Last week me and MoroS have been working on Sparky rebranding. The job is done now so you can get all the changes on yours present Sparky installations. What does the Sparky rebranding mean? Sparky iso image installs the system based on Debian testing with Sparky tools, touch and some additional elements. But the system … Read more
A new version of SparkyLinux 3.6-dev1 with Budgie desktop is available for testing. Budgie is the flagship desktop of the Evolve OS Linux Distribution, and is an Evolve OS project. Designed with the modern user in mind, it focuses on simplicity and elegance. A huge advantage for the Budgie desktop is that it is not … Read more
The Enlightenment team has announced the release of version 0.19.3 of Enlightenment DR19. E19 0.19.3 packages have been built from the project git repos (0.19.99.19338) and debs are already in Sparky repository now. Sparky users can easily upgrade the Sparky e19 installations via the package manager. To do so, run (as root): apt-get update apt-get … Read more
Sparky Backup System tool has been updated up to version 20150119. It lets you rebuild your present installation of Sparky and make a backup/remix which can be installed on a different partition/disk/machine. Changelog: – added support for EFI – lets you build new remix which can be working on machines with BIOS or EFI motherboard … Read more
SparkyLinux 3.6-dev2 is the second testing release of out spin with LXQt. Main keys: – KWin window manager instead of Openbox – basic visual effect enabled as default – access to KWin Settings via a menu entry (sparky-kwin package) – VLC preinstalled (as KWin dependency) + VLC plugin for Iceweasel – Flash plugin added … Read more