The Sparky Linux development team has released a new snapshot of the distribution. The new version uses it as its testing basis Debian (Bullseye) and brings updates on too many packages.
The development team reports:
Sparky version 2020.02 “Po Tolo” has just been released. It is a (semi-)rolling distribution, based on test Debian 'Bullseye' version
Changes:
Upgraded system to Debian Testing 'Bullseye' with repos as of February 9, 2020. Calamares installer 3.2.18, Linux Kernel 5.4.13 from prechoice (5.5.2 & 5.6-rc1 in Sparky unstable repos) Firefox 72.0.2, Thunderbird 68.4.2, LibreOffice 6.4.0.VLC 3.0.8, exaile 4.0.2, etc.
A new Sparky public key has been added. ”
The announcement of the new version states that the Calamares installer may fail in some cases:
“The installer Squid fails if you install Sparky in full auto mode operation σε full auto mode με full disk encryption and a swap partiton, it works without any problem without a swap partition”.
The distribution is ideal even for those who have never had contact with it Linux. It has many extra tools for system management but also a very easy interface (UI) for installation or upgrade applications.
sparkylinux-2020.02-x86_64-xfce.iso (1,259MB, SHA512, signature),
sparkylinux-2020.02-x86_64-lxqt.iso (1,371MB, SHA512, signature),
sparkylinux-2020.02-x86_64-mate.iso (1,606MB, SHA512, signature).
