Sparky Wiki

about

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

About SparkyLinux SparkyLinux is a GNU/Linux distribution created using the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. Sparky is fast, lightweight and fully customizable. Sparky is built around the Openbox window manager and offers versions for different users and different tasks.

advanced_installer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky Advanced Installer The Advanced Installer was forked from the Remastersys Installer a few years ago, to provide a lightweight system installer. The Advanced Installer is preinstalled as default, alongside the default Calamares installer, and provides:

aptus_extra

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

How to Sparky APTus Extra * Sparky APTus Extra is a module of Sparky APTus now * Sparky APTus Extra allows you to install some “popular” applications from Sparky or 3the party repositories via “one” click. Sparky APTus Extra is preinstalled in all Sparky editions. If not, install it:

aptus_gamer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

How to Sparky APTus Gamer Sparky APTus Gamer features an easy way to install game consoles, emulators and other tools helpful for gamers. All the applications are installable from Debian, Sparky and 3th party repositories. Sparky APTus Gamer is preinstalled in Sparky GameOver edition, but can be installed in every edition via the command:

aptus_upgrade_checker

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-11-23T23:21:40+00:00

APTus Upgrade Checker & Notifier The tool checks (in shadow) packages to be upgraded and displays notification on desktop. Installation: sudo apt update sudo apt install sparky-aptus-upgrade-checker Then reboot to let it start working. It doesn’t run if:

aptus_upgrade

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

How to Sparky APTus Upgrade (aka System Upgrade) Sparky APTus Upgrade (aka System Upgrade) is a small tool which: * updates package list * performs full system upgrade (dist-upgrade) * re-checks the package list to make sure there is nothing left to upgrade

aptus

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Sparky APTus Sparky APTus is a collection of small scripts to help you manage the system's packages. APTus is preinstalled in all Sparky editions by default. If not, install it via the command: sudo apt-get install sparky-aptus APTus is divided into several sections, each one for a different task.

boot_old

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

How to boot Sparky on very old machines Since nearly all SparkyLinux images are too large to fit onto a single CD (excluding CLI Edition) we are only including directions for DVDs. If your machine: * does not have a DVD drive to boot an operating system from it, or

bspwm

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

bspwm bspwm is available from Debian repository now From Wikipedia: “bspwm is a tiling window manager designed for X11, and written in C. It supports tiling, stacking, and tabbing layouts, which it handles dynamically. It represents windows as the leaves of a full binary tree.

budgie

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Budgie Desktop Budgie Desktop is available from Debian repository now Budgie is the flagship desktop of Solus and is a Solus project. Designed with the modern user in mind, it focuses on simplicity and elegance. Written from scratch with integration in mind, the Budgie desktop tightly integrates with the GNOME stack, employing underlying technologies to offer an alternative desktop experience.

burn_iso

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Burn ISO image onto CD/DVD disk ---------- (Since nearly all SparkyLinux images are too large to fit onto a single CD (excluding CLI Edition) we are only including directions for DVDs) From a Windows Host ---------- GUI method There are a lot of freeware applications which can be used to burn iso image on a Windows host, such as: 7burn, 3nity CD DVD Burner, Active@ ISO Burner, CDBurnerXP, All Free Disc Burner, MC Burner, True Burner, etc., etc.

calamares

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Calamares Starting from version 4.6, Sparky uses Calamares installer as default. Calamares is reachable in a live system under “Sparky Installer” icon, which is available from a desktop or system's menu -> System Submenu. [Calamares icon] 1. The first “Welcome

cde

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) From Wikipedia: “The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is a desktop environment for Unix and OpenVMS, based on the Motif widget toolkit. It was part of the UNIX98 Workstation Product Standard, and was long the “classic” Unix desktop associated with commercial Unix workstations.

clean_packages

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Package clean up After removing, installing new or upgrading packages, there can be some packages not needed any more. They can be safely removed from the system. Every command has to be run with super user privileges sudo. Run: sudo apt-get autoremove

code_names

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-16T19:42:34+00:00

SparkyLinux code names SparkyLinux is based and fully compatible with Debian of the following releases: * Sparky 9 “Tiamat” (based on Debian 14 “Forky”) From Wikipedia: Tiamat – in Babylonian mythology, the mother goddess, personification of the salty waters of the ocean, belonged to the first generation of deities. Apsu – Tiamat's partner – was associated with freshwater.

create_live_usb

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Create Live USB disk ---------- From a Windows host Running a Windows host/Operating System you can create a live USB disk with Sparkylinux using one of the tools, for example: * Unetbootin (available for MS Windows, OSX and Linux) * Universal USB Installer * Linux USB Creator * Win32 Disk Imager How to write Sparkylinux iso to a pen drive on Windows host?

custom_iso_builder

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Custom ISO Builder [Public Domain Image] Pardon our dust. Coming soon. <--- How to Sparky APTus Gamer ^ Wiki Start Page ^ DEB Package Builder --->

custom_shortcuts

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:53+00:00

Custom Shortcuts There are a few extra keyboard shortcuts added to Sparky desktops: LXQt, Openbox and Xfce: Shortcuts Tool LXQt command Openbox command Xfce command super+w Web browser x-www-browser x-www-browser x-www-browser

customize_grub_to_your_liking

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Customize grub to your liking Edit: /etc/default/grub using: sudo nano /etc/default/grub and edit the: “quiet splash” to: “ ” Remove —> quiet splash ←– without removing quotes. from the Linux command line. After this run: sudo update-grub

customize_grub

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Edit /etc/default/grub (using [quote]gksu leafpad /etc/default/grub[/quote]), and [quote]edit the “quiet splash” to “ ”. Remove ---> quiet splash <--- without removing quotes. from the Linux command line[/quote]. After this run [quote]sudo update-grub[/quote]

deb_package_builder

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

DEB Package Builder [Public Domain Image] Pardon our dust. Coming soon. <--- Custom ISO Builder ^ Wiki Start Page ^ DEBiTool --->

debitool

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

DEBiTool It is a small tool which lets you install a deb package from your local disk, and reinstall or remove it as well. It uses Yad to display all messages. It can be used as an alternative for GDebi-GTK or GDebi-KDE. Installation sudo apt update sudo apt install debi-tool

deepin

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Deepin Desktop Environment Deepin Desktop is not available for Sparky users any more. DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) is a lightweight, elegant desktop environment originally created for the Linux Deepin distribution. Installation The recommended way to install DDE is installing it via

desktops_from_third_party_repositories

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Desktops from 3rd party repositories Sparky offers a few 3rd party desktop environments, which are NOT available in Debian nor Sparky repositories. The desktops can be installed, using the desktop's developer's repositories, which are enabled during installation process. The desktops packages are created by the projects holders, what means they can be installed as they are.

