Out of date! The latest Sparky MATE edition has been shipped with MATE 1.6. If you’d like to upgrade it up to the newest version, simply follow a few steps. Edit the repository list (as root): su nano /etc/apt/sources.list Change the line below from: deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/debian jessie main to: deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/archive/1.8/debian/ jessie main Refresh the … Read more
The second testing iso image of SparkyLinux 3.3.2-test2 Base Edition is out. The last week brought some solutions for bugs which have been found in the previous release of 3.3.2-test1. We have found a solution after a set of tests we made in a virtual environment. The present version of the installer got bugs … Read more
Today system’s upgrading will make some changes. Using ‘network-manager-gnome’ tool as a default network manager can make some problems in LXDE Sparky desktop. ‘network-manager-gnome’ depends of ‘network-manager’ which depends of ‘libpam-systemd’, which depends of ‘systemd’. So upgrading ‘network-manager-gnome’ will install ‘systemd’ as default. It doesn’t make a problem on all Sparky desktops excluding LXDE. It … Read more
The first testing iso image of SparkyLinux 3.3.2-test1 Base Edition is ready to go. The release features the system installer with EFI support for 64 bit machines. As I said before, I can’t test it on a physical machine with EFI, because I don’t have any. I have tested it on VirtualBox with EFI … Read more
An update of iso image of SparkyLinux 3.3.1 Base Edition is out. The new installer had to be fixed, due to some, small changes between system base of Sparky and LMDE. The network connection did not work after installation the live system on a hard drive (Base Edition 3.3 only). The old installer is … Read more