There is a new desktop available for Sparkers: Manokwari. Manokwari is a desktop shell for GNOME 3 with Gtk+ and HTML5 frontend. Manokwari is used by BlankOn Linux distribution. Recommended way to install Manokwari Desktop on Sparky host: sudo apt update sudo apt install sparky-desktop-manokwari or via APTus 0.3.x with ‘sparky-desktop’ >= 20170918 Successfully installed … Read more
The latest update has broken deepin desktop, so I updated all deepin related packages after. No luck anyway. The desktop is no longer compatible with Stretch, can be installed on Debian testing or Sid. All changes, tests and fight takes too much time so I decided to remove an installation option of deepin desktop from … Read more
A new application is available for Sparkers: Qt5ct. This utility allows users to configure Qt5 settings (theme, font, icons, etc.) under DE/WM without Qt integration. Qt5ct could use qt5 gtk theme, KDE breeze theme, the fusion theme, QtCurve theme and many more. Each style could be customized further by changing the color schema. Installation via … Read more
Sparky source code git repository has been moved to GitHub platform. Committing and changing should be easier now, so if you would like to change/help something in coding, simply join our small team: https://github.com/sparkylinux Translators could upload their locale changes directly to the new repos. The old git repository on SourceForge is still active, but … Read more
The first stable version of Linux kernel of the 4.13.x line – 4.13.0 just landed in Sparky “unstable” repository. The Sparky’s Linux kernel is available in Sparky “unstable” repository, so enabled it to upgrade (if you have older version already installed) or to make fresh installation: https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/repository Follow the Wiki page: https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/linux_kernel to install the … Read more