SparkyLinux 6.7 releases, based on Debian
SparkyLinux is a lightweight, fast, easy-to-use Linux distribution designed to work with both old and new computers, and features custom Enlightenment and LXDE desktops. It is based on Debian GNU/Linux. Sparky is targeted to all the computer’s users who want replace existing, proprietary driven OS to an open-sourced.
Sparky is also targeted to two different groups of users:
– Home Editions – with all the tools, codecs, plugins and drivers preinstalled – to the users who want to have everything ready and works from the first system’s run
– Base Editions – with minimal set of tools – to advanced users who like to set up everything as they want
Main features of Sparky
– Debian testing based
– rolling release
– lightweight, fast & simple
– set of desktops to choose: LXDE, Enlightenment, JWM, KDE, LXQt, Openbox, MATE, Xfce
– ultra light base edition with Openbox or JWM desktops
– special gaming edition: GameOver
– CLI Edition (no X) for building customized desktop
– most wireless and mobile network cards supported
– set of selected applications, multimedia codecs and plugins
– own repository with a large set of additional applications
– easy hard drive / USB installation
In general, Sparky is not targeted to Linux beginners, rather to users with some amount of Linux knowledge.
SparkyLinux 6.7 has been released.
Changelog
– system upgraded from Debian & Sparky stable repos as of May 8, 2023
– PC: Linux kernel 5.10.178 (6.3.1 & 5.15.110 LTS can be installed from Sparky unstable repos)
– ARM: Linux kernel 6.1.21 LTS
– Firefox 102.10.0.0esr (113.0 Mozilla build can be installed from Sparky repos as the ‘firefox-sparky’ package)
– Thunderbird 102.10.0
– LibreOffice 7.0.4 (7.4.5 can be installed from bullseye-backports repos)
– LXQt 0.16.0
– Xfce 4.16
– Openbox 3.6.1
– KDE Plasma 5.20.5
– ntp replaced by systemd-timesyncd
– small improvements
