OPERATING SYSTEM
GENERAL-PURPOSE

Astra Linux® Common Edition

Intended to ensure the functionality of
modern computers
in solving a wide range of user tasks.

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Astra Linux® CE
is designed especially for
the x86-64 processor architecture

The release is ideal for desktop and notebook computers to handle everyday tasks

Non-profit Linux development consortium. Being a member of this organization, we can implement up-to-date solutions in Astra Linux®

Astra Linux® is an official Russian derivative distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux

The Foundation’s goal is to develop a fully freeware office suite both for users and for developers.

FLY GRAPHICAL INTERFACE

VIRTUAL TOUR OF ASTRALINUX

Electronic help contains the description of all graphical utilities and programs of FLY desktop as well as the full description of its operating modes and provided possibilities.

Astra Linux® CE
OPERATING SYSTEM STRUCTURE

The operating system represents a full-fledged platform including developer innovative solutions and free software components which enable to increase its applicability as a server platform or on user workstations.

USER PROGRAMS

Office suite for working with documents

WEB-browser and e-mail client

Raster and vector graphics programs

All the necessary multimedia tools

SERVER APPLICATIONS

Database management systems

E-mail software package

WEB-server

Backup software package

THE BASIC SOFTWARE PLATFORM INCLUDES
THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS:

BASIC LIBRARIES

  • libc basic library;
  • database library;
  • ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems libraries and programs;
  • library to read ELF file headers;
  • OpenLDAP Software libraries;
  • zlib compression library;
  • ncurses terminal handling library.

BASIC UTILITIES

  • GRUB2 system loader;
  • system Bаsh shell;
  • console utilities for working with kernel modules;
  • console utilities for system initialization imaging;
  • console programs for working with files;
  • console programs for network configuration;
  • console programs for working with file systems;
  • console programs for working with network devices;
  • console programs for background processing;
  • console programs for archiving;
  • console programs for hard disk configuration;
  • console programs for logical volume management;
  • console programs for RAID arrays management;
  • console programs for mounting and managing file systems;
  • console programs for working with PCI devices;
  • console programs for disk quota allocation;
  • console text editors;
  • console stream editors;
  • console programs for CD/DVD recording;

BUILD-IN INFORMATION SECURITY TOOLS

  • GNU/Linux kernel data security mechanism;
  • password authentication library;
  • Kerberos libraries;
  • PAM authentication plugins library;
  • console programs for adding/deleting users and groups;
  • console programs for working with access control lists;
  • console programs for password change and group configuration management.

NETWORK SERVICES

  • domain name system (DNS);
  • bootparamd;
  • DHCP IP addresses automatic allocation with bootp support;
  • files transfer with FTP and TFTP;
  • file systems access with NFS and SMB protocols;;
  • time synchronization with NTP;
  • remote access with SSH and telnet;
  • RPC program numbers conversion to DARPA protocol port numbers;
  • point-to-point tunneling protocol;
  • SMTP, POP3 and IMAP e-mail services.

GRAPHICS SYSTEM

  • Xorg graphical server including drivers, utilities, and libraries;
  • suite of fonts and libraries for their drawing and management;
  • OpenGL (Mesa) standard library and interactive 3D applications library (freeglut);
  • graphical interface applications libraries (Qt, GTK+);
  • full-function desktop with extended Fly application suite.

TOOLS OF PERIPHERAL FACILITIES HANDLING

  • CUPS print service;
  • print service configuration tools;
  • software modules of printers support;
  • tools for scanners handling.

DEVELOPMENT AND DEBUGGING TOOLS

  • automake utility to create Makefiles;
  • autoconf utility to create configure scripts;
  • binutils assembler, linker and utilities;
  • bison compiler generator;
  • svn version control system;/li>
  • doxygen source code documentation generator in C/C++, Java, Python, and other languages;
  • flex lexical analyzer;
  • gcc/g++ compilers;
  • libtool library maintenance scripts;
  • make utility;
  • Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP, Lua language interpreters.

TOOLS FOR APPLICATION INSTALLING AND UNINSTALLING

  • APT including dependencies tracking;
  • dpkg package manager.

REFERENCE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTATION TOOLS

  • manpages-ru documentation suite in Russian (in man format);
  • info documentation providing utility;
  • graphical electronic Help.

