After a few tests and improvements I have made, Sparky-APTus-Upgrade works as I wish to. The package has been upgraded up to version 0.1.7 and provides the recommended tool for upgrading Sparky installation. The tool will be pre-installed in the December’s iso images. 0.1.7 changelog: – added re-refreshing package list after finishing/breaking the upgrading process … Read more
Custom ISO Builder Part 1 – Rebuilding Custom ISO Builder Part 2 – Building a new remix The second part of the guide will show you how to customize an existing iso image and build it’s remix/fork/etc. To do that I will use sio image of SparkyLinux 3.4 Base Edition 64 bit. 1. Choose the … Read more
JDownloader is an open-source download manager written in Java. The last stable version 0.9.x has been released in 2011, but it’s possible to try a testing version of the manager 2.x. JDownloader Installer package (deb) is in SparkyLinux repository now and can be installed via the package manager: APT, Synaptic or Sparky-APTus-Extra. The script will … Read more
There is a new, small application called ‘Sparky-APTus-Extra’ available in our repository. It lets you install some ‘popular’ tools via just one click. APTus-Extra supports installation some applications such as: – Custom ISO Builder – DEB Package Builder – Dropbox – Eraser – Live USB Creator – Nightingale – RSSOwl – SeaMonkey – Skype – … Read more
Custom ISO Builder Part 1 – Rebuilding Custom ISO Builder Part 2 – Building a new remix Custom ISO Builder is a tool which lets you rebuild an existing iso image and build new, personalized iso image on the top of en existing one. The application is designed to work with SparkyLinux iso images, but … Read more