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ISO images of Sparky “Nibiru” of the oldstable line have been updated up to 5.16.
This release is based on Debian oldstable 10 “Buster”.
All packages upgraded from Debian “Buster” and Sparky “Nibiru” repos as of January 11, 2022.
System reinstallation is not required; if you have Sparky 5.x installed, simply keep Sparky up to date.
New live/install media of the oldstable line can be downloaded from the download/oldstable page.
The 12th, and the last of 2021 year, monthly Sparky project and donate report:
– Linux kernel updated up to 5.15.12 & 5.16-rc7
– Added to repos: FinalCrypt, Firefox & Firefox ESR Mozilla builds
– Sparky 2021.12 & 2021.12 Special Editions of the rolling line released
– Lumina Desktop updated up to 1.6.2; debs built for amd64, i386, armhf & arm64
New packages in ARM repos:
arm64: veracrypt, lumina-desktop
armhf: veracrypt, lumina-desktop
We still, until the end of January 2022, are trying to collect money to pay for a new VPS. It is a little more expensive than the old one (~480 Euros/per year now), but it has much more power then the old one. Anyway, migration to the new VPS is on the way, some services already work on the new one.
Many thanks to all of you for supporting our open-source projects. Your donations help keeping them alive.
Don’t forget to send a small tip in January too, please.
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Enrico G.
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€ 33.33
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Olaf T.
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€ 10
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Andrzej T.
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PLN 100
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Krzysztof M.
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PLN 50
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Piotr S.
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PLN 70
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Sjoerd S.
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PLN 221.1
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Mitchel V.
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$ 50
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Tom C.
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$ 15
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Keith K.
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$ 10
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Adzka M.
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$ 5
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Lewis W.
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€ 5
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Morris B.
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€ 15
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Dariusz K.
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PLN 50
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Władysław K.
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PLN 20
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Marcin S.
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PLN 30
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Marcin K.
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PLN 40
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Jan P.
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PLN 65
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Marek B.
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PLN 10
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Karl A.
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€ 1.66
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Daniel M.
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€ 15
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Alexander F.
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€ 25
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Rudolf L.
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€ 10
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Dariusz B.
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PLN 50
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Radosław Ś.
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PLN 20
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Bogusz J.
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PLN 70
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Paweł S.
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PLN 37.37
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Stanisław G.
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PLN 20
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Sebastian K.
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€ 10
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William S.
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€ 50
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Andrzej P.
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PLN 10
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Jorg S.
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€ 5
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Łukasz S.
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PLN 100
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Filippi L.
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€ 20
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Aymeric L.
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€ 60
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Maciej P.
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PLN 22
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Łukasz P.
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PLN 10
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Dariusz M.
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€ 10
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Olivier A.
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€ 10
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Ryan S.
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€ 25
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Bjorn H.
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€ 10
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Jacek P.
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PLN 100
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Bra.
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PLN 50
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Sebastian S.
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PLN 15
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Wojciech H.
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PLN 5
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Philipp K.
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€ 14.28
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Petr U.
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€ 10
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Ralf A.
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€ 15
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Bartosz S.
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PLN 100
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Total:
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76% (+ 45% to VPS)
€ 354.27 PLN 1265.47 $ 80 |
* Keep in mind that some amounts coming to us will be reduced by commissions for online payment services. Only direct sending donations to our bank account will be credited in full.
* Miej na uwadze, że kwota, którą przekażesz nam poprzez system płatności on-line zostanie pomniejszona o prowizję dla pośrednika. W całości wpłynie tylko ta, która zostanie przesłana bezpośrednio na nasze konto bankowe.
There are new iso images of Sparky 2021.12 Special Editions: GameOver, Multimedia & Rescue ready to go.
No big changes, all packages have been updated as of December 24, 2021 so the new images work on Linux kernel 5.15.5, and follow changes of the latest edition of Sparky 2021.12.
No reinstallation is required if you have Sparky rolling installed, simply keep it up to date.
New iso images of Sparky semi-rolling can be downloaded from the download/rolling page
There are two new applications available for Sparkers: Firefox Mozilla builds
What is Firefox Mozilla build?
It is debianized, the latest version of Mozilla Firefox build, which provides the latest binary packages don’t available via Debian stable and testing repos. So the latest versions of Firefox and Firefox ESR can be installed on Sparky stable and testing now.
1. The binary debs do not make problems with your exiting installation of ‘firefox’ or ‘firefox-esr’ packages from Debian repos. The Mozilla build debs are installed with different names then the Debian’s ones.
2. Make sure, the Mozilla build does not use your present Firefox profile, it creates a new one, so can not use your existing, saved bookmarks, passwords, etc. You can restore your settings using the Mozilla synchronization feature.
Installation Firefox Mozilla build ESR (Sparky 6 & 7 amd64/i386):
sudo apt update
sudo apt install firefox-esr-sparky
Installation Firefox Mozilla build Latest (Sparky 6 & 7 amd64/i386):
sudo apt update
sudo apt install firefox-sparky
or via APTus AppCenter >= 20211211.
