Sparky 4.3 MinimalISO short introduction of the upcoming update of next iso images. Used open-source tools to make the presentation: – Gscreenshot – lightweight screenshot tool – GIMP – raster graphics editor – Audacity – audio editor – OpenShot – video editor Used audio track “Peace Within” by Peter Rudenko opsound.org/artist/peterrudenko/ which was released under … Read more
Gscreenshot is a small and nice, Python based tool which lets you make a desktop screenshot. The tool has been originally created by Matej Horvath and discontinued in 2006. I debianized the tool last year, providing version 1.3.1 to a few Sparky spins. Nate Levesque brought the Gscreenshot back to life, upgrading it and releasing … Read more
There are a few 3th party updates in our repository ready to go: – Grub Customizer 5.0.5 – Steam & Steam Launcher 1.0.0.52 – Tint2 0.12.9 – TOR Messenger 0.1.0b6 (beta) – Xfdashboard 0.5.92 – XnViewMP 0.79 Upgrade your system as usually: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade or via ‘Update Tool’ or ‘Synaptic’ … Read more
There is the Linux kernel 4.5.0 available in Sparky “unstable” repository. It is a home roasted, the latest stable Linux kernel which provides the latest set of drivers for many devices. The kernel is placed in Sparky “unstable” repository, which is inactive as default to make sure you will enable it only if you … Read more
This is the 3th and probably the last development version of SparkyLinux 4.3-dev3 MinimalISO. Changes between Sparky 4.3-dev2 and dev3: 1. Improved the Sparky Advanced Installer: – added 4 more desktops: bspwm, i3, Pantheon and Window Maker – added more options to be saved in the log file; if any problem with the advanced installer, … Read more