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 are new live/install media of SparkyLinux 5.8 “Nibiru” available to download. This is the 1st release of the new stable line, which is based on the Debian 10 “Buster”. Changes: – based on Debian 10 stable “Buster” now, repositories changed from ‘testing’ to ‘stable’ – system upgraded from Debian stable “Buster” repos as of … Read more
Sparky iso images of both lines stable and rolling have been updated and rebuild again. This is a minor but important update which provides fixed chown and chmod of /etc/shadow which makes some problems after installing Sparky on a hard drive; the wrong settings been made via sparkybackup tool during a new iso building process … Read more
Sparky iso images of both lines stable and rolling have been rebuild and updated. This is a minor but important update which provides new settings of Sparky repositories. No system reinstallation is required of existing Sparky installations, simply make full system upgrade: sudo apt update sudo apt install sparky-apt sudo apt update sudo apt full-upgrade … Read more
New live/install iso images of SparkyLinux 4.8 “Tyche” are out. Sparky 4 is based on Debian stable line “Stretch” and built around the Openbox window manager. Sparky 4.8 offers a fully featured operating system with a lightweight LXDE desktop environment; and minimal images of MinimalGUI (Openbox) and MinimalCLI (text mode) which lets you install the … Read more