desura_installer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Desura Installer Desura Installer is not longer under development Desura is a digital distribution platform developed by Bad Juju Games for the Microsoft Windows, Linux and OS X platforms. Sparky's Desura OnLine Installer for Linux is a script with a Yad based

dev0-x86_64-mate

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

[SparkyLinux 6 Mate - 800X500] SparkyLinux 6 Mate Beta SparkyLinux 6 Mate • semi-rolling OS with a lightweight desktop environment, which is a work in progress. It contains a selection of pré installed common use software for our users. Accessories: * Engrampa Archive Manager

donate

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-12-07T18:38:36+00:00

Donate As you probably know, SparkyLinux is a no-profit project. It means we don't sell anything so we don't earn the money. But... The work we make with Sparky and on our forums takes a lot of time. The fact is nobody pay us for that, we do that for free because we like it and we will be doing that as long as possible.

download

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Download Info Current versions of SparkyLinux can be downloaded from: https://sparkylinux.org/download/ You can also download and test our development versions from: https://sparkylinux.org/download/development/ Please use torrents when possible to reduce server load. :-) ---------- <--- Minimum system requirements FAQ --->

draco

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Draco Desktop Environment From the project page: “Draco is a simple and lightweight desktop environment. While small still features XDG integration, freedesktop services and integration, power and storage management, desktop, panels, multi-monitor support and much more. Draco does not include any user applications.

econnman

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:53+00:00

EConnMan EConnMan is the ConnMan user interface written using the EFL. ConnMan - The Linux Connection Manager project provides a daemon for managing Internet connections within embedded devices running the Linux operating system. The Connection Manager is designed to be slim and to use as few resources as possible. It is fully modular system that can be extended through plug-ins. The plug-in approach allows for easy adaption and modification for various use cases.

ecrire

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Ecrire Erire is the EFL based simple text editor. Installation apt-get install ecrire

edi

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

EDI EDI – The Enlightened IDE is a project to create a complete IDE using the EFL. It aims to lower the barrier to getting involved in Enlightenment development and in creating apps based on the EFL suite. [EDI] Installation sudo apt-get install edi

eflete

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:53+00:00

Eflete EFL Edje Theme Editor (Eflete) is a EFL theme editor with some convenient functions. Eflete oriented towards theme editor and UI design, and not GUI over the edc syntax. To apply created theme to elementary you should place exported .edj-file to elementary themes dir (default: /usr/local/share/elementary/themes). Note do not forget to add read permissions to copied file. After that theme will be available for selection from elementary_config.

empc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:53+00:00

EMPC EMPC is a client for MPD written using EFL. Its focus is speed-of-use and minimalism. It does not support other media playing backends. For most delicious taste, set MPD_HOST environment variable to the path of mpd's local socket. Also ensure your user has access to this socket.

enjoy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:53+00:00

Enjoy Enjoy is a music player written using Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL) with focus on speed and mobile usability, yet should be usable on desktops as well. Enjoy is modeled around a media database constructed by LightMediaScanner, it is not meant to play single files from disk, instead it will recursively index directories for music files and then list them by artist, album, genre and so on. Playlists are also supported, as well as random or filter playlists can be dynamically gen…

enlightenment_applications

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Enlightenment Applications The Enlightenment developers provide some applications specially created for the Enlightenment desktop. Some of them are available in SparkyLinux repository: * EConnMan * Ecrire * EDI * Eflete * EMPC * Enjoy * Enventor * Ephoto * Epour * Equate * Express * Extra *

enlightenment_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Enlightenment Installation The packages of Enlightenment Window Manager located in SparkyLinux repository can be installed on Sparky and Debian. Installation: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install enlightenment The 'enlightenment' package installs a 'polkit' back end such as:

enlightenment

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

„Megvilágosodás” (Enlightenment) A Wikipedia szerint: „Az Enlightenment, amely E-ként is ismert, egy összeállító és felfűző ablakkezelő az X Ablak Rendszerhez. A 20-as verziótól kezdődően az Enlightenment egy Wayland összeállító is.

enventor

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Enventor Enventor is an EDC editor with some convenient functions. It was started near the begining of June 2013, so expecting it to do everything a mature script editor does is a bit premature. It's a useful layout theme editor tool. Enventor supports the text edit function and the preview function for the EDC source code. You can edit the EDC source code to create your layout using Enventor.

