Sparky Advanced Installer (previously: Sparky Old Installer) is an additional installer which I still keep in the live system as a backup to the default Live Installer (forked from LMDE installer), and for some guys with very old machines. The old installer is based on Yad (GUI mode) or Dialog (text mode) and is … Read more
Another week gone and next 3 desktops are ready to install using the Sparky Advanced Installer from the MinimaISO images: – GNOME Flashback – IceWM – KDE The ‘Sparky Advanced Installer’ lets you install one of the 12 desktops now: Budgie, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME Flashback, IceWM, JWM, KDE, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Openbox & Xfce with … Read more
Keep working with the minimal installation tool, I have added 3 more desktops to the 6 existing ones: – Fluxbox – MATE – Xfce So the ‘Sparky Advanced Installer’ lets you install 9 desktops now: Budgie, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, JWM, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Openbox & Xfce with a very small set of applications. There is no … Read more
From Wikipedia: LightScribe is an optical disc recording technology, created by the Hewlett-Packard Company, that uses specially coated recordable CD and DVD media to produce laser-etched labels with text or graphics, as opposed to stick-on labels and printable discs. What do you need to use the LightScribe technology? 1. CD/DVD burner with support of LightScribe … Read more
Doing the new year clean up I have removed Skype package from the Sparky repository. The reason why I’ve done it’s not difficult to guess. But I’d like to give you an opportunity to easy install Skype anyway. There is a new small tool called ‘skype-installer’ which lets you download, install or remove Skype via … Read more