The December snapshot of Sparky 2020.12 of the (semi-)rolling line is out. It is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: • packages updated from Debian testing repos as of December 3, 2020 • Linux kernel 5.9.11 (5.9.12 & 5.10-rc6 in Sparky unstable repos) • Calamares 3.2.34 + kpmcore 4.2.0 • APTus replaced by APTus … Read more
The annual payment day for our server is coming. We know that the situation is very difficult for all of us, because the virus paralyzes not only our bodies, and businesses too, but if you are in a position to help us, please support us – without your support we will not be able to … Read more
The 11th monthly Sparky project and donate report of 2020: • Linux kernel updated up to version 5.9.11 & 5.10-rc6 • Sparky 5.13 “Nibiru” of the stable line released • VMware Workstation Sparky’s Installer updated up to version VMware 16.x & put some fixes; it it available from APTus & APTus AppCenter; works on Sparky … Read more
There is a new application available for Sparkers: LazPaint What is LazPaint? Free cross-platform image editor, like PaintBrush or Paint.Net, written in Lazarus (Free Pascal). Uses BGRABitmap library. Can read layered files (lzp, ora, pdn, oXo), multi-images (gif, ico, tiff), flat files (bmp, jpeg, pcx, png, tga, xpm, xwd), vectorial (svg), 3D (obj). Has drawing … Read more
A next point release of Sparky 5.13 “Nibiru” of the stable line is out. This release is based on Debian stable 10 “Buster”. Changes between 5.12 and 5.13: • system upgraded from Debian stable repos as of November 3, 2020 • Linux kernel 4.19.152 (PC) • Linux kernel 5.4.72-v7+ (ARMHF) • Firefox 78.4.0esr • Thunderbird … Read more