There is new application available for Sparkers: Tomb. Tomb is an 100% free and open source system for file encryption on GNU/Linux, facilitating the backup of secret files. Tomb is written in code that is easy to review and links commonly shared components. Tomb generates encrypted storage folders to be opened and closed using their … Read more
There are new live/install iso images of SparkyLinux 4.6-STB “Tyche” available to download. This is the first Sparky edition based on Debian stable line 9 codename “Stretch”. Sparky “Home” edition provides fully featured operating system with two lightweight desktops: LXDE and Xfce. Sparky MinimalGUI and MinimalCLI lets you install the base system with a minimal … Read more
There is a new, small tool available for Sparkers: Update Checker & Notifier The tool checks (in shadow) packages to be upgraded and displays notification on desktop. Installation: sudo apt update sudo apt install sparky-aptus-upgrade-checker Then reboot to let it start working. It doesn’t run if: • running live system • no active internet connection … Read more
New application landed in Sparky repository: Gradio. A GTK3 app for finding and listening to internet radio stations. Installation: sudo apt update sudo apt install gradio
Not much published in May, but changes happen under the hood: – the biggest changes are around Sparky packages – I built many source packages of Sparky tools, and they landed to our repos already. Still some packs missing, but keep building when I can – APTus upgraded up to 0.3.11, which features new … Read more