieKatanaKDE PlasmaSonicDETrinity