The 12th and the last in this year monthly report of the Sparky project: • added to repos: Midori 7.0, Lightdm-Settings • Sparky’s Linux kernel updated up to version 4.20.0 • Sparky 5.6 released • the new app APTus AppCenter is still under development, so it takes time to even make a first beta • … Read more
Sparky iso images of both lines stable and rolling have been rebuild and updated. This is a minor but important update which provides new settings of Sparky repositories. No system reinstallation is required of existing Sparky installations, simply make full system upgrade: sudo apt update sudo apt install sparky-apt sudo apt update sudo apt full-upgrade … Read more
There is a change in the Sparky repository as of 27 December 2018. What changed? – Sparky stable line stopped using mixed Sparky stable and testing repos, couse it would be difficult keep in this stage for upcoming new ‘stable’ and ‘oldstable’ repos (next year) – most packages are available via a new ‘core’ repos … Read more
The first release of Linux kernel of the new 4.20 line just landed in Sparky “unstable” repository. Build status: – amd64 – build and installed OK -> uploaded – 686-pae – build and installed OK -> uploaded – 686 (non-pae) – did not build The Sparky’s Linux kernel is available in Sparky “unstable” repository, so … Read more
There is a new tool available for Sparkers: Lightdm Settings. What is Lightdm Settings? It is a configuration tool for the LightDM display manager. Installation: sudo apt update sudo apt install lightdm-settings The Lightdm Settings is borrowed from the Linux Mint project: github.com/linuxmint/lightdm-settings The tool has been brought to Sparky by Szymon “lami07”.