SparkyLinux 7.0 has been officially released , codenamed "Orion Belt". The new version is based on and fully compatible with Debian 12 "Bookworm".
Download address: https://sparkylinux.org/download/stable
Sparky Linux is a Debian-based distribution that's lightweight, clean, and fast, and it's designed to fit both old and new computers—it still supports 32-bit processors, with Xfce, Enlightenment, and LXDE as desktop environment.
update highlights
- The kernel version uses Linux kernel 6.1.27 LTS by default
- Improved amd64 ISO images to now support booting on machines with UEFI motherboards containing Secure Boot
- Use systemd-timesyncd instead of ntp
Package upgrade
- Firefox 102.12.0ESR (114.0.1 in sparky repos)
- Thunderbird 102.12.0
- VLC 3.0.18
- LibreOffice 7.4.5
- Squids 3.2.61
- KDE Plasma 5.27
- LXQt 1.2.0
- MATE 1.26
- Xfce 4.18
- Openbox 3.6.1
- Sparky APTus AppCenter 20230530