3…2…1… Go! New Sparky 3.2.1 with Xfce desktop showed up in our family! SparkyLinux 3.2.1 Xfce is based on the last release 3.2 “Annagerman” and it’s fully compatible with Debian testing “Jessie”. Sparky Xfce has gotten a few new features, which will be added to the next Sparky release. So what is under the hood? … Read more
As you know, it’s not really possible to have support for many devices without non-free drivers. Sparky similar like a couple other Linux distributions features contrib and non-free packages and drivers. In my way, it helps managing the system easily, specially by new Linux users. But… Some people don’t want or don’t like restricted packages … Read more
There is an interesting review of SparkyLinux 3.1 LXDE by Dedoimedo: dedoimedo.com/computers/sparkylinux-3-1-lxde.html
SparkyLinux 3.2 “GameOver” is out. It has been built on the top of SparkyLinux 3.2 “Annagerman” and it’s fully compatible with Debian “testing” Jessie. SparkyLinux “GameOver” is a special edition of our distro targeted to game players. “GameOver” 3.2 offers : – access to games compiled for Linux platform – access to “popular” and “modern” … Read more
SparkyLinux 3.2 “Annagerman” Enlightenment, MATE & CLI is out. New Live/Install media of SparkyLinux 3.2 e17, MATE and CLI features: – Linux kernel 3.11-2 (3.11.10-1) – all packages have been upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2013/12/15 – MATE 1.6 – Enlightenment 0.17.3-2 – PCManFM 1.1.2-1 (e17 desktop) – added support for installation … Read more