As you know, it’s not really possible to have support for many devices without non-free drivers. Sparky similar like a couple other Linux distributions features contrib and non-free packages and drivers. In my way, it helps managing the system easily, specially by new Linux users. But… Some people don’t want or don’t like restricted packages … Read more
We have a new package called “sparky-compton” available in our repository. Compton is a composite manager – a bug-fixed fork of dcompmgr, which is a fork of xcompmgr. “Sparky-compton” package provides : – easy way to install compton – simply graphical interface with a few option: start, stop, load and edit config file – sample … Read more
There is an update of Sparky APTus 0.1.4 available at our repository. Changelog: – Upgrade – this will run “apt-get upgrade” – Dist_Upgrade – this will run “apt-get dist-upgrade” – recommended way to keep Sparky up to date – Quick_Install – quick install a package/packages from the repository – Quick_Install_DEB – quick install “.deb” package … Read more
Sparky APTus is a small, simply and lightweight front-end for “apt-get” and “dpkg” tools. It can be used for upgrading, installing, removing packages and cleaning up the system. The application can do: – Update – update package list – Upgrade – safely system upgrading – Dist_Upgrade – full system upgrading – recommended way to keep … Read more
Lxpolkit has been automatically removed after this week system upgrading. But it’s still available as a part of new version of Lxsession package. If you have a problem with root privileges (mounting patitions, network cards management, etc.), add a new option to your system startup: /usr/bin/lxpolkit It can happen at SparkyLinux editions: e17, LXDE, … Read more