ephoto

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Ephoto Ephoto is an image viewer and editor written using the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries(EFL). It focuses on simplicity and ease of use, while taking advantage of the speed and small footprint the EFL provide. Ephoto’s features include:

equate

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Equate Equate is a calc based on EFL and based on Equate 0.0.4 developed sometime ago by Andrew Williams. Installation sudo apt-get install equate

express

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Express Express is an EFL-based IRC Client which operates similar to the Terminology interface. Installation sudo apt-get install express

extra

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Extra Extra is an app which allows you to install elementary themes on your computer. The app is based on Elementary and uses EFL libraries to download the theme. It does so by fetching themes from extra.enlightenment.org Installation sudo apt-get install extra

faq

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

FAQ Disclaimer The content is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of correctness and relevance to a particular subject. The entire risk as to the quality and accuracy of the content is with you. Should the content prove substandard, you assume the cost of

fix_package

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Fix broken packages Sometimes package installating or upgrading process can be broken for some reasons. In cases like that DO NOT reboot your system, try to fix it before rebooting. If you already rebooted the system and you cannot log back in to your account, reboot it again and run the system in

gdebi

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Gdebi GDebi is not in use any more, try DEBiTool instead. GDebi is a tool that can install local deb packages (already downloaded manually) resolving and installing its dependencies. Gdebi works in text mode and with a graphical interface. Gdebi is preinstalled in all Sparky editions, if not install it via the command (all editions excluding KDE):

grub_does_not_see_other_oses

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-10-19T18:07:00+00:00

GRUB does not see other OSes Starting with Sparky 7.0 “Orion Belt”, the default configuration of GRUB bootloader does not “see” other operating systems as default. To fix that do: If the grub config file does not exist, copy it, as root: sudo cp /etc/default/grub.ucf-dist /etc/dafault/grub

gscreenshot

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Gscreenshot Gscreenshot is a GUI frontend for scrot tool, which lets you take a picture of your desktop or a selected window and save it on your local disk. Gscreenshot hasn't been under development since 2009, but has been adapted and debianized for SparkyLinux. It is preinstalled (starting from Sparky 4.0) in Sparky editions: LXDE, LXQt, GameOver, Openbox and JWM. Gscreenshot replaced our previous tool called

home_roasted_third_party_desktops

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Home Roasted 3rd Party Desktops Sparky offers a few additional Desktop Environments/Window Managers which are either not available in the Debian Repositories; or have been customized for SparkyLinux. Some Desktops are available as source code packages hosted by the desktop's developers. The source code is compiled, Debianized or re-Debianized for End Users and placed in the Sparky Repositories.

how_to_install_longterm_liquorix_kernels

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

How to install Liquorix kernels Manual method Open a text terminal (emulator console) and type: sudo -i or sudo su enter root password and follow the instructions below within the terminal. Use a text editor such as leafpad or nano. leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liquorix.list

how_to_install_ms_office_alternative_kingsoft_wps_office_latest_version

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-09-07T10:59:30+00:00

How to install MS Office alternative Kingsoft (WPS) Office (Latest Version) Via Sparky APTus Open Menu-> Sparky APTus tool. Navigate to Office tab-> Install WPS Office. Follow the instruction. Manual method Update - latest version available here: wps-community.org/download.html

how_to_play_hd_-_high_definition_html5_videos_in_iceweasel_firefox

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

How to play HD - High Definition HTML5 videos in Firefox Go to: about:config media.mediasource.enabled make it true Go to this website Install “Magic Actions” addon in Firefox. Restart Firefox, go to addons select magic actions options and choose the options according to your taste.

how_to_speedup_google_chrome_internet_browser

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-09-07T10:57:26+00:00

How to speedup Google Chrome internet browser 1. Disable unnecessary extensions I only use 'Lastpass' extension for passwords and 'Magic Actions' extension for youtube html5 and buffer speedup options 2. Disable unnecessary plugins 3. Enable SPDY/4

install_package

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:53+00:00

Install new packages This quick guide lets you find and install new packages via a text console. Every command has to be run with super user privileges sudo. 1. Find a package: sudo apt-cache search package-name 2. Check if a package is installed and find its version:

install

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

System Installation SparkyLinux can be installed on a hard drive using one of the installers available on Sparky iso images. All of them support installation on BIOS and UEFI 32 and 64 bit machines. * Calamares - available from Sparky version 4.6 (requires min. 1

jade_desktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Jade Desktop “JADE is a Linux desktop built with html5, css, javascript and python… …Is a serveless Linux Desktop Environment, built with Python and web technologies on top of Webkit2 using the Gtk toolkit, the front end is built using HTML5, JavaScript, and

lightscribe_installer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

LightScribe Installer LightScribe is an optical disc recording technology, created by the Hewlett-Packard Company, that uses specially coated recordable CD and DVD media to produce laser-etched labels with text or graphics, as opposed to stick-on labels and printable discs.

linux_kernel

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

The Latest Linux Kernel As Sparky is shipped with Debian's Linux kernel as default, there is the latest stable version of Linux kernel available to install from Sparky “unstable” repository too. To get the latest Sparky's Linux kernel, activate Sparky

live_installer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Live Installer The Live Installer is a fork of Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) installer, and was in use up to Sparky version 4.5. After that, Sparky uses Calamares as default. This tutorial shows installation process using the Live Installer. The Live Installer icon is available at the desktop or in the Menu

live_usb_creator

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Live USB creator Live USB Creator is a Yad based GUI using the dd command, which creates a Live USB bootable disk with a Linux distribution. Installation: sudo apt-get install sparky-live-usb-creator [Live USB Creator] Insert the USB flash drive before starting the creator. Then choose:

live_users

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Live users and passwords Sparky Live user name is: live The live user's password is: live To change the live user password, run the command: passwd There is no root's (admin) password enabled. To change the empty root password, run the command:

locales

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-03T10:46:42+00:00

Locales Help translating This page lets you know how to translate Sparky tools and what is a status of the translations. Manage translation is very easy, what you need is a text editor only, such as: Gedit, Kate, Mousepad, Leafpad, Nano, etc. If you would like to help us translating Sparky tools, do:

lumina_desktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Lumina Desktop “The Lumina Desktop Environment is a lightweight system interface designed for use on any Unix-like operating system. Lumina is based on using plugins, which allows the entire interface to be arranged by each individual user as desired. A system wide default layout is also included, and is configurable by the system administrator.

