There is the 1st update available for Sparky 8 – 8.1. This is a quarterly update of the Sparky 8 “Seven Sisters” stable release. Sparky 8 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 13 “Trixie”.
Main changes:
– All packages updated from the stable Debian and Sparky repositories as of November 10, 2025.
– Linux kernel PC: 6.12.48-LTS (6.17.7, 6.12.56 LTS, 6.6.115-LTS in sparky repositories)
– Linux kernel ARM: 6.12.47-LTS
– LibreOffice 25.2.3
– KDE Plasma 6.3.6
– LXQt 2.1.0
– MATE 1.26.0
– Xfce 4.20
– Openbox 3.6.1
– Firefox 140.4.0esr (145.0 in sparky repositories)
– Thunderbird 140.4.0esr
Sparky 8 “Seven Sisters” is available in the following versions:
– amd64 BIOS/UEFI + Secure Boot: Xfce, LXQt, MATE, KDE Plasma, MinimalGUI (Openbox) and MinimalCLI (text mode)
– ARM64: Openbox and CLI
Versions for the i686 and ARMHF architectures are no longer available.
PC live user:password = live:live
ARM user:password = pi:sparky
If you have Sparky 8 installed, simply keep it up to date. There’s no need to reinstall it.
Known issues:
– ARM64: Wi-Fi may not be active after the first boot; you must restart the system to automatically enable Wi-Fi.
New Sparky 8 “Seven Sisters” ISO media can be downloaded from the download/stable page.
Informacja o wydaniu w języku polskim: https://linuxiarze.pl/sparky-8-1/
