There is a new application available for Sparkers: ElecWhat What is ElecWhat? Simple desktop Whatsapp client for Linux. Features: – Desktop notifications – Tray icon with unread count (aka AppIndicator) – Custom keyboard shortcuts (default) – Spellcheck – CLI & D-Bus interface to show/hide/toggle window – Very stable, I have been running it for 6+ … Read more
The 7th update of Sparky 7 – 7.7 is out. It is a quarterly updated point release of Sparky 7 “Orion Belt” of the stable line. Sparky 7 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 12 “Bookworm”. Changes: – all packages updated from Debian and Sparky stable repos as of April 8, 2025 – … Read more
The 3rd monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2025: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.14.0, 6.12.21-LTS, 6.6.85-LTS – Sparky 2025.03 of the rolling line released – added to repos: materialgram – The Sparky VPS infrastructure moved back to Debian – fixed an issue of sparky cli installer (the rolling/testing line) which breaks … Read more
There is a new application available for Sparkers: Materialgram What is Materialgram? Telegram Desktop fork with Material Design and other improvements, which is based on the Telegram API and the MTProto secure protocol. The source code is published under GPLv3 with OpenSSL exception. It is available to Linux and Windows platforms. Installation (Sparky 7 & … Read more
This is the first update of Sparky semi-rolling iso images in the 2025. Main changes: – all packages upgraded from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of March 10, 2025 – Linux kernel 6.12.17-LTS (6.13.6, 6.12.18-LTS, 6.6.82-LTS & 6.1.130-LTS in Sparky repos) – repository lists converted to the new format -> /apt-2-9-26-changes-on-trixie/ – Calamares 3.3.14 … Read more