Due to misunderstanding of purpose of Sparky ‘unstable’ repo by many Sparky users, specially new ones, the Sparky unstable repo have been deactivated. Sparky unstable repo features Sparky builds of Linux kernel only, but some of you can think that packages from Sparky unstable repo in Sparky stable, oldstable or testing line can damage your … Read more
There is a new application available for Sparkers: Teams for Linux What is Teams for Linux? Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux using Electron. It uses the Web App and wraps it as a standalone application using Electron. The official client for Linux from Microsoft is retired by the end of 2022 and is replaced … Read more
There are new iso images of Sparky 2023.07 Special Editions out there: GameOver, Multimedia and Rescue. The March update of Sparky Special Edition iso images features Linux kernel 6.3.7, updated packages from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of July 22, 2023, and most changes introduced at the 2023.07 release. If you would like to … Read more
This is the July update of Sparky rolling iso images which works on Linux kernel 6.3, and provides updated packages from Debian ‘trixie’ and Sparky ‘sisters’ testing repos. What’s new: – all packaged upgraded from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of July 16, 2023 – Linux kernel 6.3.7 (6.4.3 & 6.1.38-ESR & 5.15.120-ESR in … Read more
There is iso image of Sparky 7.0 MinimalGUI i686 available to download. As you know, Sparky 7 still supports i686 architecture (32 bit), but I created only MinimalCLI (text mode) i686 iso image before. But… I didn’t expect it is still popular and in use, maybe not so popular as amd64, but still is. So, … Read more