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SparkyLinux

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SparkyLinux
SparkyLinux 6.0 "Po Tolo" with Xfce
DeveloperSparkyLinux team[1]
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release5 May 2012; 12 years ago (2012-05-05)[2]
Latest release7.5[3] / 18 September 2024; 2 months ago (18 September 2024)
Available inMultilingual
Update methodAPT (front-ends available)
Package managerdpkg (front-ends available)
PlatformsIA-32, x86-64, ARM
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface		LXQt, MATE, Xfce and KDE
LicenseMainly GPL and other free software licenses, minor additions of proprietary
Official websitesparkylinux.org

SparkyLinux is a desktop-oriented operating system based on the Debian operating system. The project offers a ready to use operating system with various desktops to choose from.[4] SparkyLinux is released 3-4 times per year to provide the latest versions of all applications.

History

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The project was born in October 2011 as an Ubuntu remix with Enlightenment as the default desktop having the name ue17r (Ubuntu Enlightenment17 Remix). After a few months of testing, the base system was changed to Debian, and it was renamed SparkyLinux.

Features

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SparkyLinux has two main "flavors": the "stable flavor", which is based on the latest Debian stable, and the “rolling flavor”, which is based on the testing (next stable) branch of Debian and uses a (semi-)rolling-release cycle. Additionally, it includes a collection of tools and scripts to help users with easy administration of the system.[5]

The default desktop environments are LXQt (former LXDE), MATE, Xfce, and KDE, but users can install other desktops via 'Sparky APTus'.

As Sparky ISO image features a few proprietary packages, the 'Sparky APTus' provides a small tool called 'Non-Free Remover' which can easily uninstall all 'contrib' and 'non-free' packages from the system.[6]

Since 2023, the project offers storage persistence from a utility which writes USB disk images. The feature so far only works on the MinimalGUI version of SparkyLinux.[7]

Special editions

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  • GameOver Edition, targeted to gamers. It features a large set of free and open-source games and some needed tools;
  • Rescue Edition, provides a live system and a large number of applications for recovering broken operating systems;
  • Multimedia for audio, video and HTML pages editing;
  • MinimalCLI and MinimalGUI.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SparkyLinux Team". Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ^ "SparkyLinux 1.0 wersja finalna". 5 May 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  3. ^ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-7-5/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Start [Sparky Wiki]".
  5. ^ a b About SparkyLinux | SparkyLinux
  6. ^ "Sparky APTus – SparkyLinux". Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  7. ^ pavroo. "Sparky 2023.01 + Persistence". SparkyLinux. Retrieved 2023-02-05.

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