manokwari_desktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Manokwari Desktop “Manokwari is a desktop shell for GNOME 3 with Gtk+ and HTML5 frontend. Manokwari is used by BlankOn Linux distribution.” Installation Manokwari is a home roasted package and available from Sparky repositories; can be installed in two ways:

minimal

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Minimal ISO MinimalGUI is created using Sparky Base Openbox Edition. MinimalCLI is an improved Debian CLI Edition. MinimalGUI - Sparky 4.11 (oldstable), Sparky 5.9 (stable), Sparky 6 (semi-rolling) MinimalCLI - Sparky 4.11 (oldstable), Sparky 5.9 (stable), Sparky 6 (semi-rolling) Install the live system as it is or with a desktop of your choice and minimal set of applications.

minimum_system_requirements

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Minimum system requirements SparkyLinux is designed for both old and new computers, and small single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi. Sparky can be installed on both 32 and 64 bit machines with either a BIOS or a UEFI equipped motherboard. The minimum requirements to install Sparky:

mirrors

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-02T13:18:54+00:00

Mirrors The main repo server is: https://repo.sparkylinux.org Requirements If you would like to provide a mirror repos server in your location, send an email to pavroo(at)onet(dot)eu What you need is: * a fully managed vps with hard/ssd disk >= 75GB

monitor_resolution

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

How to manually set a monitor resolution Manual way 1. Check present resolution: xrandr -q An example output is: VGA1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9 DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

nscde_desktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

NsCDE desktop What is NsCDE? Not so Common Desktop Environment (NsCDE) is a retro but powerful (kind of) UNIX desktop environment which resembles CDE look (and partially feel) but with a more powerful and flexible framework beneath-the-surface, more suited for 21st century unix-like and Linux systems and user requirements than original CDE. NsCDE can be considered as a heavyweight FVWM theme on steroids, but combined with a couple other free software components and custom FVWM applications an…

obmenu_generator

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Openbox Menu Generator Openbox Menu Generator generates a static or dynamic menu, with or without icons, a pipe menu for Openbox window manager. It can be used instead of the standard Debian menu. Installation sudo apt-get install obmenu-generator

pantheon_desktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Pantheon From the openSUSE Wiki page: “The Pantheon shell is the main desktop component of the Elementary project. It is deeply integrated with other applications like the dock called Plank, the top panel Wingpanel, application launcher Slingshot and comes with its own window manager Gala, which is based on Mutter.

partitioning

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Disk partitioning Depends on your present disk partitions structure, you need to create 2 (4 max) separated partition for Sparky installation: * “/” - root partition - for the system files; ext4 file system and 10 GB of free space recommended (GameOver needs 20

radiostation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

RadioStation RadioStation is a fork off Radiotray-Lite, a lightweight clone of the original Radio Tray online radio streaming player rewritten in C++. Key features * Runs on a Linux system tray. * Has minimum interface possible. * Plays most media formats (it uses gstreamer).

rage

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Rage Rage is a simple video player for Enlightenment. It uses 'mplayer|mplayer2' as default, but different engines can be used, such as: vlc, xine or gstreamer. Installation sudo apt-get install rage Usage Basic usage: rage file1.mp3 file2.mp3 file3.avi file4.mp4 file5.ogg rage dvd:/ rage http://www.blah.com/stream

registration

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Registration If you would like to share your knowledge with others and help us improving the Wiki pages, send a message to: pavroo(at)onet(dot)eu so an account will be created for you.

remove_package

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Remove packages Removing installed packages can be done via one of the two tools: apt-get or dpkg. Every command has to be run with super user privileges sudo. 1. To remove an already installed package (packages), run: sudo apt-get remove package1 package2

repository_oldoldstable

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-14T09:46:01+00:00

Sparky oldoldstable Repositories Sparky of the oldoldstable line is based on and uses Debian “oldoldstable” packages. Repository Users of Debian “oldoldstable” branch should add Sparky potolo (oldoldstable) and core repositories to get access to Sparky repos:

repository_oldstable

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-14T09:47:19+00:00

Sparky oldstable Repositories Sparky of the oldstable line is based on and uses Debian “oldstable” packages. Repository Users of Debian “oldstable” branch should add Sparky orion and core repositories to get access to Sparky repos: sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sparky.list

repository_stable

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-14T09:48:40+00:00

Sparky stable Repositories Sparky of the stable line is based on and uses Debian “stable” packages. Repository Users of Debian “stable” branch should add Sparky sisters and core repositories to get access to Sparky repos: sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sparky.sources

repository_testing

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-16T18:13:05+00:00

Sparky Testing Repositories Sparky of the testing ((semi-)rolling) line is based on and uses Debian “testing” packages. Repository Users of Debian “testing” branch should add Sparky tiamat (testing) and core repositories to get access to Sparky repos:

repository

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-08-17T09:56:00+00:00

Sparky Repository Sparky repositories provides a number of our own tools and 3rd party applications. Depending on Debian branch, Sparky offers its own repositories for: Stable line - based on Debian stable Testing (Rolling) line - based on Debian testing Oldstable line - based on Debian oldstable

sidebar

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-06-27T13:28:15+00:00

Sparky Wiki * Registration * Formatting Syntax * Privacy & Cookies Policy * Term of use * Contact Links * Sparky web site EN * Sparky web site PL * Sparky Forums * Sparky Developers Wiki * Sparky Bug Tracker * Sparky Git Repository * Debian Wiki Donate * Donate Sparky Download * Download Sparky Translations * [English] English * [Hungarian] Hungarian * [Polish] Polish * [Russian] Russian * [Spanish] Spanish * [Ukraine] Ukraine

skype_installer

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Skype OnLine Installer Skype is a telecommunications application software product that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls from computers, tablets, and mobile devices via the Internet to other devices or telephones/smartphones. Sparky's Skype OnLine Installer is a script which will:

sparky_arm

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

ARM Edition Sparky ARM Edition is a Sparky version created for the single board mini computer RaspberryPi. It uses the RaspberryPi scripts and packages, and is based on Debian's stable branch. Sparky ARMHF is available as an “img” image in two flavors:

sparky_armhf_installation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky ARMHF Memory Card Installation This will let you install Sparky ARMHF image to a mini SSD memory card 8GB or bigger, Detect SSD card Connect your mini SSD card via an SSD adapter to your computer. To detect your SSD card, run: sudo fdisk -l

sparky_armhf_qemu

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Sparky ARMHF Emulated in QEMU Sparky ARM edition can be tested inside the QEMU emulator. Linux host Requirements sparky-armhf image kernel unzip git qemu qemu-system-arm sudo Sparky ARMHF image Download zipped Sparky ARMHF image from our official page.

