There is a minor update of live/install ISO images of Sparky of the stable line 8.0.1. The new ISO images feature fixed issue of the Calamares installer which did not set a new system well on an encrypted disk. There is no need to reinstall Sparky if you have it already installed, simply keep Sparky … Read more
A new version of SparkyLinux 8.0, codenamed “Seven Sisters,” has been released. SparkyLinux 8.0 “The Seven Sisters” is based on an fully compatible with Debian 13.0 “Trixie”. Sparky 8 codename “The Seven Sisters” (or Pleiades – in the Messier catalog, M45 or Messier 45; other names: Babies, Chickens, Church of the Masonic) – is the … Read more
This is the first update of Sparky semi-rolling iso images in the 2025. Main changes: – all packages upgraded from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of March 10, 2025 – Linux kernel 6.12.17-LTS (6.13.6, 6.12.18-LTS, 6.6.82-LTS & 6.1.130-LTS in Sparky repos) – repository lists converted to the new format -> /apt-2-9-26-changes-on-trixie/ – Calamares 3.3.14 … Read more
Today update of APT up to 2.9.26 provided a new format of sources list on Trixie. The default Debian Trixie repository list is located at: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources as follows: Types: deb deb-src URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/ Suites: trixie Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg Types: deb deb-src URIs: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ Suites: trixie-security/updates Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Signed-By: … Read more
This is an unplanned December update of Sparky semi-rolling iso images of the Debian testing line, which mainly provides a fix of the Sparky repo GPG key issue. The issue doesn’t let you use the Sparky repos until you fix it manually: https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-gpg-key-issue-on-testing/ The issue happened in Sparky semi-rolling/testing (8) ONLY. Sparky stable 7 and … Read more