There is a new application available for Sparkers: Pulsar What is Pulsar? A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, Forked from Atom, built on Electron. Designed to be deeply customizable, but still approachable using the default configuration. Goals: – Cross-platform Editing – Built-in package manager – Smart Autocompletion – File system browser – Multiple panes – Find … Read more
The new, upcoming Sparky 8 code name and repos is set. The code name is “The Seven Sisters”, and the new repos is “sisters”. The upcoming Sparky 8, now testing/semi-rolling is based on Debian testing “Trixie”. If you would like to keep Sparky rolling, means based on Debian testing, do: 1. change Debian repos from … Read more
Sparky 7.0 “Orion Belt” has been released. It is based on and fully compatible with Debian 12 “Bookworm”. Highlights: – based on Debian stable 12 “Bookworm” – all packages updated from Debian “Bookworm” & Sparky “Orion Belt” repos as of June 15, 2023 – Linux kernel 6.1.27 LTS as default (6.3.8 & 5.15.117 LTS in … Read more
The Apache OpenOffice suite has been uploaded to Sparky repos now. What is OpenOffice? Apache OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format … Read more
The 7th update of Sparky 6 – 6.7 is out. It is a quarterly updated point release of Sparky 6 “Po Tolo” of the stable line. Sparky 6 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 11 “Bullseye”. Changes: – system upgraded from Debian & Sparky stable repos as of May 8, 2023 – PC: … Read more