The annual payment day for our VPS server is coming soon.
Until January 31, 2022 we have to collect and pay for the server 1500 PLN / 360 Euros / 430 USD plus min. 2800 PLN / ~ 670 Euros / ~ 800 USD for our monthly living and bills, such as: electricity, gas, water, internet, domains, expenses related to improving the functionality of websites, small computer equipment that wears out constantly (memory, pen drives, mice, batteries, etc. …), fuel, as well as rent, food, drugs and immortal taxes.
We are starting the fundraising campaign today to make sure we will pay for the server on time, so we could stay online for you another year. It is our passion and work we do all the times, therefore we believe that with your help we will succeed.
As of a year ago, 2 collection strips will appear on the website.
One strap for monthly support and the other for collection to the server.
As a mantra, we repeat that Linuxiarze, SparkyLinux, ArchiveOS and SoftMania are our only job and our only source of income. The two of us only live off your monthly support and a small amount of advertising revenue. We would not survive in Warsaw from advertising alone, so your support is very important to us. Inflation is crazy, at the moment it is ~7% in Poland, everything is getting more and more expensive 🙁 Our gluten-free diet and constantly growing bills (including electricity, internet) consume the most our money, because computers work non-stop, especially when we create the SparkyLinux ISO images, applications, etc., but you have proven more than once that you can be relied on because you are a best community in the world 🙂
After the new year, the amount of the minimum wage for work in Poland changes, so from January 2022 we will be trying to collect an amount of min. 3010 PLN / ~ 720 Euros / ~ 860 USD
We wholeheartedly thank you for your support, which is, as always, invaluable.
Thanks to people like you, we have the desire to create and continue to operate.
Visit the donation page to find out how to send a donation.
Stay healthy.
Aneta and Paweł
The 11th monthly Sparky project and donate report of 2021:
– Linux kernel updated up to version 5.15.5 & 5.16-rc3
– Added to repos: unngoogled-chromium, Motrix download manager, Raven RSS Reader, SysMonTask
– Added to APTus: Microsoft Edge (can be installed via an APTus script)
– Added new desktop to APTus: Sugar
– Sparky 6.1 of the stable line released
– NsCDE desktop updated up to version 1.4 (amd64, i386, armhf & arm64)
– APTus got a new subcategory: Desktop Themes
New packages in ARM repos:
arm64: palemoon, vivaldi
Many thanks to all of you for supporting our open-source projects. Your donations help keeping them alive.
Don’t forget to send a small tip in December too, please.
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Mitchel V.
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$ 50
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Tom C.
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$ 15
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Keith K.
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$ 10
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Adzka M.
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$ 5
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Olaf T.
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€ 10
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Andrzej T.
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PLN 100
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Krzysztof M.
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PLN 50
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Wojciech H.
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PLN 10
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Krzysztof S.
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PLN 70
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Władysław K.
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PLN 20
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Catherine M.
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€ 20
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Karl A.
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€ 1.66
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Bjorn H.
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€ 10
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Marek B.
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PLN 10
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Alexander F.
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€ 10
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Rudolf L.
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€ 10
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Adam M.
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PLN 100
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Stanisław G.
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PLN 20
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Wolfgang L.
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€ 12
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Jorg S.
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€ 5
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Andrzej P.
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PLN 10
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Aymeric L.
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€ 10
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Paweł S.
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PLN 37.37
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Albert A.
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€ 25.55
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Michael D.
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€ 5.30
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Maciej P.
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PLN 22
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Ryan S.
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€ 25
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Dariusz M.
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€ 10
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Łukasz S.
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PLN 50
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Robert M.
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PLN 50
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Bjorn H.
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€ 15
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Uladzimir L.
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PLN 50
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Ralf A.
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€ 15
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59 %
€ 184.51 PLN 599.37 $ 80 |
* Keep in mind that some amounts coming to us will be reduced by commissions for online payment services. Only direct sending donations to our bank account will be credited in full.
* Miej na uwadze, że kwota, którą przekażesz nam poprzez system płatności on-line zostanie pomniejszona o prowizję dla pośrednika. W całości wpłynie tylko ta, która zostanie przesłana bezpośrednio na nasze konto bankowe.
There is a next point release of Sparky 6 – 6.1 “Po Tolo” of the stable line ready to go. Sparky 6 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 11 “Bullseye”.
Changes:
– system upgraded from Debian & Sparky stable repos as of November 9, 2021
– Linux kernel 5.10.70 (PC)
– Linux kernel 5.10.63-v7+ (ARMHF)
– Firefox 78.14.0esr
– Thunderbird 78.14.0
– VLC 3.0.16
– LibreOffice 7.0.4
– LXQt 0.16.0
– Xfce 4.16
– Openbox 3.6.1-9
– KDE Plasma 5.20.5
– small improvements
System reinstallation is not required; if you have Sparky 6.x installed, make full system upgrade:
sparky-upgrade
or:
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
or via the System Upgrade tool.
