SparkyLinux 5 code name “Nibiru” (oldoldstable) will reach end-of-life (EOL) on the end of July 2024. It is related to end-of-life of Debian 10 “Buster” LTS which reach EOL on July 30, 2024: www.debian.org/News/2024/20240615 It is recommended to upgrade Sparky 5 to 6 to keep having updates.
The 4th update of Sparky 7 – 7.4 is out. It is a quarterly updated point release of Sparky 7 “Orion Belt” of the stable line. Sparky 7 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 12 “Bookworm”. Changes: – all packages updated from Debian and Sparky stable repos as of June 9, 2024 – … Read more
There is a new package and ISO mirror available for Sparkers: – India IN1 This mirror is provided by the Astian, Inc. organization: https://sparkylinux.org/partners/ Thanks a lot! Mirrors configuration can be found at our Wiki: https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/mirrors Make sure, the Singapore2 SI2 mirror is deleted so if you been using it, simply switch to Singapore1 SI1 … Read more
The 5th monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2024: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.9.3, 6.6.32-LTS, 6.1.92-LTS & 5.15.160-LTS – Linux kernel 6.8.x end of life (EOL) – Sparky 2024.05 and 2024.05 Special Editions of the testing line released – the Palemoon browser and QMPlay2 packages are my builds (vanilla compilations) now … Read more
There are new iso images of Sparky 2024.05 Special Editions out there: GameOver, Multimedia and Rescue. It is based on Debian testing “Trixie”. The May update of Sparky Special Edition iso images features Linux kernel 6.7, updated packages from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of May 12, 2024, and most changes introduced at the … Read more