The split led to the creation of the Sisyphus package repository, which is an unstable branch of the ALT Linux development.

[10] [11] Linux-Mandrake 7.0 Russian Edition, released in the beginning of 2000, was the first de facto independent distribution of IPLabs Linux Team.

ALT Linux Compact 3.0 was released during autumn 2005, and consisted of 1CD/1DVD installable versions along with LiveCD (TravelCD 3.0).

[citation needed] Compact is a series of ALT Linux distributions tailored for beginner users.

It includes additional means for easy configuration, many office and multimedia applications, and some games.

It is certified by Federal department of technical and expert control of Russia in the following categories: ALT Linux Terminal is a terminal server distribution[16] based on ALT Linux Desktop and ALTSP5: a friendly/merging fork of Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) which is usable on older hardware acting as thin and diskless clients (16 MB RAM is enough, while stock LTSP5 usually requires ≥ 64 MB RAM).