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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: as follows: Debian Trixie multimedia list: as follows: Sparky Sisters list: as follows: The transition is made automatically during the APT package upgrade.

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The 1st monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2025: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.13.0, 6.6.74-LTS, 6.1.127-LTS & 5.15.177-LTS – Sparky 7.6 of the stable line released – Added to repos: AyuGram Desktop 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 February too, please.

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There is a new application available for Sparkers: AyuGram What is AyuGram Desktop? Features: – Full ghost mode (flexible) – Messages history – Anti-recall – Font customization – Streamer mode – Local Telegram Premium – Media preview & quick reaction on force click (macOS) – Enhanced appearance Installation (Sparky 7 & 8 amd64): License: GNU GPL 3 Web: github.com/AyuGram/

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The 6th update of Sparky 7 – 7.6 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”. Due to issue of GPG key in Sparky testing 2024.11 iso images, there was an additional 2024.12 release made in December, so the stable iso images has been moved to January 2025. Changes: – all packages…

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The 6th update of Sparky 7 – 7.6 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”. Due to issue of GPG key in Sparky testing 2024.11 iso images, there was an additional 2024.12 release made in December, so the stable iso images has been moved to January 2025. Changes: – all packages…

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The 12th monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2024: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.12.7, 6.6.68-LTS, 6.1.122-LTS & 5.15.175-LTS – updated ‘sparky-apt’ and ‘sparky-keyring’ packages on testing to fix APT related issue, you can fix it manually: https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-gpg-key-issue-on-testing/ – Sparky 2024.12 released which provides the Sparky APT GPG key issue fix…

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There is a new application available for Sparkers: Zen Browser What is Zen Browser? Installation (Sparky 7 & 8 amd64/arm64): Make sure is is in beta stage yet. License: MPL Web: github.com/zen-browser/

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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 oldstable 6 is fine.

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After today’s upgrade of ‘apt’ package up to version 2.9.16 on Sparky testing “Seven Sisters” based on Debian testing “Trixie” ONLY (not stable, not oldstable), you can find such APT issue: To fix it, do: Copy Sparky GPG key: Change the GPG key in the source list: from: to: Then refresh package list and upgrade packages: or: or…

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The 11th monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2024: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.12.1, 6.6.63-LTS, 6.1.119-LTS & 5.15.173-LTS – Sparky 2024.11 & 2024.11 Special Editions released Preparation of next stable release 7.6 is on the way, stay tuned. We started collecting money for our server for the next year. Many thanks to all of you for supporting our open-source projects.

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