When two open-source projects LXDE and Razor-Qt have merged into the one LXQt i knew that the day to make new spin is coming. On the other side, a few guys of our community members were asking me about LXQt spin and pushing me to make it. I’d like to let you know I don’t … Read more
New testing iso image of SparkyLinux 3.3.2-test3 Base Edition is out. This is the third and probably the last testing iso image before the final version of Sparky 3.4 will be published in June. As usual, all packages have been upgraded from Debian “testing’ repository (14/May/2014). New iso image of 3.3.2-test3 includes changes: – … Read more
The second testing iso image of SparkyLinux 3.3.2-test2 Base Edition is out. The last week brought some solutions for bugs which have been found in the previous release of 3.3.2-test1. We have found a solution after a set of tests we made in a virtual environment. The present version of the installer got bugs … Read more
The first testing iso image of SparkyLinux 3.3.2-test1 Base Edition is ready to go. The release features the system installer with EFI support for 64 bit machines. As I said before, I can’t test it on a physical machine with EFI, because I don’t have any. I have tested it on VirtualBox with EFI … Read more
The problem with MATE packages I posted yesterday can be solved by preferences file. Create the file as root, by any text editor, nano for example: nano /etc/apt/preferences and past the code: Package: * Pin: origin repo.mate-desktop.org Pin-Priority: 700 Then run: apt-get update && apt-get dist upgrade From now, the package manager will be … Read more