The problem with MATE packages I posted yesterday can be solved by preferences file. Create the file as root, by any text editor, nano for example: nano /etc/apt/preferences and past the code: Package: * Pin: origin repo.mate-desktop.org Pin-Priority: 700 Then run: apt-get update && apt-get dist upgrade From now, the package manager will be … Read more
Important info for Sparky MATE users. Due MATE packages showed up in Debian testing repository, they made a big problem to existing packages of official MATE packages. If you upgrade your Sparky MATE installation via Synaptic or ‘dist-upgrade’ command, it will destroy the MATE desktop completly. In this moment I highly suggest to use … Read more
SparkyLinux 3.2 “Annagerman” Enlightenment, MATE & CLI is out. New Live/Install media of SparkyLinux 3.2 e17, MATE and CLI features: – Linux kernel 3.11-2 (3.11.10-1) – all packages have been upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2013/12/15 – MATE 1.6 – Enlightenment 0.17.3-2 – PCManFM 1.1.2-1 (e17 desktop) – added support for installation … Read more
SparkyLinux 3.1 “Annagerman” e17, MATE and Razor-Qt is out. The new iso images of SparkyLinux providing a few changes and system improvement, similar to the last week release of Sparky 3.1 LXDE, Ultra and CLI: – Linux kernel 3.10-3 (3.10.11-1) – all packages have been updated from Debian testing repositories as of 2013/10/05 – SparkyBackup-System … Read more
SparkyLinux 3.0.2 “Annagerman” has been released. Sparky 3.0.2 provides a few important changes, such as: – sparky-installer bug has been fixed. It did not let to make installation on USB disks before (the final version of Sparky 3.0 “Annagerman”) and did not show any disk (hard/USB) if an USB disk was connected to the … Read more