SparkyLinux

There is a new application available for Sparkers: Floorp Browser What is Floorp Browser? A Browser built for keeping the Open, Private and Sustainable Web alive. Based on Mozilla Firefox. Floorp Browser is a free and open-source project. Goals: – Strong Tracking Protection – Flexible Layout – Customizable Design – Regular Updates – No User … Read more

The 9th monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2024: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.11.1, 6.6.53-LTS, 6.1.112-LTS & 5.15.167-LTS – Sparky 7.5 of the stable line released – added to repos: simplenote – finished translating Sparky apps to Finnish language For security, performance and server stability reasons, we have decided to move … Read more

There is a new application available for Sparkers: Simplenote What is Simplenote? Simplenote is a great way to store notes, lists, and more. Your notes sync across all your devices for free. Simplenote is available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, or via your web browser. Installation (Sparky 7 & 8 amd64): sudo apt update … Read more

The 5th update of Sparky 7 – 7.5 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 September 17, 2024 – … Read more

The 8th monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2024: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.10.7, 6.6.48-LTS, 6.1.107-LTS & 5.15.165-LTS – Sparky semi-rolling 2024.08 & 2024.08 Special Editions released – added to repos: PeaZip Many thanks to all of you for supporting our open-source projects. Your donations help keeping them and us alive. … Read more

There are new iso images of Sparky 2024.08 Special Editions out there: GameOver, Multimedia and Rescue. It is based on Debian testing “Trixie”. The August update of Sparky Special Edition iso images features Linux kernel 6.10, updated packages from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of August 18, 2024, and most changes introduced at the … Read more

This is an update of Sparky semi-rolling iso images of the Debian testing line, which provides home partition encrypting to the CLI Installer, Midori as a default web browser, and package updating as usually. Main changes: – all packages upgraded from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of August 12, 2024 – Linux kernel 6.10.3 … Read more

There is a new application available for Sparkers: PeaZip What is PeaZip? PeaZip is a free file archiver utility, similar to WinRar, WinZip, and 7-Zip (or File Roller, and Ark on Linux), based on Open Source technologies of 7-Zip / p7zip archiver, Facebook Zstandard compressor, FreeArc, Google Brotli compressor, PAQ family of compressors, PEA (archiving … Read more

The 7th monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2024: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.10.2, 6.6.43-LTS, 6.1.102-LTS & 5.15.164-LTS – Sparky 5 “nibiru” repos removed – Sparky 2024.07~dev0 released -> /sparky-2024-07dev0-with-cli-installers-home-encryption-and-midori/ – started translating Sparky apps info Finnish; thanks to Jouko – added home partition encrypting option to the Sparky CLI Installer … Read more

This is an update of Sparky semi-rolling iso images (MinimalGUI and MinimalCLI only) of the Debian testing line, which provides 2 notable changes: 1. Sparky CLI Installer with home partition encrypting The Sparky CLI Installer got a new option which lets you encrypt and secure your separate home partition. If you choose this option, the … Read more