There is a new tool for gamers, available in Sparky repos: TeamSpeak Installer. From Wikipedia: TeamSpeak is proprietary voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) software for audio communication between users on a chat channel, much like a telephone conference call. Users typically use headphones with a microphone. The client software connects to a TeamSpeak server of the user’s … Read more
There is an update of Skype Installer 0.1.10 available in our repos. Due to problems with installing Skype stable 4.x on Sparky 64 bit, I made some changes inside the installer: – downloads and installs Skype 4.x on 32 bit systems – downloads and installs Skype 1.x Alpha on 64 bit systems There are some … Read more
The OpenToonz 1.1 package is available in our repository. From Wikipedia: Toonz is a 2D animation software developed and marketed by Digital Video S.p.A. … Toonz is used by many studios worldwide including Studio Ghibli and Rough Draft Studios. On March 19, 2016 it was announced that Toonz will be released as Free and open … Read more
There is a new version of EDI 0.4.0 available in Sparky repos. EDI – The Enlightened IDE is a project to create a complete IDE using the EFL. It aims to lower the barrier to getting involved in Enlightenment development and in creating apps based on the EFL suite. Installation/upgrade: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get … Read more
Thunderbird – the email client is available for sparkers now. Sparky is shipped with the Icedove email client as default – Debian’s rebranded Thunderbird. If you do not like/want/etc. Icedove – the Thunderbird can be installed from our repository. Check do you have installed ‘hunspell-en-us’ package, before installing Thunderbird: sudo apt-get update apt-cache policy … Read more