SparkyLinux 3.4 MATE, Xfce & Base is out

sparky 3.3 xfce

SparkyLinux 3.4 “Annagerman” MATE, Xfce and Base (Openbox) is out. As usually new iso images of SparkyLinux provide a ton of updates, some changes and system improvements, such as: – Linux kernel 3.14 – all packages upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2014/06/23 – MATE 1.8 – Openbox 3.5.2-6 – Xfce 4.10 – support … Read more

Switch Mate repository from Mate to Debian

Out of date! Sparky Mate Edition has been using Mate repository for a while. Now, you can (and should) switch from Mate repo to the Debian’s. All Mate file have been moved to Debian repository so it works fine now. How to do that? 1. Remove Mate repo from sources.list: deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/archive/1.8/debian/ jessie main 2. … Read more

MATE 1.6 -> 1.8

Out of date! The latest Sparky MATE edition has been shipped with MATE 1.6. If you’d like to upgrade it up to the newest version, simply follow a few steps. Edit the repository list (as root): su nano /etc/apt/sources.list Change the line below from: deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/debian jessie main to: deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/archive/1.8/debian/ jessie main Refresh the … Read more

SparkyLinux 3.3 MATE, Xfce & Base

sparky 3.3 base

SparkyLinux 3.3 “Annagerman” MATE, Xfce and Base is out. New iso images of SparkyLinux provide updates and some improvements, such as: – Linux kernel 3.13 – all packages upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2014/03/16 – the same set of new apps and tools which have been added to Sparky 3.3 LXDE, e17 and … Read more

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