Sparky news 2017/03/29

The time goes fast and the next month almost gone… So, what changed? – the latest development iso image 4.6-dev20170307 was shipped with Calamares 3.1, with support of installation on 32 and 64 bit BIOS/UEFI machines – some Sparky packages have been updated to version 4~YYYYMMDD and landed in Sparky’s “stable” repository, to be ready … Read more

Switch Sparky testing to stable

This short tutorial shows you how to switch Sparky based on Debian testing “Stretch” to upcoming Debian stable “Stretch”. It’s for users whose prefer rock solid stability of Debian stable over never packages provide be Debian testing. So, you do not have to do that, if you stay on testing branch. 1. Change Debian repository … Read more

Sparky 4.6-dev20170307

  New development iso images of Sparky 4.6-dev20170307 MinimalGUI are ready for testing. Changelog: – all packages updated from Debian (frozen, but still testing) Stretch repositories as of March 07, 2017; – Calamares 3.1; – fixed installation on UEFI machines issue; it installs the efi-grub debs offline (no internet connection needed), in the same way … Read more

Sparky 4.5.4 MinimalGUI/CLI

There is a minor update of Sparky MinimalGUI and MinimalCLI 4.5.4. Sparky “Full (Home)” editions are installed as they are, with no need of updating or installing extra packages from the repositories. MinimalGUI and MinimalCLI editions are shipped with current versions of packages, but they are current when the iso images were built only. After … Read more

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