There is a new application available for Sparkers: Sparky Package Tool What is Sparky Package Tool? Make sure IT IS NOT a package manager, IT IS a text-mode frond-end ONLY. Installation: Usage or short: It lets you choose the package manager of your choice: APT, Aptitude or Nala. Then do what you need. Manual commands: – APT – sparky-package-tool-apt or short…
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Meru
There is a new application available for Sparkers: Meru What is Meru? Goals: – All your inboxes in one place – Never miss an important email – Enhanced protection against phishing – Privacy without compromise – Take back control of your inbox – Runs wherever you do There are 2 versions of your choice: – Free – For personal use and single account – Pro – For professional use and…
Sparky news 2025/04
The 4th monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2025: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.14.4, 6.12.25-LTS, 6.6.88-LTS – Sparky 7.7 of the stable line released – added to repos: ElecWhat 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 May too, please. * Keep in mind that some…
ElecWhat
There is a new application available for Sparkers: ElecWhat What is ElecWhat? Features: – Desktop notifications – Tray icon with unread count (aka AppIndicator) – Custom keyboard shortcuts (default) – Spellcheck – CLI & D-Bus interface to show/hide/toggle window – Very stable, I have been running it for 6+ month without crash/freeze – Can be trusted: Code easy to review…
Sparky 7.7
The 7th update of Sparky 7 – 7.7 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 April 8, 2025 – Linux kernel PC: 6.1.129-LTS (6.14.1, 6.12.22-LTS, 6.6.86-LTS in sparky repos) – Linux kernel ARM: 6.12.20…
Sparky news 2025/03
The 3rd monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2025: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.14.0, 6.12.21-LTS, 6.6.85-LTS – Sparky 2025.03 of the rolling line released – added to repos: materialgram – The Sparky VPS infrastructure moved back to Debian – fixed an issue of sparky cli installer (the rolling/testing line) which breaks installation with home part encryption – quarterly update…
Materialgram
There is a new application available for Sparkers: Materialgram What is Materialgram? It is available to Linux and Windows platforms. Installation (Sparky 7 & 8 amd64): License: GNU GPL 3 Web: github.com/kukuruzka165/
Sparky 2025.03
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 built with Qt6 – Xfce 4.20…
Sparky news 2025.02
The 2nd monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2025: – Linux kernel updated up to 6.13.5, 6.12.17-LTS, 6.6.80-LTS & 6.1.129-LTS – Linux kernel 5.15 LTS is not updated any more – added Linux kernel 6.12 LTS to repos – added to repos: FAgram – Sparky mirrors: USA US2, Singapore SI1 and India IN1 canceled – APT 2.9.26 provided a new format of sources list on Trixie Many thanks to all…
FAgram Desktop
There is a new application available for Sparkers: FAgram Desktop What is FAgram Desktop? It is available to Linux, OS X and Windows platforms. Installation (Sparky 7 & 8 amd64): License: GNU GPL 3 Web: github.com/FajoX1/