sparky_armhf_virtmanager

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky ARMHF managed via Virt-Manager Sparky ARM edition can be tested via Virt-Manager. Linux host Requirements sparky-armhf image kernel unzip git virtinst (or virt-manager) Sparky ARMHF image Download zipped Sparky ARMHF image from our official page.

sparky_autostart

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Sparky Autostart Sparky Autostart provides the Menu launcher which lets you configure system's autostart services via rcconf tool. As Sparky starting from version 4.0 is based on Debian 'Stretch' and uses systemd instead of sysvinit, the 'Sparky Autostart' tool is deprecated and can be removed from the system.

sparky_backlight

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-13T20:28:40+00:00

Sparky Backlight Sparky Backlight is a small tool which lets you change the desktop brightness via the panel’s tray icon. The tool is targeted to small window managers such as JWM or Openbox, but can be used on any desktop. Installation: sudo apt-get install sparky-backlight

sparky_backup_core

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Sparky Backup Core Sparky Backup Core lets you backup your existing Sparky installation, and create a new iso image of it. The tool is based and forked from Remastersys. Installation sudo apt-get install sparky-backup-core Tools Sparky Backup Core provides two tools:

sparky_backup_sys

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky Backup Sys Sparky Backup Sys is a Yad based frontend to Sparky Backup Core which lets you backup your existing Sparky installation, creating an iso image, in graphical mode. The tool is based and forked from Remastersys-GUI. Installation sudo apt-get install sparky-backup-sys

sparky_backup_system

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky Backup System This tool lets you create a hybrid ISO image from your SparkyLinux installation, and then install it on a new machine or different hard/USB disk or a different partition. Sparky Backup System contains the two tools: * Sparky Backup Core - it provides a text based backup tool,

sparky_base

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

How to SparkyLinux Base Edition Starting from SparkyLinux 4.3, the Openbox Base Edition changed its name to MinimalGUI. SparkyLinux “Base” Edition is a set of Sparky flavours which features a minimal set of applications and a lightweight window manager only. It's perfect choice if you would like to get fast desktop and install your own set of applications you like.

sparky_center_lxde

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Sparky Center LXDE With the end of LXDE, Sparky Center LXDE is deprecated. [Public Domain Image] <--- Sparky Center LXDE ^ Wiki Start Page ^ Sparky Codecs --->

sparky_cli

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

MinimalCLI Edition SparkyLinux MinimalCLI (Command Line Interface) Edition is a flavor of Sparky shipped with no X Server. If features as small set of preinstalled packages as possible to let you build any desktop environment on the top of Debian.

sparky_codecs

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Sparky Codecs Sparky Codecs Tool can install all available multimedia codecs and web browser plugins. Sparky Full Editions are shipped with multimedia codecs and plugins preinstalled, it is useful in Sparky Base Editions for installing the multimedia support via one click.

sparky_compton

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Sparky Compton Sparky Compton is a Yad based front-end for Compton. Compton is a composite manager – a bug-fixed fork of dcompmgr, which is a fork of xcompmgr. Installation: sudo apt-get install sparky-compton The launch Sparky Compton from Menu

sparky_conky

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Sparky Conky Sparky Conky is a simply Conky manager which: * starts Conky * stops Conky * loads Sparky's Conky configuration file * edits the default Conky configuration file * changes color of the Sparky's default theme Installation: apt-get install sparky-conky

sparky_desktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:53+00:00

Sparky Desktop Sparky Desktop is an additional, separate module to Sparky APTus 0.3.0 and above. It installs about 25 different desktops with one click. You can install desktops such as: awesome, bspwm, Budgie, Cinnamon, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME Flashback, GNOME Shell, i3, IceWM, JWM, KDE Plasma 5, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Openbox, Pantheon, Trinity, Window Maker, Xfce.

sparky_desktops

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Sparky Desktops Sparky is based on Debian GNU/Linux so you have access to the one of the biggest Linux Repositories. In addition, Sparky provides it's own Repositories, which offers our own tools, Desktops and other packages for different tasks. Most desktops can be installed straight from the

sparky_eraser

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky Eraser Sparky Eraser is a graphical interface for shred and wipe tools. Shred can permanently erases files, Wipe erases folders and its directory tree. Deleted files and folders by Sparky Eraser can’t be recovered easily. Installation: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sparky-eraser

sparky_feh

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-19T20:07:11+00:00

Sparky Feh (Wallpaper) Sparky Feh is a small tool that allows you to select an image file as wallpaper in small window managers. Installation apt install sparky-feh Launch 1. Menu-> Accessories-> Wallpaper Manager or 2. The command: sparky-feh

sparky_firstrun

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:53+00:00

Sparky First Run [Public Domain Image] Pardon our dust. Coming soon. <--- Sparky Eraser Sparky Kernel Builder --->

sparky_gameover

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

[GameOver Edition 800X600] GameOver Edition Sparky “GameOver” Edition features a lightweight desktop, a very large number of preinstalled games, useful tools and scripts. Built for gamers. Preinstalled games (can be changed): 0ad, 3dchess, Airstrike, Alienblaster, Amphetamine, Antigravitaattori, Armagetronad, Ascii Jump, Asylum, Atomix, Balder2d, Barrage, Berusky, Billard-gl, Biniax2, Black Bbox, Blobby, Bloboats, Blockout2, Brainparty, Bygfoot, Chromium-bsu, Einstein, ExtremeTuxRacer, Five …

sparky_gui

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Minimal GUI Edition SparkyLinux MinimalGUI (Graphic User Interface) Edition is a flavor of Sparky shipped with a minimal desktop environment. Openbox is provided for a menu system, Tint2 provides a taskbar and system tray. Only a small set of applications are included. Your favorite mail reader, web browser, graphics editor, and more are available in the repos.

