SparkyLinux joined OIN

  24th of February 2013 SparkyLinux joined to the OIN. The Open Invention Network (OIN) was founded on November 10, 2005 by IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat, NEC and Sony. The company acquires patents and licenses them royalty free to entities which, in turn, agree not to assert their own patents against Linux and Linux-related … Read more

SparkyLinux 2.1 RC “Eris” MATE Edition

sparky 2.1 rc mate

SparkyLinux 2.1 RC “Eris” MATE Edition is out. The system is built as all 2.x releases on Debian testing “Wheezy”. Changes between 2.1 MATE beta1 and RC: – SparkyLinux 2.0, 2.0.1 and 2.1 MATE beta 1 (Live) contain an error that prevents wireless network configuration, partition mounting and switching between Live desktops (e17/LXDE and Ultra … Read more

SparkyLinux 2.1 beta1 “Eris” MATE Edition

sparky 2.1 beta1 mate

SparkyLinux 2.1 beta1 “Eris” MATE Edition is ready for testing. The system is built as all 2.x releases on Debian testing “Wheezy”. MATE is a fork of GNOME 2 desktop environment. A few years ago, when I started my adventure with Linux, GNOME 2 was my favorite graphical interface. “Evolutionary” changes of GNOME 3 completely … Read more

SparkyLinux 2.1 “Eris” Ultra Edition

sparky 2.1 ultra edition

SparkyLinux 2.1 “Eris” Ultra Edition” has been released! The system is built as all 2.x releases on Debian testing “Wheezy”. All packages have been synchronized with Debian testing repositories of 23/01/2013. It features customized ultra light and fast Openbox desktop. What else? – Fluxbox is out – I wasn’t happy with it so all my … Read more

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