COMPONENTS OF INTEGRATED SOFTWARE
TOOLS AND GENERAL SOFTWARE:

INFORMATION SECURITY TOOLS

  • joint user environment tools (centralized control of user accounts, network pass-through authentication of users, centralized storage of users’ files and settings);
  • control of file system objects integrity and executable modules authenticity;
  • event logging system;
  • system for secure information deletion from the file system and RAM;
  • user activity limitation tools (kiosk mode).

NETWORK SYSTEM OF DATA STORAGE AND CLUSTER BUILDING TOOLS

  • DSS (data storage system) service - iSCSi Enterprise Target;
  • clasterization tools: Pacemaker, Corosync.

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DESKTOP

  • window manager;
  • file manager;
  • graphics tools of system administration;
  • multi-monitor mode tools;
  • collaboration tools on one workstation.

SUPPORT TOOLS OF VIRTUAL WORKSTATIONS

BASIC BUILDERS OF MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS

GENERAL SOFTWARE

  • PostgreSQL database management system;
  • graphical client of hypertext data processing – browser;
  • HTTP hypertext data processing service;
  • LibreOffice office suite (text processor, spreadsheet, presentation system);
  • TeX/LaTeX text layout system;
  • graphical mail client;
  • graphical interface torrent client;
  • download manager;
  • graphical client of instant message services;
  • server and client of jabber service;
  • multimedia player;
  • vector graphics editor;
  • raster graphics editor.

"Astra Linux Common Edition". Релиз "Орел" 1.7 1.9 1.10 1.11 2.12
Базовый репозиторий
GNU/Debian Lenny Wheezy Wheezy Wheezy Stretch
Ядро
Linux 2.6.34 3.2.0 3.16.0 4.2.0 4.15.3
Системная библиотека "C"
glibc 2.7
eglibc 2.13 2.13 2.15 2.24
Компилятор, отладчик
gcc 4.3.2 4.7.1 4.7.2 4.7.2 6.3.0
gdb 6.8 7.4.1 7.4.1 7.4.1 7.12
Защищенная графическая система
Xorg 7.5 7.6 7.7 1.18.0 1.19.6
Библиотека libqt3 3.3.8b 3.3.8b 3.3.8b 3.3.8b 3.3.8b
Библиотека libqt4 4.6.3 4.8.3 4.8.6 4.8.7 4.8.7
Библиотека libqt5 5.3.0 5.5.1 5.10.1
Оконный менеджер Fly-wm 2.0.2 2.2.4 2.3.0 2.4.9 2.13.11
Защищенная система управления базами данных (СУБД)
PostgreSQL 8.4.0 9.1.6 9.3.3 и 9.2.6 9.2.14 и 9.4.5 9.2.14 и 9.6
Работа с документами. Пакет офисных программ.
OpenOffice (текстовый редактор, табличный редактор, программа подготовки презентаций, механизм подключения к внешним СУБД, векторный графический редактор) 3.2.0
LibreOffice (текстовый редактор, табличный редактор, программа подготовки презентаций, механизм подключения к внешним СУБД, векторный графический редактор, редактор формул) 3.6.1 4.2.4 5.0.2 5.2.7
Защищенный комплекс программ гипертекстовой обработки данных
Web-сервер Apache2 2.2.9 2.2.22 2.2.22 2.2.22 2.4.25
Браузер Firefox 3.6.12 15.0.1 29.0 44.0 60.0.2
Защищенные средства передачи электронной почты
Сервер электронной почты Exim4 4.70 4.80 4.82 4.82 4.89
Сервер электронной почты Dovecot 1.2.10 2.1.7 2.1.7 2.1.7 2.2.33
Почтовый клиент Thunderbird 3.1.6 15.0.1 24.5.0 38.5.0 52.6.0
Редактор растровой графики
GIMP 2.6.11 2.8.0 2.8.2 2.8.14 2.8.18
Воспроизведение мультимедиа
alsa 1.0.20 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.1.3
VLC 1.1.4 2.0.3 2.1.4 2.2.2 3.0.0
Библиотека периферии HP
hplip 3.9.12 3.12.6 3.14.6 3.15.11 3.17.10
Защищенный сервер печати. Обеспечивает маркировку и печать документов.
CUPS 1.4 1.5.3 1.5.4 1.5.4 2.2.1

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