sparky_home

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Full Editions 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)

sparky_kernel_builder

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Sparky Kernel Builder The Sparky Kernel Builder script easy the Linux kernel building process, if you would like to do yourself. The script downloads the kernel sources from kernel.org, untar it, lets you make changes in its configuration, and builds debs and source packages.

sparky_launcher

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-02-28T23:05:55+00:00

Sparky Launcher Sparky Launcher is a small tool which installs *vala-panel* and provides custom settings to *vala-panel* of: * auto-launch * auto-hide * background transparency (if desktop compositor is on) * favorite applications dock-like panel

sparky_libinput

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Sparky libinput Sparky libinput provides tap to click configuration to touchpads. Installation: sudo apt install sparky-libinput

sparky_multimedia

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

[Multimedia Edition 800X600] Multimedia Edition SparkyLinux “Multimedia” Edition uses a lightweight desktop environment and features a large set of tools for creating and editing graphics, audio, video and HTML pages, such as: * Graphics: Blender, Darktable, GIMP, ImageMagick, Inkscape, K-3D, Karbon, Krita, LibreOffice Draw, MyPaint, Phatch, RawTherapee, Scribus, Simple Scan, Synfig Studio

sparky_obmenu

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Sparky Obmenu Sparky Obmenu provides Sparky configuration to Obmenu pipe menu. It can be used instead of a standard Debian's menu or Obmenu Generator. Installation Obmenu Obmenu is a graphical menu editor for the Openbox window manager. Openbox uses XML to store its menu preferences, and editing these by hand can quickly become tedious. This utility provides a convenient method of editing the menu in a graphical interface, while not losing the powerful features of Openbox such as its pipe me…

sparky_office

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Sparky Office Sparky Office is now a section of Sparky APTus. Sparky Office is a tool which lets you quick install one of the office applications: * AbiWord and Gnumeric - a small set of two applications: a word processor and a spreadsheet * Atril - a document viewer for MATE

sparky_online

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Sparky Online Sparky Online checks your web site to tell you does it online and display a pop up message on your dekstop. It is not moved to Sparky repos, but can be installed manually from Sparky’s GitHub repo. 1. Install dependency: sudo apt update sudo apt install cron iputils-ping wget yad

sparky_optical

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Sparky Optical Sparky Optical is a system tray tool to mount, unmount and eject CDs and DVDs. Installation: sudo apt update sudo apt-get install sparky-optical Sparky JWM and Openbox (all small window managers) users need to add this command to the window manager's config/startup file:

sparky_pass_package_tool

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-05-16T16:10:55+00:00

Sparky Package Tool Sparky Package Tool is a dialog based front-end to the APT. It is a small and simply front-end which works in a text console. It lets you perform the most important jobs around packages via the dialog menu without knowing about APT.

sparky_password_change

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Sparky Password Change [Public Domain Image] Pardon our dust. Coming soon. <--- Sparky Optical ^ Wiki Start Page ^ Sparky Play --->

sparky_picom

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky Picom Sparky Picom is a Yad based front-end for Picom. Picom is a composite manager – a fork of Compton. Installation: sudo apt-get install sparky-picom The launch Sparky Picom from Menu-> Accessories. The Sparky-Picom package provides:

sparky_play

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Sparky Play Sparky Play MP3 is a simply, small, Yad based tool which lets you search directories and play mp3 audio files. The tool lets you: – choose a directory to be searched using a keyword (singer, song name, etc, whatever is used in a name of a mp3 file) or

sparky_player

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Sparky Player Sparky Player is a simply and very small tool which lets play any audio or video file, which: – it is available from a context menu only – it doesn’t provide a standard’s desktop menu entry – it doesn’t provide any button and other graphical features

sparky_rescue

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

[GameOver Edition 800X600] Rescue Edition Sparky “Rescue” Edition is an operating system which works in a live DVD/USB mode only (no installation on a hard drive). The Live system contains a large set of tools for scanning and fixing files, partitions and operating systems installed on hard drives.

sparky_rpi_config

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky RaspberryPi Configuration Sparky ARMHF image features a tool from Raspbian which lets you configure the system. Run it in a terminal emulator: sudo raspi-config or via the Menu-> System-> raspi-config <--- ARM Edition ^ WIKI Start Page ^ RaspberryPi Language --->

sparky_rpi_language

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky RaspberryPi Language Sparky ARMHF edition for RaspberryPi is set to use Engish (USA) locales and keyboard as default. To change locales to your, different than en_US run: sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales To change keyboard leyout to your, different than en_US run:

sparky_rpi_wifi

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Sparky RaspberryPi Wifi Starting from version 4-dev20171127, net wireless devices can be configured via the network-manager applet or 'nmtui' command Sparky's RaspberryPi's WiFi is not enabled as default. To enable it do: 1. Edit the interfaces file:

sparky_screenshot

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Sparky Screenshot Sparky Screenshot is a Yad based GUI frontend for scrot tool, which lets you take a picture of your desktop or a selected window and save it on your local disk. It was preinstalled (up to Sparky 3.6 & 4.0 RC) in Sparky editions: LXDE, LXQt, GameOver, Openbox and JWM. Starting from Sparky 4.0, Sparky Screenshot has been replaced by

sparky_special

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Special Editions In addition to the Full and Minimal Editions, Sparky offers Special Editions of the operating system for specialized tasks, such as: * GameOver Edition - features a lightweight desktop, a very large number of preinstalled games, useful tools and scripts. It’s designed for gamers.

sparky_su

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky SU This tool provides Yad based front-end for su/sudo (spsu/spsudo) allowing users to give a password and run graphical commands as root/sudo without needing to invoke su/sudo in a terminal emulator. It can be used as a Gksu replacement to run any application as root/sudo.

