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
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
Many thanks to all of you for supporting Sparky! Your donations help keeping Sparky alive. Don’t forget to send a small tip in December too 🙂 Country Supporter Amount Eric H. € 25 Krzysztof M. PLN 50 Roberto T. € 10 Emil N. PLN 30 John S. € 10 Ruedi L. € 10 Alexander F. … Read more
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
New live/install iso images of SparkyLinux 4.9 “Tyche” are available to download. Sparky 4 is based on Debian stable line “Stretch” and built around the Openbox window manager. Sparky 4.9 offers a fully featured operating system with a lightweight LXDE desktop environment; and minimal images of MinimalGUI (Openbox) and MinimalCLI (text mode) which lets you … Read more