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SparkyLinux Full Editions provide a complete and pre-configured operating system for our users. Sparky Full editions are available in following desktop versions of your choice:

• LXDE - Sparky 4.11 (oldstable)

• LXQt - Sparky 5.9 (stable), Sparky 6 (semi-rolling)

• Xfce - Sparky 5.9 (stable), Sparky 6 (semi-rolling)

• Mate - (coming soon, early 2020)

All versions contain commonly used applications, such as:

• Network: Firefox web browser, Thunderbird email client, Transmission BitTorrent client, HexChat IRC client, Liferea RSS client, Pidgin IM client, uGet download manager

• Graphics: Camorama webcam viewer, Gscreenshot, Simple Scan

• Office: Evince/Atril documents viewer, LibreOffice suite

• Multimedia: VLC player, Exaile audio player, Radio Tray, RecordMyDesktop, Xfburn

• Others: Virtual Keyboard, Bluetooth manager, Sysnaptic package manager, multimedia codecs, many WIFI drivers, etc.

• Sparky Apps: Live USB Creator, USB Formatter, Sparky ScreenShot, and more.

All editions feature the Sparky Installer (Calamares) to install the live system to a hard drive. Sparky Advanced Installer (aka 'sparky-installer', YAD based) is available to install the live system to a hard or USB Flash Drive with additional installation options.