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
Special editions of Sparky 2020.05 GameOver, Multimedia & Rescue released. It is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: • upgrade from Debian testing repos as of May 11, 2020 • Linux kernel 5.6.7 (5.6.12 & 5.7-rc5 in Sparky unstable repos) • Calamares 3.2.23 • added additional support of Sparky installation on UEFI machines with … Read more
The May snapshot of Sparky 2020.05 of the (semi-)rolling line is out. It is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: • upgrade from Debian testing repos as of May 5, 2020 • Linux kernel 5.6.7 (5.6.10 & 5.7-rc4 in Sparky unstable repos) • Calamares 3.2.23 • added additional support of Sparky installation on UEFI … Read more