sparky_system

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Sparky System Sparky System is a small, Yad based tool which gathers and shows information about system. Modules: * CPU information * Memory usage information * PCI bus devices * Loaded kernel modules * Battery state * Sensors information

sparky_terminal

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Sparky Terminal Sparky Terminal is a very simple, VTE based terminal emulator, forked from k3rmit It is in use by Sparky tools, no menu entry, but can be used to a normal work if you wish. Installation sudo apt install spterm Features * Use default shell (with $SHELL environment variable)

sparky_time_date

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Sparky Time/Date Set [Public Domain Image] Pardon our dust. Coming soon. <--- Sparky SU Sparky Tray --->

sparky_tray

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Sparky Tray Sparky Tray is a small tool which gives you quick access to: * Sparky APTus * Synaptic Package Manager * edition's option to the main repository * edition's option to custom repositories * root's (admin) terminal emulator Installation: sudo apt-get install sparky-tray

sparky_tube

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Sparky Tube Sparky Tube downloads a video file from a web site and converts it to an audio or video output file. Features: – download a video from a web sites – convert it to an audio format: acc, flac, mp3, m4a, opus, ogg vorbis, wav; or – convert it to a video format: avi, mkv, mp4

sparky_usb_imager

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-01-13T12:59:08+00:00

Sparky USB Imager This tool will format an USB flash disk and will make a bootable Live Linux USB disk. It is a GUI frontend for dd command. It also features an option to create SparkyLinux live USB disk with persistence. It consolidates Sparky Live USB Creator and Sparky USB Formatter into one package.

sparky_users

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky Users [Public Domain Image] Pardon our dust. Coming soon. <--- Sparky Tube Sparky Web Browser Installer --->

sparky_web

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky Web Browser Installer Sparky Web Browser Installer is a module of Sparky APTus now. A Web Browser Installer is a small, Yad based tool which lets you install one of 20+ web browsers via one click. Supported browsers are: Brave, Chromium, Conkeror, Cyberfox, Dillo, Dooble, Epiphany, ELinks, Falkon, Firefox ESR, Firefox Latest, Google Chrome, IceCat, Iridium, Iron, Konqueror, Links2, Lynx, Midori, Min, NetSurf, Opera, Otter, Palemoon, SeaMonkey, TOR Browser, Vivaldi, W3M, Waterfox.

sparky_wine

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Sparky Wine (aka Wine wrapper) Sparky Wine is a simple Wine wrapper, which lets you install many applications created for MS Windows. The application's GUI uses Yad. Installation: sudo apt-get install sparky-wine [Sparky Wine wrapper] ---------- <--- Sparky Users|Sparky Xdf --->

sparky_www

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Sparky WWW This provides a customized start page of DuckDuckGo to your favorite web browser. The index page has to be set manually in your web browser after installation. Installation sudo apt install sparky-www Then set the file: /opt/sparky/index.html

sparky_xdf

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:53+00:00

Sparky Xdf Sparky Xdf is a Yad based GUI frontend for df command, which can display usage of disk's partitions. Installation: sudo apt-get install sparky-xdf [Sparky Xdf] ---------- <--- Sparky Wine (aka Wine wrapper)|Sparky USB Disk Formatter --->

start

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-03-19T20:01:31+00:00

SparkyLinux Wiki Welcome to the SparkyLinux Wiki, the source for SparkyLinux documentation. About SparkyLinux Basic information about Sparky. * About SparkyLinux * Minimum system requirements * SparkyLinux code names * Download info * FAQ SparkyLinux Desktops Add Desktops to the Minimal ISO * Sparky desktops * Home roasted 3rd party desktops * CDE * Draco * Lumina

sway

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-10-04T13:27:49+00:00

Sway Sway is available from Debian repository now “Sway is a tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3’s features, plus a few extras.

synaptic

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Synaptic Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management system in SparkyLinux. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the graphical user interface with the power of the apt-get command line tool. You can install, remove, configure, or upgrade software packages, browse, sort and search the list of available software packages, manage repositories, or upgrade the whole system. You can queue up a number of actions before you execute them. Synaptic will inform you about depe…

terminology

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Terminology Terminology is an EFL based terminal emulator. Installation sudo apt-get install terminology Usage Default key controls: Shift+PgUp = Scroll 1 page up Shift+PgDn = Scroll 1 page down Shift+Up = Scroll 1 line up Shift+Down = Scroll 1 line down Shift+Insert = Paste Clipboard (ctrl+v/c) selection Shift+Ctrl+Insert = Paste Primary (highlight) selection Shift+Keypad-Plus = Font size up 1 Shift+Keypad-Minus = Font size down 1 Shift+Keypad-Multiply = Reset font size Shift+Ke…

tricks_tips

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Sparky Backup System - Tricks & Tips Tricks and tips to help with managing the backup tool and fix some problems if any. Tip 1 The script can build an iso image from self compressed squashfs (done during the whole process) which CAN NOT be bigger then 3.99

trinity_desktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Trinity The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) project is a computer desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems with a primary goal of retaining the function and form of traditional desktop computers. The TDE project began as a continuation of the K Desktop Environment (KDE) version 3. The name Trinity was chosen partly because the word means

upgrade_4_to_5

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

Upgrade Sparky from 4 to 5 It should work with no problems, but remember: You do that on your own risk! To make dist upgrade from Sparky 4 to 5 do: 1. Backup your personal files to external disk or partition. 2. Change Debian repositories from stretch

upgrade_5_to_6

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-07-02T11:04:12+00:00

Upgrade Sparky from 5 to 6 It should work with no problems, but remember: You do that on your own risk! To make dist upgrade from Sparky 5 to 6 do: 1. Backup your personal files to external disk or partition. 2. Change Debian repositories from buster

upgrade_6_to_7

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-04-15T15:04:28+00:00

Upgrade Sparky from 6 to 7 It should work with no problems, but remember: You do that on your own risk! To make dist upgrade from Sparky 6 to 7 do: 1. Backup your personal files to external disk or partition. 2. Change Debian repositories from bullseye

