Sparky 2021.03 of the (semi-)rolling line is out. It is the first snapshot in 2021 of Sparky which is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: – packages upgraded from Debian testing repos as of March 5, 2021 – Linux kernel 5.10.13 (5.11.3 & 5.12-rc2 in Sparky unstable repos) – Firefox 86.0 – Thunderbird 78.8.0 … Read more
The second monthly Sparky project and donate report of 2021: * Linux kernel updated up to version 5.11.2 & 5.12-rc1 * added to repos: Gomux Matrix cli client, Tutanota Desktop email client, Kopete IM (Sparky 6), Amarok music player 2.9.71 (Sparky 6) * Sparky 5.14 of the stable line released * 2 repo mirrors have … Read more
Sparky APTus has been upgraded up to 0.4.36 (Sparky 5) & 0.4.38 (Sparky 6). There are small, but notable changes of APTus, which provide: – added Debian RealTime Linux kernel installation (Sparky 5 & 6) – added Debian Backports Linux kernel installation (Sparky 5) – Added Debian Backports RealTime Linux kernel installation (Sparky 5) – … Read more
There are two, new repo mirrors available for Sparkers, both located in Germany. Mirror DE1 is provided by JackGrumbler: de1.repo.sparkylinux.org (not active any more) Mirror DE2 is provided by MoroS: de2.repo.sparkylinux.org Thanks a lot both, JackGrumbler and MoroS. If you would like to provide a mirror repo server in your location, send a message via … Read more
A next point release of Sparky 5.14 “Nibiru” of the stable line is out. This release is based on Debian stable 10 “Buster”. Changes between Sparky 5.13 and 5.14: * system upgraded from Debian stable repos as of February 2, 2020 * Linux kernel 4.19.171 (PC) (5.9.15-1~bpo10+1 in Debian backports repo, if you need a … Read more