SparkyLinux 5 code name “Nibiru” (oldoldstable) will reach end-of-life (EOL) on the end of July 2024. It is related to end-of-life of Debian 10 “Buster” LTS which reach EOL on July 30, 2024: www.debian.org/News/2024/20240615 It is recommended to upgrade Sparky 5 to 6 to keep having updates.
According to the last Sparky 6.0 release, and created new testing repository for Sparky 7 (next stable), there are 2 separated scripts which lets you upgrade your Sparky installation: * from Sparky 5 (oldstable) to 6 (stable) or * from Sparky 6 (stable) to 7 (testing) 1. It is provided as it is, means no … Read more
There is a next point release of Sparky 5.15 “Nibiru” of the stable line ready to go. This release is based on Debian stable 10 “Buster”. Changes between Sparky 5.14 and 5.15: * system upgraded from Debian & Sparky stable repos as of May 2, 2021 * Linux kernel 4.19.181 (PC) * Linux kernel 5.10.17-v7+ … Read more
A next point release of Sparky 5.14 “Nibiru” of the stable line is out. This release is based on Debian stable 10 “Buster”. Changes between Sparky 5.13 and 5.14: * system upgraded from Debian stable repos as of February 2, 2020 * Linux kernel 4.19.171 (PC) (5.9.15-1~bpo10+1 in Debian backports repo, if you need a … 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