A quarterly update point release of Sparky 5.12 “Nibiru” of the stable line is out. This release is based on Debian stable 10 “Buster”. Changes between 5.11 and 5.12: • system upgraded from Debian stable repos as of July 5, 2020 • Linux kernel 4.19.118 • Firefox 68.10.0esr • Thunderbird 68.9.0 • VLC 3.0.11 • … Read more
The 4th monthly report of 2020 of the Sparky project: • Linux kernel updated up to version 5.6.8 & 5.7-rc3 • added to our repos: Picom, Sparky-Picom, Delta Chat Desktop, jgmenu, Waterfox current • changed ‘obmenu’ to ‘jgmenu’ at Sparky Openbox edition of the rolling line • Sparky stable 5.11 released • Sparky 2020.04~dev0 with … Read more
There are new tools available for Sparkers: Picom & Sparky Picom Manager. What is Picom? Picom is a standalone compositor for Xorg, suitable for use with window managers that do not provide compositing. Picom is a fork of compton, which is a fork of xcompmgr-dana, which in turn is a fork of xcompmgr. Installation: sudo … Read more
A quarterly update point release of live/install media of Sparky 5.11 “Nibiru” of the stable line is out. This is a release based on Debian 10 “Buster”. Changes: – the base system upgraded from Debian stable repos as of March 1, 2020 – Linux kernel 4.19.98 LTS (PC) – Linux kernel 4.19.97 LTS (ARMHF) – … Read more
There is a tool available for Sparkers, which lets you make full system upgrade in a text mode via just one command: Sparky Upgrade. The tool was introduced in Sparky APTus Upgrade 0.3.15. The Sparky APTus Upgrade offers a GUI to make your system upgrade, but if you prefer a text based tool, the Sparky … Read more