There is an update of Sparky APTus Upgrade tool 0.2.2 in Sparky unstable repository. I have implemented two changes: 1. The changelog option shows upgradable packages, including information about the version from and to be upgraded to. 2. It shows progress of the upgrading on the bottom of a terminal window now, during the upgrade … Read more
There is some changes in the Sparky’s default upgrade tool Sparky APTus Upgrade (aka System Upgrade) 0.1.23, such as: – added ‘–no-install-recommends’ option (it is not the default) to avoid installation extra packages which are not dependencies to the existing ones, but they are recommended and are installed as default. Using the new option, … Read more
The itch.io desktop’s application (Linux client) landed in SparkyLinux repository. itch.io is a website for users to host, sell and download indie video games. Indie game (Independent video games) are video games created by individuals or small teams generally without video game publisher financial support. The itch.io desktop application can be installed via the package … Read more
Gscreenshot is a small and nice, Python based tool which lets you make a desktop screenshot. The tool has been originally created by Matej Horvath and discontinued in 2006. I debianized the tool last year, providing version 1.3.1 to a few Sparky spins. Nate Levesque brought the Gscreenshot back to life, upgrading it and releasing … Read more
There is an update of Sparky APTus 0.3.0 available in our repository now. The new version provides: 1. A new tab called “Desktop” which lets you install 18 desktops with as small number of additional tools as possible, and with Sparky “look & feel”. It is the same list of desktops as provided by Sparky … Read more