There is a next point release of Sparky 6 – 6.1 “Po Tolo” of the stable line ready to go. Sparky 6 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 11 “Bullseye”. Changes: – system upgraded from Debian & Sparky stable repos as of November 9, 2021 – Linux kernel 5.10.70 (PC) – Linux kernel … Read more
Sparky 6.0 “Po Tolo” has been released. It is based on and fully compatible with Debian 11 “Bullseye”. Highlights: – based on Debian stable 11 “Bullseye” – all packages updated from Debian “Bullseye” & Sparky “Po Tolo” repos as of August 16, 2021 – Firefox 78.13.0ESR instead of Firefox (latest) – Thunderbird 78.13.0 – VLC … Read more
Sparky 2021.06, the semi-rolling release which is based on Debian testing “Bullseye” is out. Debian Bullseye is hard frozen now, and is going to Full Freeze soon, so it is perfect time to give Sparky 6 a try before become stable. Changelog: – all packages updated from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of June … Read more
Sparky 2021.03 of the (semi-)rolling line is out. It is the first snapshot in 2021 of Sparky which is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: – packages upgraded from Debian testing repos as of March 5, 2021 – Linux kernel 5.10.13 (5.11.3 & 5.12-rc2 in Sparky unstable repos) – Firefox 86.0 – Thunderbird 78.8.0 … Read more
There is a new, small tool available for KDE & Sparky users: Plasma video wallpaper module. The module lets you use a video file as an animated wallpaper or lock screen. It can be installed from Sparky repository via Synaptic or apt commands: sudo apt update sudo apt install qml-module-org-kde-video-wallpaper Then go to your desktop … Read more