WhatsApp for Linux

whatsapp for linux

There is a new application available for Sparkers: WhatsApp for Linux What is WhatsApp for Linux? WhatsApp for Linux is an unofficial WhatsApp desktop application written in C++ with the help of gtkmm and WebKitGtk libraries Features – Features come with WhatsApp Web – WhatsApp specific keyboard shortcuts work with Alt key instead of Cmd … Read more

Sparky Backlight 0.2

sparky backlight 0.2.0

Sparky Backlight has been upgraded up to v0.2.0. What is Sparky Backlight? Sparky Backlight is a small tool which lets you change the desktop brightness via the panel’s tray icon. The tool is targeted to small window managers such as JWM or Openbox, but can be used on any desktop. Changes – uses xrandr instead … Read more

Annual donations for our server 2023

Our annual server payday is coming, so we’re starting our annual fundraiser. Until January 15, 2024 we need to collect and pay for the server the amount of EUR 510 plus min EUR 820 for our monthly bills, such as: electricity, gas, water, internet, domains, expenses related to improving the functionality of websites, constantly consuming … Read more

Sparky 7.1-RC1 armhf & arm64

This is the first release of Sparky 7.1 RC1 “Orion Belt” targeted to the single board mini computers Raspberry Pi. Changes: – based on Debian 12 “Bookworm” – added packages: exaile, radiostation, libreoffice, rpi-imager – jgmenu replaced openbox-menu – added pcmanfm daemon to openbox autostart, which lets you automount external drives now ARM user:password – … Read more

Sparky news 2023/10

The 10th monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2023: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.6.0 & 6.1.60-LTS & 5.15.137-LTS – added to repos: spectrum audio player – Sparky 2023.10 & 2023.10 Special Editions of the rolling line released Sparky 7 ARMHF & ARM64 for RaspberryPi single board computers is on the way. … Read more