What's new in SparkyLinux GameOver 2019.11 Rolling
Nov 11, 2019
- system upgraded from Debian testing “Bullseye” repos as of November 10, 2019
- Calamares installer 3.2.16 + kpmcore 4
- Linux kernel 5.2.17 as default (5.3.10 & 5.4-rc7 in Sparky unstable repos)
- obmenu-generator removed from Rescue edition (due to Perl updated up to 5.30 and libgtk2-perl removed); it has been replaced by sparky-obmenu-rescue
- 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 GameOver 5.7 Rolling (Mar 19, 2019)
- system updated from Debian testing repos as of March 4, 2019
- Linux kernel 4.19.16 (5.0 & 4.20.14 available at Sparky “unstable” repos)
- the Calamares installer updated up to version 3.2.4
- user’s folders such as: Documents, Music, Download, etc. are automatically created now in your home dir in Openbox and other, small window managers
- Yad reinstalled to the default Debian’s version + removed old libs (html mode doesn’t work now)
- Linux kernel has been reverted to Debian’s version from testing repos (amd64 / 686 non-pae) as default
- the system identifies itself with a release number 5.7 now instead of a line number 5
- APTus enlarged off two new sections of applications: AudioTool & VideoTool
- a few small fixes
New in SparkyLinux GameOver 5.6.1 Rolling (Jan 4, 2019)
- system updated from Debian testing repos as of January 2, 2019
- Linux kernel 4.20.0
- the Calamares installer 3.2.1
- added Sparky new repos configuration
- /etc/shadow has right owner and chmod in live session and after installing Sparky on a hard drive now
- added packages: xfce4-notifyd, xfce4-power-manager, sparky-fileopen
- thunar daemon is enabled as default
- many other small fixes
New in SparkyLinux GameOver 5.5 Rolling (Sep 27, 2018)
- system updated from Debian testing repos as of September 24, 2018
- Linux kernel 4.18.6 (4.18.9 & 4.19-rc5 sparky are available at Sparky “unstable” repos)
- the Calamares installer updated up to version 3.2.1
- Thunar daemon is deactiveted in live session, due to problem of automounting new partitions created by Calamares
- removed packages: libpam-gnome-keyring, vim, systemd-ui
- added new packages: seahorse, rxvt-unicode
- the Calamares and Advanced Installer remove Cryptsetup packages now (Calamares removes the packages if the system is not installed on an encrypted disk/partition)
- small fixes
New in SparkyLinux GameOver 4.2 (Dec 29, 2015)
- full system upgrade from Debian testing repository as of December 25, 2015
- Linux kernel 4.3.0
- 32 bit iso images features the Linux kernel i686 (non-pae) now
- libc6 2.21
- gcc 5.3.1 (gcc 4.9 removed from the system)
- APT 1.1.5
- Wine 1.8
- removed all old Sparky wallpapers from the live iso images, and the default wallpapers has been slightly modified, depends of a Sparky edition
- games: 0ad, 3dchess, airstrike, alienblaster, amphetamine, antigravitaattori, armagetronad, asciijump, asylum, atomix, balder2d, barrage, berusky, billard-gl, biniax2, black-box, blobby, bloaboats, blockout2, brainparty, bygfoot, chromium-bsu, einstein, extremetuxracer, five-or-more, flare, four-in-a-row, freecraft, freedroid, frozen-bubble, funnyboat, gnome-chess, gnome-hearts, gnome-klotski, gnome-mahjongg, gnome-mastermind, gnome-mines, gnome-nibbles, gnome-robots, gome-sudoku, gnome-tetravex, gnubik, gnuchess, gnugo, gtkatlantic, gtkpool, gunroar, holdingnuts, iango, lbreakout2, lightsoff, liquidwar, ltris, maelstorm, megaglest, minetest, mokomaze, monopd, monsterz, moon-buggy, moon-lander, netmaze, netpanzer, openarena, pacman, performous, quadrapassel, slimevolley, smc, snake4, snowballz, supertux, swell-foop, tali, teeworlds, tennix, tetzle, tomatoes, transcend, warzone2100, wesnoth, widelands, xblast, xmoto, zaz
- steam & steam-launcher 1.0.0.51
- desura for linux
- wine & playonlinux
- Sparky APTus Gamer, which help you quick install applications such as: AdvenceMENU, Atari800, DeSmuME, Desura Installer, DOSBox, DOSEMU, ePSXe, FCEUX, FS-UAE, GNOME Video Arcade, Hatari, Higan, Hega Fusion, MAME, Mednafen, MESS, Nestopia, PCSX, PlayOnLinux, PPSSPP, Steam, Stella, VisualBoyAdvance, Virtual Jaguar, Wine, Winetricks, Yabause, ZSNES.
