There are new, testing iso images of SparkyLinux 4.2 Budgie Desktop. Sparky 4 is based on and fully compatible with Debian testing “Stretch”. The iso images provide the Budgie Desktop 10.2.1 installed on the top of SparkyLinux 4.2. The base system has been upgraded from Debian testing repository as of January 04, 2016, and runs … Read more
There are new SparkyLinux 4.2 RC KDE & LXQt iso images ready for testing. Due to changes in KDE, I have rebuilt the KDE and LXQt Sparky Editions. Changelog: – Removed all Plasma and KWin packages from LXQt edition. It uses Openbox window manager only and Qt/GTK based packages only. – Removed as many … Read more
The last system upgrade makes some changes in the system so be careful. It wants to remove some packages: Packages to be removed: audacity avidemux avidemux-plugins avidemux-qt browser-plugin-vlc dvd95 gnome-control-center gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly kadu libasound2-plugins:i386 libcheese-gtk23 libcheese7 libopencv-calib3d2.4 libopencv-contrib2.4 libopencv-features2d2.4 libopencv-highgui2.4 libopencv-legacy2.4 libopencv-objdetect2.4 mencoder minitube ogmrip phonon phonon-backend-vlc skype:i386 twolame vlc vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify New … Read more
I am happy to announce SparkyLinux 4.0 RC. The new iso images provide the release candidate, before the final version of 4.0 will be out. SparkyLinux 4.0 RC is available in two versions: – LXDE – our flagship edition with lightweight LXDE desktop, full set of selected applications and functions – Openbox – “Base” edition … Read more
A new testing version of SparkyLinux 3.6-dev3 LXQt is out. New iso image provides some bugs fixing and new features which make deep changes in the system. Most of them will be implemented to the next Sparky live/install images. Please, test the live system, the installation process and the system installed on a hard drive … Read more