It’s summer time in Poland now, but it does not mean that we are lying on the beach. New application called ‘Custom ISO Builder’ version 0.1.0 is out. The app can: – rebuild an existing ISO image – full customize ISO image and build a new one. The application works with SparkyLinux up to 3.4 … Read more
There is an update of Sparky APTus 0.1.8 available at our repository. Changelog: 1. Xterm terminal emulator, which used to do all operations, has been dropped. From now, APTus uses the default x-terminal emulator of your desktop, for example: – LXDE – lxterminal – MATE – mate-terminal – Xfce – xfce4-terminal, etc. They properly display … Read more
Today system’s upgrading will make some changes. Using ‘network-manager-gnome’ tool as a default network manager can make some problems in LXDE Sparky desktop. ‘network-manager-gnome’ depends of ‘network-manager’ which depends of ‘libpam-systemd’, which depends of ‘systemd’. So upgrading ‘network-manager-gnome’ will install ‘systemd’ as default. It doesn’t make a problem on all Sparky desktops excluding LXDE. It … Read more
The default Sparky backup tool ‘sparky-backup-sys’ has been upgraded up to version 0.1.6. It provides fixed backup script and the ‘old’ installer. It can be used on Sparky installation based on the latest iso image of Sparky 3.3 and the older ones as well. Sparky Backup System features the ‘old’ installer (based on remastersys … Read more
We have two new packages in the repository, both of them for security fans: 1. TrueCrypt – I don’t have to introduce it – it’s a source-available freeware application used for on-the-fly disks and partitions encryption. Use Synaptic, Sparky APTus or the command line to install it: apt-get update apt-get install truecrypt 2. Sparky Eraser … Read more