New iso images of Sparky 2022.10 of the (semi-)rolling line are out. Changes between Sparky 2022.07 and 2022.10: – all packages updated from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of October 5, 2022 – Linux kernel 5.19.11 (6.0.0 & 5.15.72-LTS & 4.9.330-LTS49 in sparky unstable repos) – GCC compiler v12 installed , GCC v11 removed … Read more
The 9th monthly Sparky project and donate report of 2022: – Linux kernel updated up to 5.19.12 & 5.15.71-LTS & 4.9.330-LTS49 – Added to repos: amberol, iron arm64 – New ‘sparky7-theme’ which features a light and a dark GTK2/3/4 theme – Updated ‘sparky5-lxqt-theme’ which features additional dark theme – Rebuilt RadioStation with new deps, for … Read more
There is a new application available for Sparkers: Amberol What is Amberol? A small and simple sound and music player that is well integrated with GNOME. Amberol aspires to be as small, unintrusive, and simple as possible. It does not manage your music collection; it does not let you manage playlists, smart or otherwise; it … Read more
The 8th monthly Sparky project and donate report of 2022: – Linux kernel updated up to 5.19.6 & 5.15.64-LTS (6.0 RC1 is also available) – Added to repos: g4music – Created a new script/package called ‘sparky-openbox-diagnose’ which check default application which should be started with Openbox; and print message if something wrong; this output is … Read more
The LXQt 1.1.0 packages are not available in Sparky repos any more! It can be installed from Debian ‘bookworm’ repos now! The LXQt desktop has been updated up to version 1.1.0. Make sure, it was tested on Sparky testing (7) / Debian testing “Bookworm” amd64 only. To get the latest LXQt desktop do: 1. Add/create … Read more