SparkyLinux 4.4 is Out, with desktops of your choice - LXDE, LXQt, KDE, MATE and Xfce
New, updated live/install ISO images of SparkyLinux 4.4 'Tyche' are available for download now. As before, SparkyLinux 'Home' editions provide full-featured operating system based on Debian 'Testing', with desktops of your choice - LXDE, LXQt, KDE, MATE and Xfce. Changes between versions 4.3 and 4.4: full system upgrade as of August 15, 2016; Linux kernel 4.6.4 (4.7.1 is available in Sparky repositories); Firefox 45.3.0 ESR (Firefox 48 is available in repositories)
What is SparkyLinux ?
SparkyLinux is a lightweight, fast and simple Linux distribution designed for both old and new computers featuring customised Enlightenment and LXDE desktops. It has been built on the "testing" branch of Debian GNU/Linux.
What Changes between versions 4.3 and 4.4 ?
– full system upgrade as of August 15, 2016
– Linux kernel 4.6.4 (4.7.1-sparky is available in Sparky repos, see howto)
– firefox 45.3.0.ESR (firefox 48 is available in Sparky repos)
– calamares is available (but not default yet) in our repos
– new default theme called ‘Numix-SX’
– added new desktops to MinimalISO and APTus: Lumina, Trinity and PekWM
– ‘tint2’ panel replaced by ‘fbpanel’ in the MinimalGUI iso images
– added ‘rootactions-servicemenu’ to the Dolphin file manager in the KDE edition
– added short key which runs a terminal emulator in the MinimalGUI edition (Super+t)
– added an option which lets you install a PDF viewer, to the ‘sparky-office’ tool
– Midori web browser replaced by NetSurf in the MinimalGUI edition
– the ‘sparky-firstrun’ which lets you fully upgrade the system and install missing language packages has been fixed
– the ‘sparkylinux-installer’ – a part of ‘sparky-backup-core’ tool
refreshes package list itself and installs the latest desktop settings
in the MinimalGUI and MinimalCLI editions
– added Vivaldi and NetSurf web browsers to Sparky repos
– improved Wiki pages
The Sparky Advanced Installer runs on MinimalGUI or MinimalCLI iso image lets you install the base system with a minimal set of applications and a desktop of your choice, such as: awesome, bspwm, Budgie, Cinnamon, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME Flashback, GNOME Shell, i3, IceWM, JWM, KDE Plasma 5, Lumina, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Openbox, Pantheon, PekWM, Trinity, Window Maker, Xfce.
Release Announcement
Download (pkglist):
sparkylinux-4.4-x86_64-lxde.iso (1,547MB, SHA512 ,signature, torrent)
sparkylinux-4.4-x86_64-mate.iso (1,673MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-4.4-x86_64-kde.iso (1,659MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-4.4-x86_64-xfce.iso (1,563MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-4.4-x86_64-lxqt.iso (1,348MB, SHA512, signature, torrent).
