SparkyLinux 7.5, the sixth upgrade to Sparky 7, is now available. This quarterly update is compatible with Debian 12 "Bookworm" and provides updates to all packages, including the Linux kernel for PC and ARM. The update also contains LibreOffice 7.4.7, KDE Plasma 5.27.5, LXQt 1.2.0, MATE 1.26, Xfce 4.18, Openbox 3.6.1, Firefox 115.15.0esr, and Thunderbird 115.15.0.

Sparky 7.5

The 5th update of Sparky 7 – 7.5 is out.

It is a quarterly updated point release of Sparky 7 “Orion Belt” of the stable line. Sparky 7 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 12 “Bookworm”.

Changes:
– all packages updated from Debian and Sparky stable repos as of September 17, 2024
– Linux kernel PC: 6.1.106 LTS (6.11.0, 6.6.51-LTS, 5.15.167-LTS in sparky repos)
– Linux kernel ARM: 6.6.47 LTS
– LibreOffice 7.4.7 (24.2.5 in Debian backports repo)
– KDE Plasma 5.27.5
– LXQt 1.2.0
– MATE 1.26
– Xfce 4.18
– Openbox 3.6.1
– Firefox 115.15.0esr (130.0.1 in sparky repos)
– Thunderbird 115.15.0
– nala removed for some reasons (still available in the official repos)

3rd party apps:
– VirtualBox package updated to version 7.1 in Sparky repos; 7.0 has to be uninstalled before installing 7.1

Sparky 7.5 “Orion Belt” is available in the following versions:
– amd64 BIOS/UEFI+Secure Boot: Xfce, LXQt, MATE, KDE Plasma, MinimalGUI (Openbox) & MinimalCLI (text mode)
– i686 non-pae BIOS/UEFI (Legacy): MinimalGUI (Openbox) & MinimalCLI (text mode)
– ARMHF & ARM64 Openbox & CLI

PC live user:password = live:live
ARM user:password = pi:sparky

If you have Sparky 7 installed – simply keep it up to date. No need to reinstall your OS.

New iso images of Sparky 7 “Orion Belt” can be downloaded from the  download/stable page

Sparky 7.5