The August snapshot of Sparky 2020.08 of the (semi-)rolling line is out. It is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: • packages updated from Debian testing repos as of August 14, 2020 • Linux kernel 5.7.10 (5.8.1 & 5.9-rc1 in Sparky unstable repos) • added Memory Test and Hardware Detection to the live config … Read more
A quarterly update point release of Sparky 5.12 “Nibiru” of the stable line is out. This release is based on Debian stable 10 “Buster”. Changes between 5.11 and 5.12: • system upgraded from Debian stable repos as of July 5, 2020 • Linux kernel 4.19.118 • Firefox 68.10.0esr • Thunderbird 68.9.0 • VLC 3.0.11 • … Read more
The June snapshot of Sparky 2020.06 of the (semi-)rolling line is out. It is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: • system upgrade from Debian testing repos as of June 5, 2020 • Linux kernel 5.6.14 (5.7.0 in Sparky unstable repos) • Firefox 77.0 • Thunderbird 68.8.1 • LibreOffice 6.4.4.2 • debi-tool’ replaced by … Read more
Call for testers. It is a development release of Sparky which is based on Debian testing “Bullseye”. The Sparky Advanced Installer received (experimental) improvements by darekem73, such as: • autopartitioning • partition encrypting • logical volume support The Yad based GUI is disabled, so text mode only. Other changes: • sparky tools uses ‘spterm’ (Sparky … Read more
There is a new desktop available for Sparkers: Openbox Noir. What is Openbox Noir? Openbox Noir is a variant of the Openbox, which provides dark and modern looks and feel of a lightweight desktop. It features, on the top of a standard Openbox window manager, customized applications and tools such as: dark theme, dark wallpaper, … Read more