A quarterly update point release of Sparky 5.12 “Nibiru” of the stable line is out. This release is based on Debian stable 10 “Buster”. Changes between 5.11 and 5.12: • system upgraded from Debian stable repos as of July 5, 2020 • Linux kernel 4.19.118 • Firefox 68.10.0esr • Thunderbird 68.9.0 • VLC 3.0.11 • … Read more
The June snapshot of Sparky 2020.06 of the (semi-)rolling line is out. It is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: • system upgrade from Debian testing repos as of June 5, 2020 • Linux kernel 5.6.14 (5.7.0 in Sparky unstable repos) • Firefox 77.0 • Thunderbird 68.8.1 • LibreOffice 6.4.4.2 • debi-tool’ replaced by … Read more
There is a new application available for Sparkers: Beaker Browser What is Beaker Browser? Beaker is an experimental peer-to-peer Web browser. It adds new APIs for building hostless applications while remaining compatible with the rest of the Web. It is an open-source application in development by Blue Link Labs. From Wikipedia: Beaker Browser peer-to-peer technology … Read more
There is a new application available for Sparkers: RadioStation What is RadioStation? RadioStation is a fork off RadioTray-Lite, a lightweight clone of the original RadioTray online radio streaming player rewritten in C++. Online radio streaming player: – Runs on a Linux system tray. – Has minimum interface possible. – Plays most media formats (it uses … Read more
The May snapshot of Sparky 2020.05 of the (semi-)rolling line is out. It is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: • upgrade from Debian testing repos as of May 5, 2020 • Linux kernel 5.6.7 (5.6.10 & 5.7-rc4 in Sparky unstable repos) • Calamares 3.2.23 • added additional support of Sparky installation on UEFI … Read more