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
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
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
I heard that the community portals are closed 29 and 30 of February this year, so I posted the latest news today 🙂 What happened in the February: – built and added meta packages of GameOver, Multimedia and Rescue editions, so you can easily install the tools on the top of your Sparky installation … Read more
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