There is a new tool available for Sparkers: Delta Chat Desktop. What is Delta Chat? Delta Chat is like Telegram or Whatsapp but without the tracking or central control. Delta Chat does not need your phone number… Delta Chat doesn’t have their own servers but uses the most massive and diverse open messaging system ever: … Read more
Call for testers! It is a development release of Sparky which is based on Debian testing “Bullseye”. Goals: • added support of installation Sparky on UEFI machines with Secure Boot; the live system should be booted with Secure Boot off; after installation the Secure Boot can be turned on • both installers: Calamares and Sparky’s … Read more
A quarterly update point release of live/install media of Sparky 5.11 “Nibiru” of the stable line is out. This is a release based on Debian 10 “Buster”. Changes: – the base system upgraded from Debian stable repos as of March 1, 2020 – Linux kernel 4.19.98 LTS (PC) – Linux kernel 4.19.97 LTS (ARMHF) – … Read more
Sparky live/install media of the ‘oldstable’ line updated up to version 4.12. Sparky 4 “Tyche” is based on the Debian 9 oldstable “Stretch”. Changes: • all packages updated as of March 11, 2020 • reconfigured Sparky repositoy to the present one • added a new Sparky public key System reinstallation is not required, make full … Read more
The March 2020 snapshot of Sparky 2020.03 “Po Tolo” of the (semi-)rolling line is out. It is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: – system upgraded from Debian testing repos as of March 7, 2020 – Calamares installer 3.2.20 – Linux kernel 5.4.19 as default (5.5.8 & 5.6-rc4 in Sparky unstable repos) – changed … Read more