Russian Linux Distributions

 Russian Linux Distributions

I thought with widespread sanctions would be way behind in Linux with only ALT, Ros and ALT Linux drive the economy. They did not have Gnome in the past most of them were based on old Redhat.

I am proven wrong.

I was preparing a book "Russia Betrayed" but delayed its publication, with "Gut Sense" until the current war is over, may be in 2026.

The sanctions have made Russians to discover themselves at least it is seen in the Linux Domain .

I have given a list elsewhere in this blog site. 

They have over 50 distributions of there own

By the way, DESERT Linux is Ukrainian and I won't test it.

I installed Astra Linux and it is restrictive and going to write it over with new Ros.

They even have distribution based on Enlightenment which I was interested in the past. Elive (and Kiro) which comes from Belgium does not let me have a copy of the iso.

I have got ALT Enlightenment distribution from Russia now. 

It is installable but could not proceed with the partitioning of my complicate Partition Table even, Manjaro cannot decipher.

Gnome is very slow to download only 1.9GB. 

Thankfully the direct download link did not break down when I logged out. Russian servers are 24/7 functional.

I am going to try ROSA.