Exactly 10 years ago, in October 2011, we started a work with a new Linux distribution, and on November 4, 2011 the first beta of our system released. A bit of history: Initially, our project began to live under the name ue17r as Ubuntu Enlightenment17 Remix and was a modification of Xubuntu Linux, from which … Read more
A new desktop has been implemented to APTus AppCenter: Sway What is Sway Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3’s features, plus a few extras. Installation (Sparky 7 only) sudo apt update sudo … Read more
The 5th monthly Sparky project and donate report of 2021: – Linux kernel updated up to version 5.12.8 & 5.11.22 (EOL) & 5.13-rc3 – Sparky 5.15 “Nibiru” of the stable line released – Yad updated up to 10.1 & APTus AppCenter up to 20210524 – added new mirror in USA; thanks to fosshost.org – added … Read more
There is a next point release of Sparky 5.15 “Nibiru” of the stable line ready to go. This release is based on Debian stable 10 “Buster”. Changes between Sparky 5.14 and 5.15: * system upgraded from Debian & Sparky stable repos as of May 2, 2021 * Linux kernel 4.19.181 (PC) * Linux kernel 5.10.17-v7+ … Read more
There are two new tools available for Sparkers: uGet & KGet Integrators What is uGet? uGet is a lightweight yet powerful Open Source download manager for GNU/Linux developed with GTK+, which also comes packaged as a portable Windows app. What is KGet? KGet is a versatile and user-friendly download manager. What is uGet Integrator? Integrate … Read more