There is a minor update of Sparky MinimalGUI and MinimalCLI 4.5.4. Sparky “Full (Home)” editions are installed as they are, with no need of updating or installing extra packages from the repositories. MinimalGUI and MinimalCLI editions are shipped with current versions of packages, but they are current when the iso images were built only. After … Read more
Due to a few requests on our forums and via messages I received, the special editions meta packages are ready in Sparky’s repso. What’s that? The meta packages install all additional extra tools, applications, games, etc. required by the specific Sparky special edition. The meta packages can be installed on the top of your existing … Read more
The first month of the 2017 almost gone, so what did happen? The most important changes are: – the latest update of ‘policykit-1-gnome’ package reverts patch to the old one, so need to fix it manually – to avoid the above problem in the future and keep control via the update channel, I created a … Read more
Sparky Rescue Edition has been updated up to version 4.5.3. It’s minor but quite important update. Rescue Edition 4.5.3 changelog: – system updated from Debian testing repository as of 23 Jan 2017 – added a new tool Redo Backup and Recovery From Wikipedia: Redo Backup and Recovery is free backup and disaster recovery software. It … Read more
Welcome everybody in new 2017 year! I am still online, and I hope you are ready for Sparky this year too. I was sick a few last days, means no drinking, no dancing, just hot tea with lemon and honey and vitamins. But nothing happens without reasons, for sure. I made some small changes and … Read more