New development iso images of Sparky 4.6-dev20170307 MinimalGUI are ready for testing. Changelog: – all packages updated from Debian (frozen, but still testing) Stretch repositories as of March 07, 2017; – Calamares 3.1; – fixed installation on UEFI machines issue; it installs the efi-grub debs offline (no internet connection needed), in the same way … Read more
There is a minor update of Sparky MinimalGUI and MinimalCLI 4.5.4. Sparky “Full (Home)” editions are installed as they are, with no need of updating or installing extra packages from the repositories. MinimalGUI and MinimalCLI editions are shipped with current versions of packages, but they are current when the iso images were built only. After … Read more
There is an update of Sparky 4.5.1 MinimalGUI available to download. The Sparky Advanced Installer doesn’t work as it should in the MinimaGUI edition, if you are trying to install an additional desktop. The installer calls a ‘desktop-installer’, but it does not coming back to the main installer with right privileges after. It used to … Read more
There is an update of SparkyLinux 4.5 “Tyche” available now. As before, Sparky “Home” editions provide fully featured operating system based on Debian ‘testing’ with desktops of your choice: LXDE, LXQt, KDE, MATE and Xfce. Sparky MinimalGUI and MinimalCLI lets you install the base system with a minimal set of applications and your favorite desktop, … Read more
There is a development iso image of Sparky 4.5-dev20161106 MinimalGUI ready for testing. The new dev iso image features: • Linux kernel 4.7 + the latest updates from Debian ‘testing’ repos • the Calamares installer 2.4.4 with added support of installation on 32 and 64 bit UEFI machines. • Sparky Advanced Installer which provides support … Read more