There is a development release of Sparky 4.6 RC STB ready for testing. It’s a final test before releasing the stable version of 4.6 STB. Sparky 4.6-RC STB is based on Debian (still) testing “Stretch” and pre-configured to use upcoming Debian stable Stretch base. Highlights: • upcoming Debian stable Stretch ready • Calamares installer with … Read more
The first, stable version of Linux kernel of the 4.11.x line – 4.11.0 just landed in Sparky “unstable” repository. The Sparky’s Linux kernel is available in Sparky “unstable” repository, so enabled it to upgrade (if you have older version already installed) or to make fresh installation: https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/repository Follow the Wiki page: https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/linux_kernel to install the … Read more
I received a few messages from our community members (the last one from Daniel Campos Ramos) about APTus, specially about an option of desktops removing. The point is, if APTus offers an option which lets you easy install most popular desktops, why doesn’t it let easy removing them? It’s good question, and the possibility has … Read more
April, April… and the April almost gone… What’s up? – rebuilt Calamares to disable LUKS in autopartitioning option – Sparky builds based on upcoming Debian stable Stretch are set now, the live system uses Calamares instead of the old ‘live-installer’ – Budgie Desktop removed from Sparky repos – it is available from Debian repos now … Read more
The QT 5.7.0 doesn’t support GTK theming, so after upgrade Qt related packages, the Qt based applications look… not really nice on GTK based desktops. How to fix it: sudo apt update sudo apt install qt5-style-plugins Then: sudo nano /etc/environment and past into the file: QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2 then: sudo reboot That’s all. The first screen shows … Read more