The Pantheon Desktop Environment packages are installed in Sparky from a 3rd party repositories. The latest upgrade has broken the desktop on Sparky 5.x based on Debian testing “Buster”. The desktop packages are targeted to Debian Stretch and still work fine on Sparky 4.x. So, I removed Pantheon desktop installation from MinimalGUI/CLI iso images, and … Read more
There is a small update of Sparky’s wm-logout tool 0.3.0. The wm-logout tool provides Yad based widow which lets you log out, hibernate, restart or shut down the system. It is targeted to tiny window managers, such as: Openbox, Fluxbox, i3, Jwm, IceWM, bspwm, awesome, etc., and is pre-installed in Sparky’s Openbox edition (MinmalGUI iso). … Read more
The August almost finished so it’s time to make a thick line and say what happened: – sparky-usb-formatter small issue fixed thank’s to gom1 – sparky-backup-desktop – a part of sparkylinux advanced installer: • fixed yad window size • fixed issue around a display manager installation reported by tomix86 – sparky-backup-core – fixed memtest86+ … Read more
A new application is available for Sparkers/gamers: GZDoom. GZDoom is a ZDoom-based port which is maintained by Christoph Oelckers (Graf Zahl). It was first released on the 30th August 2005 and runs in Linux and Windows. ZDoom is a family of enhanced port of the Doom engine to modern operating systems. It runs on Windows, … Read more
A new application is available for Sparkers: Leo Editor. Leo is a PIM, IDE and outliner that accelerates the work flow of programmers, authors and web designers. Outline nodes may appear in more than one place, allowing multiple organizations of data within a single outline. Installation: sudo apt update sudo apt install leo