Sparky 6 is available in the following flavours:
– amd64: LXQt, KDE Plasma, Xfce, MinimalGUI (Openbox) & MinimalCLI (text mode)
– i686: LXQt, MinimalGUI (Openbox) & MinimalCLI (text mode)
– armhf: Openbox & CLI (text mode)
New live/install media of the stable line can be downloaded from the download/stable page.
Informacja o wydaniu w języku polskim: https://linuxiarze.pl/sparky-6-1/
There is a new application available for Sparkers: Motrix
What is Motrix?
Motrix is a full-featured download manager that supports downloading HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, etc. Motrix has a clean and easy to use interface.
Features:
– joystick Simple and clear user interface
– unicorn Supports BitTorrent & Magnet
– ballot_box_with_check BitTorrent selective download
– satellite Update tracker list every day automatically
– electric_plug UPnP & NAT-PMP Port Mapping
– control_knobs Up to 10 concurrent download tasks
– rocket Supports 64 threads in a single task
– traffic_light Supports speed limit
– dark_sunglasses Mock User-Agent
– bell Download completed Notification
– computer Ready for Touch Bar (Mac only)
– robot Resident system tray for quick operation
– pager Tray speed meter displays real-time speed (Mac only)
– new_moon Dark mode
– wastebasket Delete related files when removing tasks (optional)
– earth_africa I18n, View supported languages.
– hammer_and_wrench More features in development
Installation (Sparky 6 & 7 amd64):
sudo apt update
sudo apt install motrix
License: MIT
Web: github.com/agalwood/Motrix
A new desktop has been implemented to APTus AppCenter: Sugar
What is Sugar
Sugar is an activity-focused, free/libre open-source software learning platform for children. Collaboration, reflection, and discovery are integrated directly into the user interface. Through Sugar’s clarity of design, children and teachers have the opportunity to use computers on their own terms. Students can reshape, reinvent, and reapply both software and content into powerful learning activities. Sugar’s focus on sharing, criticism, and exploration is grounded in the culture of free software (FLOSS)
Installation (Sparky 6+7)
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo apt install sparky-desktop-sugar
or install Sugar via APTus AppCenter-> Desktops-> Sugar icon (recommended way).
Web: sugarlabs.org
The 10th monthly Sparky project and donate report of 2021:
– Linux kernel updated up to version 5.14.15 & 5.15-rc7
– Added to repos: La Capitaine icon theme, Kotatogram Desktop
– Lumina desktop updated up to v1.6.1 on Sparky 6 & 7
– added Sway to Advanced Installer on Sparky 7
– Added two, new subcategories to AppCenter: Translators and Icons
– Sparky 2021.10 & Special Editions released
– enabled new arm64 repos for Sparky stable and testing
– Sparky 6.1 RC1 ARMHF for RaspbeeryPi released
Additional new packages in ARM repos:
– arm64: codium, min, zettlr, jgmenu, nscde-desktop, spterm, alacritty, alltray, bemenu, gomuks
– armhf: jgmenu, nscde-desktop, alacritty, bemenu, gomuks
Many thanks to all of you for supporting our open-source projects. Your donations help keeping them alive.
Don’t forget to send a small tip in November too, please.
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Andrzej T.
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PLN 100
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Krzysztof M.
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PLN 50
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Krzysztof S.
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PLN 70
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Olaf T.
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€ 10
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Mitchel V.
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$ 50
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Tom C.
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$ 15
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Albert A.
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€ 25.55
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Blake M.
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€ 30
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Alois B.
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€ 30
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Karl A.
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€ 1.66
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Aleksander G.
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€ 9
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Marek B.
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PLN 10
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Rudolf L.
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€ 10
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Paweł S.
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PLN 40
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Alexander F.
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€ 10
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Geeks and Hackers
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€ 5
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Ермаков А.
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€ 10
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Stanisław G.
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PLN 20
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Aymeric L.
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€ 10
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Jorg S.
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€ 5
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Ralf A.
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€ 15
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Dariusz M.
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€ 10
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Simon F.
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€ 10
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Stefan B.
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€ 30
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Maria P.
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€ 5
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Sebastian K.
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€ 15
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Maciej P.
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PLN 22
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Barbara G.
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€ 50
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Grzegorz S.
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PLN 50
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Krzysztof K.
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PLN 20
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Paskal S.
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€ 30
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Zanotti R.
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€ 30
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Norbert M.
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PLN 50
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Andrzej P.
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PLN 10
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Jacek M.
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PLN 40
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Total:
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78%
€ 351.21 PLN 482 $ 65 |
* Keep in mind that some amounts coming to us will be reduced by commissions for online payment services. Only direct sending donations to our bank account will be credited in full.
* Miej na uwadze, że kwota, którą przekażesz nam poprzez system płatności on-line zostanie pomniejszona o prowizję dla pośrednika. W całości wpłynie tylko ta, która zostanie przesłana bezpośrednio na nasze konto bankowe.
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