Welcome

You have installed ALT Linux 2.4 Master distribution on your computer.

It contains all necessary general purpose software for server and workstation: system and network services, mail and web-servers, caching proxy servers, database and application servers, firewalls, office programs, tools for manipulating multimedia (graphics, audio and video), browsers, mail and news clients, text editors, dictionaries, fonts, several graphical environments, programming languages support and development environments, database management systems, educational programs, games, and system administration tools.

But before starting, please refer to our documentation for detailed description of the software included, information about ALT Linux, and support terms and conditions. Beginners will also find there manuals, explanation of basic concepts, examples. More advanced Linux users can find materials on particular issues associated with ALT Linux distributions, tips on system tuning and administration. We hope, that you will find our work useful.

Information and News

Keep informed about ALT Linux 2.4 Master: http://www.altlinux.com/.

Fresh news on Linux and Open Source: http://slashdot.org.

Have a look at Mozilla.

Additional free software for Linux can be found at FreshMeat.

Additional free software for ALT Linux can be found in Sisyphus repository.

Support

Technical support: http://www.altlinux.com.

There are mailing lists where You can discuss questions relative to the distribution. You can subscribe from the mailing lists page.

If You need commercial support, write to ALT Linux.