- lightweight LXDE desktop
New in SparkyLinux GameOver 3.6 (Jan 4, 2015)
- Linux kernel 3.16.0-4 (3.16.7-ckt2-1)
- all packages upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2014/12/31
- lxde-common 0.99.0-1
- openbox 3.5.2-8
- PCManFM 1.2.3-1
- Iceweasel 34.0-1
- vlc 2.2.0-rc2
- steam & steam-launcher 1.0.0.49
- desura for linux
- wine & playonlinux
- grub 2.02~beta2-19
New in SparkyLinux GameOver 3.2 (Dec 28, 2013)
- Linux kernel 3.11-2 (3.11.10-1)
- All packages upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2013/12/22
- LXDE 0.5.5-6, Openbox 3.5.2-5, PCManFM 1.1.2-1 and a few important applications
- Support for installation 32 bit applications on 64 bit system
- Added new packages: sparky-autostart, sparky-conkeyset, sparky-conky, sparky-fonset, sparky-keyboard, sparky-locales, sparky-passwdchange, sparky-timedateset, sparky-tray, sparky-users, sparky-xdf
- 3th party applications: Steam, Desura & Dropbox clients
- Wine 1.4.1-4 & PlayOnLinux 4.2.1-1
- set of old machines and systems emulators:
- DeSmuME – emulator for Nintendo DS games
- DOSBox – DOS system emulator
- MAME – arcade games emulator + GUI front-end GNOME Video Arcade
- NEStopia – Nintendo Entertainment System emulator
- PCSX-Reloaded – Sony PlayStation emulator
- Stella – Atari 2600 emulator
- Visual Boy Advance – Gameboy, Gameboy Advance and Gameboy Color emulator
- Yabause – Sega Saturn emulator
- ZSNES – emulator of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- set of 96 preinstalled games: 0ad, 3dchess, airstrike, alienblaster, amphetamine, antigravitaattori, armagetronad, asciijump, asylum, atomix, balder2d, barrage, berusky, billard-gl, biniax2, black-box, blobandconquer, blobby, bloaboats, blockout2, brainparty, brutalchess, btanks, bygfoot, chromium-bsu, einstein, extremetuxracer, five-or-more, flare, foobillardplus, four-in-a-row, freecraft, freedroid, frozen-bubble, funnyboat, gnome-chess, gnome-hearts, gnome-klotski, gnome-mahjongg, gnome-mastermind, gnome-mines, gnome-nibbles, gnome-robots, gome-sudoku, gnome-tetravex, gnubik, gnuchess, gnugo, gtkatlantic, gtkpool, gunroar, holdingnuts, iango, lbreakout2, lightsoff, liquidwar, ltris, maelstorm, megaglest, minetest, mokomaze, monopd, monsterz, moon-buggy, moon-lander, netmaze, netpanzer, neverball, neverputt, openarena, pacman, performous, pingus, quadrapassel, scorched3d, slimevolley, smc, snake4, snowballz, supertux, supertuxkart, swell-foop, tali, teeworlds, tennix, tetzle, tomatoes, torcs, transcend, trigger-rally, warzone2100, wesnoth, widelands, xblast, xmoto, zaz
- Stronger ‘xz’ compression lets me shrink the iso image and put more stuff on it.
- SparkyLinux 3.2 “GameOver” is available now for 32 and 64 bit machines.
- Live system user is: live
- Password: live
- Root password is blank.
- Sudo is active as default after installation.
New in SparkyLinux GameOver 3.0 (Aug 7, 2013)
- Linux kernel 3.9.8-1
- all packages updated from Debian testing repositories as of 2013/08/02
- sparky-installer bug has been fixed. It did not let to make installation on USB disks before and did not show any disk (hard/USB) if an USB disk was connected to the computer
- added new tools: blueman, ddm, disk-manager, dropbox client, gponting-device-settings, hardinfo, htop, joystick, jstest-gtk, lxtask, matchbox-keyboard, rcconf, uget
- added new games: blobby, blockout2, brainparty, chromium-bsu, flare, funnyboat, lbreakout2, ltris, minetest, pingus, smc (Secret Maryo Chronicles), teeworlds, tetzle, widelands
- removed game: flightgear