Sparky 2021.03 of the (semi-)rolling line is out. It is the first snapshot in 2021 of Sparky which is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: – packages upgraded from Debian testing repos as of March 5, 2021 – Linux kernel 5.10.13 (5.11.3 & 5.12-rc2 in Sparky unstable repos) – Firefox 86.0 – Thunderbird 78.8.0 … Read more
Sparky APTus has been upgraded up to 0.4.36 (Sparky 5) & 0.4.38 (Sparky 6). There are small, but notable changes of APTus, which provide: – added Debian RealTime Linux kernel installation (Sparky 5 & 6) – added Debian Backports Linux kernel installation (Sparky 5) – Added Debian Backports RealTime Linux kernel installation (Sparky 5) – … Read more
There is a new application available for Sparkers: Gomuks What is Gomuks? A terminal Matrix client written in Go using mautrix and mauview. Installation (Sparky 6 amd64 & i386): sudo apt update sudo apt install gomuks General usage: – /help – View command list. – /quit – Close gomuks. – /clearcache – Clear room state … Read more
There is a new application available for Sparkers: Zettlr What is Zettlr? A Markdown Editor for the 21st century. With Zettlr, writing professional texts is easy and motivating: Whether you are a college student, a researcher, a journalist, or an author — Zettlr has the right tools for you. Features: – Available in over a … Read more
The December snapshot of Sparky 2020.12 of the (semi-)rolling line is out. It is based on the Debian testing “Bullseye”. Changes: • packages updated from Debian testing repos as of December 3, 2020 • Linux kernel 5.9.11 (5.9.12 & 5.10-rc6 in Sparky unstable repos) • Calamares 3.2.34 + kpmcore 4.2.0 • APTus replaced by APTus … Read more