There is a new application available for Sparkers: Floorp Browser What is Floorp Browser? Goals: – Strong Tracking Protection – Flexible Layout – Customizable Design – Regular Updates – No User Tracking – Powered by Open Source Installation (Sparky 7 & 8 amd64): License: MPL and others, open-source Web: github.com/floorp-Projects/floorp/
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Sparky news 2024/09
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 our services to a few separate machines.
Simplenote
There is a new application available for Sparkers: Simplenote What is Simplenote? Installation (Sparky 7 & 8 amd64): License: GNU GPL Web: github.com/automattic/
Sparky 7.5
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 – Linux kernel PC: 6.1.106 LTS (6.11.0, 6.6.51-LTS, 5.15.167-LTS in sparky repos) – Linux kernel ARM: 6.6.
Sparky news 2024/08
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. Don’t forget to send a small tip in september too…
Sparky 2024.08 Special Editions
There are new iso images of Sparky 2024.08 Special Editions out there: GameOver, Multimedia and Rescue. It is based on Debian testing “Trixie” … Read more
Sparky 2024.08
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 … Read more
Sparky news 2024/07
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 … Read more
Sparky 2024.07~dev0 with CLI Installer’s home encryption and Midori
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 Plymouth will be disabled, even it is installed…