PekWM is a window manager that once upon a time was based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties, xinerama, keygrabber that supports keychains, and much more. PekWM … Read more
There is an update of Enlightenment 0.21.0 ready in Sparky repository now. Make upgrade as usually: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade If you would like to make fresh installations, run: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install enlightenment
3rd party updates in Sparky repository ready to go: – Boot Repair 4ppa38 – EFL 1.17.2 – ePSXe 2.0.5 – the emulator is available for 32 and 64 bit systems now. If you have older version (32 bit) installed on a 64 bit system, uninstall it before installing newer 64 bit version. – WPS … Read more
There is testing iso image of Sparky 4.4-dev20160617 MinimalGUI ready to go. The dev iso image features: • Linux kernel 4.6 + the latest updates from Debian ‘testing’ repos • the Calamares installer which replaced the Live Installer. Calamares is available in the desktop’s Menu-> System-> Sparky Installer (the same name as the Live Installer … Read more
Calamares – “a distribution-independent system installer, with an advanced partitioning feature for both manual and automated partitioning operations” just landed in Sparky repos. Does the Calamares replace the present “Live Installer”? Yes, I’d like to, as soon as possible. Does the Calamares replace the “Sparky Advanced Installer”? No, the Advanced Installer is still in use, … Read more