The 11th monthly Sparky project and donate report of 2020: • Linux kernel updated up to version 5.9.11 & 5.10-rc6 • Sparky 5.13 “Nibiru” of the stable line released • VMware Workstation Sparky’s Installer updated up to version VMware 16.x & put some fixes; it it available from APTus & APTus AppCenter; works on Sparky … Read more
A next point release of Sparky 5.13 “Nibiru” of the stable line is out. This release is based on Debian stable 10 “Buster”. Changes between 5.12 and 5.13: • system upgraded from Debian stable repos as of November 3, 2020 • Linux kernel 4.19.152 (PC) • Linux kernel 5.4.72-v7+ (ARMHF) • Firefox 78.4.0esr • Thunderbird … Read more
The 10th monthly Sparky project and donation report of 2020: • Linux kernel updated up to version 5.9.2 & 5.10-rc1 • Sparky 4.13 “Tyche” of the oldstable line released • Sparky ‘oldstable’, ‘stable’ & ‘testing’ repos removed; use ‘tyche’, ‘nibiru’ or ‘potolo’ instead • Added to repos: MellowPlayer, Boostnote, FFQueue, Hiero • Added to APTus … Read more
A few months ago, in March 2020, new named repositories for Sparky have been created : • oldstable-> tyche • stable-> nibiru • testing-> potolo It will help to make painless dist upgrade from present Sparky testing to next Sparky stable, and from present Sparky stable to oldstable as well. As I mentioned before, the … Read more
There is an update of Sparky oldstable 4.13 code name “Tyche” out there. It is based on the Debian oldstable “Stretch”. Changes: • system upgrade from Debian oldstable “Stretch” repos as of October 2, 2020 • Calamares doesn’t refresh package list to avoid breaking installation if Debian or Sparky repo is off • Sparky repos … Read more