The first stable version of Linux kernel of 4.8.x line – 4.8.0 landed in Sparky “unstable” repository. Make sure you have Sparky “unstable” repository enabled: https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/repository to upgrade or install the latest kernel. Follow the Wiki page: https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/linux_kernel to install the latest Sparky’s Linux kernel. Then reboot your machine to take effects. To quick remove … Read more
There are 3rd party updates available in the Sparky repository now: – Budgie desktop 10.2.7-3 (rebuilt due to upgrade libmutter0h -> libmutter0i) – EFL 1.18.1 – Itch client 18.9.0 – Sparky’s Linux kernel 4.7.4 (via Sparky ‘unstable’ repository) – TOR Browser 6.0.5 – VMware Player online installer 12.5.0 (works on Debian stable only) – … Read more
The latest version of Budgie Desktop 10.2.7 just landed in our repository. If you have an older version installed, simply make system upgrade: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade If you would like to make fresh installations, do: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install budgie-desktop Then reboot and login to the new desktop to … Read more
I just moved the latest Firefox 48.0-2 to Sparky repos. Unfortunately it makes an issue with opening some web pages, such as: Facebook, Google+, etc. The error message is: NS_ERROR_NET_INADEQUATE_SECURITY and is reported already: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833719 To fix the problem, upgrade the ‘libnss3’ package to version 3.26-1 from ‘Sid’ repos.
There is a new desktop available for Sparkers now: CDE. From Wikipedia: The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is a desktop environment for Unix and OpenVMS, based on the Motif widget toolkit. It was part of the UNIX98 Workstation Product Standard, and was long the “classic” Unix desktop associated with commercial Unix workstations. After a long … Read more