SparkyLinux

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 – … Read more

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 … Read more

There is a new application available for Sparkers: Materialgram What is Materialgram? Telegram Desktop fork with Material Design and other improvements, which is based on the Telegram API and the MTProto secure protocol. The source code is published under GPLv3 with OpenSSL exception. It is available to Linux and Windows platforms. Installation (Sparky 7 & … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

There is a new application available for Sparkers: FAgram Desktop What is FAgram Desktop? FAgram Desktop is a custom Telegram client. FAgram is an unofficial Telegram Desktop client app. It is available to Linux, OS X and Windows platforms. Installation (Sparky 7 & 8 amd64): sudo apt update sudo apt install fagram License: GNU GPL … Read more

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: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources as follows: Types: deb deb-src URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/ Suites: trixie Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg Types: deb deb-src URIs: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ Suites: trixie-security/updates Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Signed-By: … Read more

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. … Read more

There is a new application available for Sparkers: AyuGram What is AyuGram Desktop? Desktop Telegram client with good customization and Ghost mode. 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 … Read more

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 … Read more