SparkyLinux 2.1 RC “Eris” MATE Edition is out. The system is built as all 2.x releases on Debian testing “Wheezy”. Changes between 2.1 MATE beta1 and RC: – SparkyLinux 2.0, 2.0.1 and 2.1 MATE beta 1 (Live) contain an error that prevents wireless network configuration, partition mounting and switching between Live desktops (e17/LXDE and Ultra … Read more
Copping iso image onto USB Pen/Flash Drive, it seems that the file can’t be copied correctly. I’ve been used UNetbootin, SparkyLinux USB Creator/Remastersys USB Tool many times and not every time the system has been booted well. 1. The network-manager applet does not let to manage wireless networks. Wireled networks start working automatically. 2. Mounting … Read more
It seems that volumeicon doesn’t want to cooperate well with alsamixer. To put sound back run GNOME-Alsamixer from menu. 1. Mark at least first 3 sound options to mute theme. 2. Unmark all of them. 3. Check the sound now.
SparkyLinux Ultra Edition has preconfigured weather location in its menu for Warsaw, Poland. If you’d like to change it for your place do: 1. Find your location at weather.com 2. Copy the code from the link ( for example for London, United Kingdom is UKXX0085 ). 3. Open menu Config-> ObMenu-> Weather and change PLXX0028 … Read more
SparkyLinux 2.1 beta1 “Eris” MATE Edition is ready for testing. The system is built as all 2.x releases on Debian testing “Wheezy”. MATE is a fork of GNOME 2 desktop environment. A few years ago, when I started my adventure with Linux, GNOME 2 was my favorite graphical interface. “Evolutionary” changes of GNOME 3 completely … Read more