The last upgrade of GNOME Flashback Metacity session went fine, but the desktop doesn’t want to start itself. Tested with Lightdm only, as it is the Sparky’s default session manager. You can fix it in few ways: Easy way: Make full system upgrade, then run APTus-> Desktop-> GNOME Flashback to reinstall all the desktop … Read more
Linux kernel 4.8.6 landed in Sparky “unstable” repository. Due to compilation problem in the previous version, this time it is made with additional “CFLAGS -fno-pie” so the kernel works fine on amd64 and 686 compatible machines. The Linux kernel is available in Sparky “unstable” repository, so enabled it to upgrade or make fresh installation: https://wiki.sparkylinux.org/doku.php/repository … Read more
Du to issue with ‘policykit-1-gnome’ authentication agent I moved a newer version of the package from Sid to Sparky repos. Desktop environments which use the agent need to upgrade the package to the newest version and reboot to take effects. Window managers/Desktop environments available and pre-configured for Sparkers via APTus and MinimalGUI/CLI iso images … Read more
The Deepin desktop is not available for Sparky any more! There is a new desktop available for Sparkers now: Deepin Desktop Environment. DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) is a lightweight, elegant desktop environment originally created for the Linux Deepin distribution. Installation Installation on existing Sparky installation, alongside to other desktops can be performed via APT/Synaptic/APTus. 1. … Read more
The latest version of Budgie Desktop 10.2.8 just landed in our repository. If you have an older version already installed, simply perform your system upgrade: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade If you would like to make fresh installations, do: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install budgie-desktop Then reboot/relogin to the new desktop to … Read more