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
SparkyLinux Base spins are shipped with no multimedia codecs preinstalled. As one of our community member suggested I have made a small tool which lets you install all multimedia codecs and web browser plugins via one click. Installation: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sparky-codecs or sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade If you make … Read more
The default Sparky backup tool ‘sparky-backup-sys’ has been upgraded up to version 0.1.6. It provides fixed backup script and the ‘old’ installer. It can be used on Sparky installation based on the latest iso image of Sparky 3.3 and the older ones as well. Sparky Backup System features the ‘old’ installer (based on remastersys … Read more
There is an update of Sparky APTus 0.1.4 available at our repository. Changelog: – Upgrade – this will run “apt-get upgrade” – Dist_Upgrade – this will run “apt-get dist-upgrade” – recommended way to keep Sparky up to date – Quick_Install – quick install a package/packages from the repository – Quick_Install_DEB – quick install “.deb” package … Read more
SparkyLinux is available as a DVD iso file, so it can’t be run on very old machines which don’t have: – optical DVD drive – BIOS option for booting systems from USB drive But there is a simple solution, if your computer has: – optical CD or floppy drive – USB port The instruction can … Read more