What's new in SparkyLinux CLI 5.10
Jan 13, 2020
- the base system has been upgraded from Debian stable repos as of January 10, 2020
- Linux kernel 4.19.67-2+deb10u1 LTS (PC)
- Linux kernel 4.19.75-v7+ (ARMHF)
- Chromium web browser changed to Firefox-ESR (ARMHF)
- small bug fixes and small improvements
New in SparkyLinux CLI 2019.11 Rolling (Nov 3, 2019)
- system upgraded from Debian testing “Bullseye” repos as of November 2, 2019
- Calamares installer 3.2.16 + kpmcore 4
- Linux kernel 5.2.17 as default (5.3.8 & 5.4-rc5 in Sparky unstable repos)
- obmenu-generator removed from Openbox edition (due to Perl updated up to 5.30 and libgtk2-perl removed); it has been replaced by sparky-obmenu (+obmenu)
- added Sid repos back (not active) – use it on your own risk
- Yad updated up to 5.0, but it is available from Sparky unstable repos now
New in SparkyLinux CLI 5.9 Rolling (Oct 7, 2019)
- The base system has been upgraded from Debian stable repos as of October 4, 2019.
- It works on the Linux kernel 4.19.67 LTS.
New in SparkyLinux CLI 2019.09 Rolling (Sep 2, 2019)
- system upgraded from Debian testing “Bullseye” repos as of September 1, 2019
- fixed issue in Advanced Installer which did not set home partition on non-root partition with no-formatting option (thank’s lami07)
- Firefox-ESR replaced with Firefox Latest
- GCC 9 is the default compiler now, GCC 8 removed
- Calamares installer 3.2.13
- Linux kernel 5.2.9 (5.2.11 & 5.3-rc6 available in Sparky unstable repos)
New in SparkyLinux CLI 5.8 Rolling (Jul 23, 2019)
- based on Debian 10 stable “Buster” now, repositories changed from ‘testing’ to ‘stable’
- system upgraded from Debian stable “Buster” repos as of July 14, 2019
- Linux kernel 4.19.37-5 (i686 & amd64)
- Linux kernel 4.19.57-v7+ (ARMHF)
- the Calamares installer updated up to version 3.2.11
- apt-daily.service disabled
- sparky-tube installed as dafault
- removed old 3rd party repositories
- added obconf-qt (LXQt edition)
- nm-tray installed instead of network-manager-gnome (LXQt edition)
- network-manager added to CLI ARMHF image
- small fixes
New in SparkyLinux CLI 4.11 (Jul 12, 2019)
- all packages upgraded from Debian & Sparky ‘oldstable’ repos as of 2019/July/09
- fixed root password at armhf images (toor)
- added network-manager (nmtui) to armhf-cli image
New in SparkyLinux CLI 5.8 RC (Jun 5, 2019)
- Debian repo set to buster now, not to testing
- Sparky repo still points to testing, and will be updated automatically soon
- usrmerge set dirs symlinks (can be removed after)
- added inxi tool to all iso images
- all packages updated from Debian Buster repos as of July 3, 2019
- due to a few feedbacks I got, some of you are not happy with switching from LXDE to LXQt edition, so there is the Xfce edition re-built and ready to use
- due to problem with sparky5 theme in the Xfce edition, a new sparky6 theme is set as default (Xfce only)
- many Sparky apps have gotten Russian translations, thank’s to ChourS
- Calamares updated up to 3.2.9
- Firefox replaced by Firefox ESR
New in SparkyLinux CLI 4.10 (May 5, 2019)
- Full system upgrade from Debian stable Stretch repos as of May 2, 2019
- Linux kernel 4.9.168
New in SparkyLinux CLI 5.7.1 Rolling (Apr 8, 2019)
- full disk encrypting via the Calamares installer back
- Linux kernel 4.19.28 as default
- all packages updated from Debian testing repos as of April 02, 2019
- added qCamera and removed Camorama (LXQt iso)
- added qCalculator and removed Galculator (LXQt iso)
- and uGet download manager replaced by Persopolis (LXQt iso)
New in SparkyLinux CLI 5.6.1 Rolling (Jan 4, 2019)
- Sparky of the rolling line 5.6.1 is shipped with Linux kernel 4.20.0 as default and Python 3.7 (3.6 has been already removed).
New in SparkyLinux CLI 5.4 Rolling (Jun 11, 2018)
- full system upgrade from Debian testing repos as of June 10, 2018
- Linux kernel 4.16.12 (4.17.0-sparky is available in Sparky ‘unstable’ repo)
- Calamares 3.1.12 (not upgraded to 3.2 yet)
- added packages: xinit (provides “startx” command)
- removed packages: gksu
- Firefox ESR removed and replaced by the latest Firefox 60.0.2 (LXQt edition)
- Java web plugin removed; most modern web browsers don’t support the plugin any more
- Open Java (OpenJDK) removed from the live system too; the package can be installed back via APTus-> Codecs-> OpenJDK
- Clementine music player changed by Yarock; Clementine uses old Qt 4, Yarock uses Qt 5 (LXQt edition)
- slightly refreshed appearance of the Tint2 panel (MinimalGUI edition)
- the Midori web browser is not upgraded for the last 3 years about so has been removed and replaced by an other small and fast Otter Browser (still in RC stage); your favorite web browser can be installed via APTus-> Network
- the default terminal emulator has been changed from XTerm to LXterminal (MinimalGUI edition)
- added a new, small tool to the Tint2 panel: Sparky Dashboard which displays all installed applications inside of Yad based fullscreen window (MinimalGUI edition); and can run them of course.
New in SparkyLinux CLI 3.4 (Jun 27, 2014)
- Linux kernel 3.14
- all packages upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2014/06/23
- support for installation on machines with EFI
- systemd is the default init system now, see how to change sysvinit to systemd:
- http://sparkylinux.org/sparky-systemd/
- added new package: hardinfo
New in SparkyLinux CLI 3.2 (Dec 18, 2013)
- Linux kernel 3.11-2 (3.11.10-1)
- All packages have been upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2013/12/15
- Added support for installation 32 bit applications on 64 bit systems
- Added 32 bit wine package for 64 bit system
- Added package curl – it’s a missing depends for PlayOnLinux
- sparky-aptus has been updated up to version 0.1.6 – added new option ‘Fix Broken DPKG’ – it lets you fix not (or wrong) installed/upgraded packages with ‘dpkg’ tool.
New in SparkyLinux CLI 3.1 (Dec 3, 2013)
- Linux kernel 3.10-3 (3.10.11-1)
- All packages have been updated from Debian testing repositories as of 2013/09/27
- Added Teamviewer client for remote controling other machines
- Added Sparky APTus – a small, simply and lightweight frontend for “apt-get” for upgrading and cleaning up the system, installing and removing packages
- Added Minitube – a lightweight video player of YouTube contents
- Added Gnote – a lightweight notes
- Added Osmo – a lightweight personal organizer
- Added Radiotray – a very small application for listening to the internet radio channels
- SparkyBackup-System bug fixed – updated up to 0.1.4
- Brasero has been removed and Xfburn has been installed
- lxpolkit bug fixed after the LXDE and Lxpolkit updating
- e17 desktop has been dropped out from the main release