This is the last SparkyLinux monthly report of the 2017. • Sparky 4.7 armhf for RaspberryPi has been released • Sparky 5.2 with full disk encryption via Calamares has been released • the latest Linux kernel updated up to version 4.14.10 • added new tools to sparky repo: Motionbox, WoeUSB • Desktop Installer has been … Read more
There are new live/install iso images of SparkyLinux 5.2 “Nibiru” available to download. Sparky 5 follows rolling release model and is based on Debian testing “Buster”. Sparky 5.2 provides fully featured operating system with lightweight desktops: Xfce, MATE and LXQt. Sparky 5.2 MinimalGUI (Openbox) and MinimalCLI (text mode) lets you install the base system with … Read more
Sparky 4.7 armhf for RaspberryPi is out now. Sparky of the 4.x line is based on the stable branch of Debian 9 “Stretch”. This release is available in two versions: • Openbox – with a small set of applications • CLI – text based Hightlights: • fixed all known issues • changed ‘volumeicon’ to ‘pnmixer’ … Read more
Sparky monthly report of the November 2017: – keep building missing packages for armhf arch – re-built some sparky tools to be compatible with armhf arch – enlightenment updated up to version 0.22.1 and efl up to 1.20.6, so they are available now for i386, amd64 & armhf archs – lumina-desktop updated up to … Read more
The second development image of Sparky 4-dev20171127 armhf for RaspberryPi is available for testing. Changes between the present and the first development versions: • fixed detected and reported issues; including connection configuration of ethernet and wifi via network-manager applet; • replaced some applications to lighter ones, having in mind that the device has 1 GB … Read more