New live/install iso images of special editions of SparkyLinux 5.0 “Nibiru” are out. Sparky 5 follows rolling release model and is based on Debian testing branch “Buster”. GameOver Edition features a very large number of preinstalled games, useful tools and scripts. It’s targeted to gamers. Multimedia Edition features a large set of tools for creating … Read more
The July was very busy month for me and almost gone, so it’s time to drop a few lines. What’s new? – Sparky 4.6.1 STB with small changes has been released – Sparky 5.0 “Nibiru” based on Debian testing “Buster” has been released – added new packages to the repos: antimicro & lutris – … Read more
There is a new application available for Sparkers/gamers: Lutris. Lutris is an open gaming platform for Linux. It helps you install and manage your games in a unified interface. Our goal is to support every game which runs on Linux, from native to Windows games (via Wine) to emulators and browser games. The desktop application … Read more
There are new live/install iso images of SparkyLinux 5.0 “Nibiru” available to download. Sparky 5 follows rolling release model and is based on Debian testing branch “Buster”. From Wikipedia: In Babylonian astronomy, Nibiru (in cuneiform spelled dné-bé-ru or MULni-bi-rum). The term refers to the equinox and the astronomical objects associated with it… …Nibiru was considered … Read more
There is an update of SparkyLinux stable line 4.6.1-STB “Tyche”. This is Sparky edition based on Debian stable 9 “Stretch”. New live/install media features fixes of 3 issues found in the 4.6 release: 1. system installed via Calamares sets wrong chmod 777 of the root directory “/”, (should be 755); it is NOT Calamares related … Read more