SparkyLinux 3.3 “Annagerman” MATE, Xfce and Base is out. New iso images of SparkyLinux provide updates and some improvements, such as: – Linux kernel 3.13 – all packages upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2014/03/16 – the same set of new apps and tools which have been added to Sparky 3.3 LXDE, e17 and … Read more
Due to a small bug in the base system (one library missing), the ‘new’ live installer does not want to launch in the Razor-Qt Edition of Sparky 3.3. The new iso image of SparkyLinux 3.3.1 Razor-Qt is free of the bug so the new installer works fine. Anyway there is the ‘old’ installer in … 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
We have two new packages in the repository, both of them for security fans: 1. TrueCrypt – I don’t have to introduce it – it’s a source-available freeware application used for on-the-fly disks and partitions encryption. Use Synaptic, Sparky APTus or the command line to install it: apt-get update apt-get install truecrypt 2. Sparky Eraser … Read more
This post can be out of date, use Wiki pages instead: https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/repository The official SparkyLinux repository has been changed. To change old repository for the new one, edit (as root) the file: nano /etc/apt/sources.list Remove the text from the file: # sparky deb http://repo.sparkylinux.org/ sparky main #deb http://repo.sparkylinux.org/ sparky dev Add new two lines to … Read more