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New ISO images of Sparky 2022.10 Special Editions are now available.





Sparky 2022.10 Special Editions

There are new iso images of Sparky 2022.10 Special Editions: GameOver, Multimedia & Rescue ready to go.

Sparky  “GameOver” Edition features a lightweight desktop, a very large number of preinstalled games, useful tools and scripts. Built for gamers.

Sparky  “Multimedia” Edition uses a lightweight desktop environment and features a large set of tools for creating and editing graphics, audio, video and HTML pages.

Sparky  “Rescue” Edition is an operating system which works in a live DVD/USB mode only (no installation on a hard drive). The Live system contains a large set of tools for scanning and fixing files, partitions and operating systems installed on hard drives.

Changes:
– all packages updated from Debian and Sparky testing repos as of October 13, 2022
– Linux kernel 5.19.11 (6.0.2 & 5.15.74-LTS & 4.9.330-LTS49 in sparky unstable repos)
– GCC compiler v12 installed, GCC v11 removed from iso images
– Added new ‘sparky7-theme’ with support of GTK2/3/4; it’s a package with a light and a dark theme to choose
– ‘sparky-upgrade’ can be launched as a short command now: ‘spu’ (SParkyUpgrade)
– Openbox 3.6.1
– Xfce 4.16 – Calamares 3.2.61
– Firefox 105.0.3
– Thunderbird 102.3.2
– VLC 3.0.17.4
– LibreOffice 7.4.1
– GRUB 2.06
– Multimedia: Avidemux temporary removed from iso

No reinstallation is required if you have Sparky rolling installed, simply keep it up to date.

New iso images of Sparky semi-rolling can be downloaded from the download/rolling page

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