The latest version of Sparky CLI Installer provides a few changes, such as added autopartitioning option and so, setting the target system a little faster: – autopartitioning of selected disk – removes all data of the chosen disk – auto creates and formattes 3 partitions: root, swap and efi if required – requires 15 GB of disk minimum – no root password (sudo in use only) – installs grub in mbr with 5 sec (default) delay – autologin enabled as default if any desktop is installed It is available to Sparky testing (8) only. To get and test it, launch Sparky latest ISO image 2024.02 and update t ..read more

The 3rd monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2024: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.8.2, 6.6.23-LTS, 6.1.83-LTS & 5.15.153-LTS – a new subcategory added to APTus: Chatbots – Sparky 7.3 of the stable line released – added to repos: koodo-reader Many thanks to all of you for supporting our open-source projects. Your donations help keeping them and us alive. Don’t forget to send a small tip in April too, please. Country Supporter Amount Antoine B. € 15 Guillermo C. PLN 442.92 Keith K. $ 10 Galen T. $ 1.47 Kaveh $ 11.11 Shar ..read more

There is a new application available for Sparkers: Koodo Reader What is Koodo Reader? A modern ebook manager and reader with sync and backup capacities for Windows, macOS, Linux and Web. It’s free and open-source. Features – Format support: EPUB (.epub), PDF (.pdf), DRM-free Mobipocket (.mobi) and Kindle (.azw3, .azw), Plain text (.txt), FictionBook (.fb2), Comic book archive (.cbr, .cbz, .cbt, .cb7), Rich text (.md, .docx), Hyper Text (.html, .xml, .xhtml, .mhtml, .htm, .htm) – Platform support: Windows, macOS, Linux and Web – Save your data to OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, FTP, SFTP, W ..read more

The 3rd update of Sparky 7 – 7.3 is out. It is a quarterly updated point release of Sparky 7 “Orion Belt” of the stable line. Sparky 7 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 12 “Bookworm”. Changes: – all packages updated from Debian and Sparky stable repos as of March 13, 2024 – Linux kernel PC: 6.1.67 LTS (6.8.0, 6.6.21-LTS & 5.15.151-LTS in sparky repos) – Linux kernel ARM: 6.6.20 LTS – LibreOffice 7.4.7 – KDE Plasma 5.27.5 – LXQt 1.2.0 – MATE 1.26 – Xfce 4.18 – Openbox 3.6.1 – Firefox 115.8.0esr (123.0.1-sparky in sparky repos) – Thunderbird 115.8.0 – VLC 3.0.20 – Exaile 4.1.3 – a ..read more

The 2nd monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2024: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.7.6, 6.6.18-LTS, 6.1.79-LTS & 5.15.149-LTS – waterfox-classic-kpe & waterfox-g-kpe have been replaced by waterfox-kde package – added to repos: mercury-browser, thorium-browser, noi, imaginer – linux-image-sparky-amd64 meta package replaced linux-image-sparky7-amd64 meta package on Sparky 7 only – updated sparky-tray so it calls APTus AppCenter instead of old APTus now – fixed kill yad at sparky-usb-imager, sparky-welcome & sparky-aptus-appcenter – they don’t kill all Yad running apps, only ..read more

There are new applications available for Sparkers: Noi & Imaginer What is Noi? A chatboot GUI application with support for ChatGPT, Claude, Bard, Poe, Perplexity, Copilot, HuggingChat, Pi, Coze and YOU. Features: – Support for loading any URL and system tray – Theme Mode (Light/Dark) – Multiple Languages – Prompt Management – AI Batch Questioning Installation (Sparky 7 & 8 amd64): sudo apt update sudo apt install noi License: ? (open-source) Web: github.com/lencx/Noi What is Imaginer? Imagine with AI. Generate pictures with Artificial Intelligence and save them. Installation (Spar ..read more

There are new iso images of Sparky 2024.02 Special Editions out there: GameOver, Multimedia and Rescue. It is based on Debian testing “Trixie”. The February update of Sparky Special Edition iso images features Linux kernel 6.6, updated packages from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of February 17, 2024, and most changes introduced at the 2024.01 and 2024.02 releases. There is no need to reinstall Sparky rolling, simply keep Sparky up to date. New iso images of Sparky semi-rolling can be downloaded from the download/rolling page Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr ..read more

This is an update of Sparky semi-rolling iso images of the Debian testing line, which provides fixed CLI Installer issue of installing Sparky on btrfs and xfs file systems, package updating as usually, and new features. Main changes: – all packages upgraded from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of February 11, 2024 – Linux kernel 6.6.13 (6.7.4, 6.6.16-LTS, 6.1.77-LTS, 5.15.148-LTS in Sparky repos) – Grub 2.12 – Pipewire 1.0.3 Sparky CLI installer changes: – added xfs and btrfs file systems back to the installer; the last issue did not let you install Sparky on the file systems properly, cous ..read more

There are new applications available for Sparkers: Mercury & Thorium What is Thorium? Chromium fork for linux named after radioactive element No. 90. Goals: – Always built with the latest stable version of Chromium. – Intended to behave like and have the featureset of Google Chrome, with differences/patches/enhancements listed below. – Includes Widevine, All Codecs, Chrome Plugins, as well as thinLTO, CFlag, LDFlag, LLVM Loop, and PGO compiler optimizations. It is built with SSE4, AVX, and AES, so it won’t launch on CPU’s below 2nd gen Core or AMD FX, but benefits from Advanced Vector EX ..read more

This is the first update of Sparky rolling iso images in 2024 which works on the Linux kernel 6.6 as default, and provides updated packages from Debian ‘trixie’ and Sparky ‘sisters’ testing repos. What’s new: – all packages upgraded from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of January 17, 2024 – Linux kernel 6.6.11 (6.7.0, 6.1.73-LTS & 5.15.147-LTS in Sparky repos) – Calamares 3.3.1 – Pipewire audio server installed, instead of PulseAudio – sparky-usb-imager replaces sparky-usb-formatter & sparky-live-usb-creator – LXQt 1.4.0 – KDE Plasma 5.27.10 – MATE 26.0 – Xfce 4.18 – Openbox 3.6.1-1 ..read more