Sparky 4.9.1 & 5.6.1

Sparky iso images of both lines stable and rolling have been rebuild and updated. This is a minor but important update which provides new settings of Sparky repositories. No system reinstallation is required of existing Sparky installations, simply make full system upgrade: sudo apt update sudo apt install sparky-apt sudo apt update sudo apt full-upgrade … Read more

Sparky repos changed

There is a change in the Sparky repository as of 27 December 2018. What changed? – Sparky stable line stopped using mixed Sparky stable and testing repos, couse it would be difficult keep in this stage for upcoming new ‘stable’ and ‘oldstable’ repos (next year) – most packages are available via a new ‘core’ repos … Read more

Sparky 5.6

There are new live/install iso images of SparkyLinux 5.6 “Nibiru” available to download. This it the 4th and the last this year iso image update of the rolling line, which is based on Debian testing “Buster”. Changes: – system updated from Debian testing repos as of December 16, 2018 – Linux kernel 4.19.9 (4.19.10 & … Read more

Sparky news 2018/11

The 11th monthly report of 2018 of the Sparky project: – Sparky’s Linux kernel updated up to version 4.19.5 & 4.20-rc4 – the ‘etcher-electron’ package changed its name to ‘balena-etcher-electron’; uninstall the old one and install the new one if you use the tool – Advanced Installer fstab config has been improved and the old … Read more