SparkyLinux

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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There are new iso images of Sparky 2024.11 Special Editions out there: GameOver, Multimedia and Rescue. It is based on Debian testing “Trixie”. The November update of Sparky Special Edition iso images features Linux kernel 6.11, updated packages from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of November 17, 2024, and most changes introduced at the 2024.11 release. The Linux kernel is 6.11.7, and 6.12.

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The annual payment day for our servers is coming, so we are starting our annual fundraiser. By 15.01.2025, we must collect and pay for the servers the amount of 510 euros (approx. 2200 PLN) plus at least 4300 PLN for our monthly expenses, such as: internet, electricity, gas, water, fuel, as well as rent, medicines and life, which is becoming more and more expensive and difficult from month to…

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This is the November update of Sparky semi-rolling iso images of the Debian testing line, which provides package updating as usually. Main changes: – all packages upgraded from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of November 7, 2024 – Linux kernel 6.11.5 (6.11.7, 6.6.60-LTS, 6.1.116-LTS, 5.15.171-LTS in Sparky repos) – Midori web browser 11.4.2 (Firefox 132.0.1 in Sparky repos) – Thunderbird…

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