upgrade_7_to_8

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-06-18T14:36:38+00:00

Upgrade Sparky from 7 to 8 It should work with no problems, but remember: You do that on your own risk! To make dist upgrade from Sparky 7 to 8 do: 1. Backup your personal files to external disk or partition. 2. Change Debian repositories from bookworm

upgrade_8_to_9

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-22T18:39:51+00:00

Upgrade Sparky from 8 to 9 It should work with no problems, but remember: You do that on your own risk! To make dist upgrade from Sparky 8 to 9 do: 1. Backup your personal files to external disk or partition. 2. Change Debian repositories from trixie

upgrade_higher_release

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-16T18:18:02+00:00

Upgrade to higher release It is possible to upgrade Sparky installation from lower release to higher. Starting in March 2020, Sparky uses named repository so it makes the process much easy to make than before. * Upgrade Sparky from 8 to 9 * Upgrade Sparky from 7 to 8 * Upgrade Sparky from 6 to 7 * Upgrade Sparky from 5 to 6 * Upgrade Sparky from 4 to 5

upgrade

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

Manual system upgrade The manual system upgrade can be done in any terminal emulator, including: * Lxterminal (LXDE, Openbox, JWM) * MATE Terminal (MATE) * Konsole (KDE) * QTerminal (LXQt) * Xfce4 Terminal (Xfce) * Terminology (Enlightenment)

usb_formatter

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

USB Disk Formatter Sparky USB Formatter is a small tool, which lets you format an USB Flash Disk with vfat file system. The tool provides a Yad based GUI to mkfs.fat command. Installation: sudo apt-get install sparky-usb-formatter ---------- <--- Sparky xdf

verify_iso

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-09-30T14:30:22+00:00

Verify ISO/IMG image Basic way Linux host Sparky iso image should be downloaded from one of the official servers only. Use links from the download page only: https://sparkylinux.org/download to make sure they are official. Download the AllSums.txt file too, which features control sums of the ISO/IMG image:

version_4-11_lxde

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

[SparkyLinux 4.11 LXDE - 800X500] SparkyLinux 4.11 LXDE SparkyLinux 4.11 LXDE • fully featured OS with a lightweight desktop environment, which works out of the box and contain a selection of pré installed common use software for our users. Audio & Video: * PNMixer * PulseAudio Volume Control

version_4.11_gui

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

[SparkyLinux 5.9 LXQt - 800X600] SparkyLinux 4.11 MinimalGUI SparkyLinux 4.11 MinimalGUI Edition is a flavor of Sparky shipped with a minimal desktop environment. Openbox is provided for a menu system, Tint2 provides a taskbar and system tray. Only a small set of applications are included. Your favorite mail reader, web browser, graphics editor, and more are available in the repos.

version_5_gui

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

[SparkyLinux 5.9 LXQt - 800X600] SparkyLinux 5.9 MinimalGUI Edition SparkyLinux 5.9 MinimalGUI Edition is a flavor of Sparky shipped with a minimal desktop environment. Openbox is provided for a menu system, Tint2 provides a taskbar and system tray. Only a small set of applications are included. Your favorite mail reader, web browser, graphics editor, and more are available in the repos.

version_5-9_lxqt

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

[SparkyLinux 5.9 LXQt - 1000X600] SparkyLinux 5.9 LXQt SparkyLinux 5.9 LXQt • fully featured OS with a lightweight desktop environment, which works out of the box and contain a selection of pré installed common use software for our users. Accessories: * FeatherPad * LXQt File Archiver

version_5-9_xfce

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:55+00:00

[SparkyLinux 5.9 Xfce - 1000X625] SparkyLinux 5.9 Xfce SparkyLinux 5.9 Xfce • fully featured OS with a lightweight desktop environment, which works out of the box and contain a selection of pré installed commonly used software for our users. Accessories: * Application Finder

version_6_gui

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

[SparkyLinux 6 MinimalGUI - 800X600] SparkyLinux 6 MinimalGUI Edition SparkyLinux 6 MinimalGUI Edition is a rolling flavor of Sparky shipped with a minimal desktop environment. Openbox is provided for a menu system, Tint2 provides a taskbar and system tray. Only a small set of applications are included. Your favorite mail reader, web browser, graphics editor, and more are available in the repos.

version_6_lxqt

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

[SparkyLinux 6 LXQt - 800X500] SparkyLinux 6 LXQt SparkyLinux 6 LXQt • semi-rolling OS with a lightweight desktop environment, which works out of the box and contain a selection of pré installed common use software for our users. Accessories: * FeatherPad * LXQt File Archiver

version_6_xfce

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

[SparkyLinux 6 Xfce - 800X500] SparkyLinux 6 Xfce SparkyLinux 6 Xfce • a semi-rolling OS with a lightweight desktop environment, which works out of the box and contain a selection of pré installed commonly used software for our users. Accessories: * Application Finder *

versions

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:56+00:00

SparkyLinux Versions Sparky is offered in four different categories: * Full Editions - with all the tools, codecs, plugins and drivers preinstalled, * MinimalGUI Edition - with minimal set of tools – for advanced users to start with a minimal GUI, * MinimalCLI Edition - text based edition for advanced users to build the desktop of their choice,

virtualbox_efi_boot_failed

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

Boot failed after installation Sparky in Virtualbox EFI mode Installing SparkyLinux inside the VirtualBox with Efi Mode, the installed system can be not able to boot. In most cases the VirtualBox will launch the EFI Shell. [VirtualBox Efi Shell] To manually launch Sparky 64 bit version, run:

virtualbox_fullscreen_problem_installing_guest_additions_on_sparkylinux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

Virtualbox fullscreen problem, Installing Guest Additions on Sparkylinux https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#idp94103856 4.2.2.1. Installing the Linux Guest Additions The VirtualBox Guest Additions for Linux are provided on the same virtual CD-ROM file as the Guest Additions for Windows described above. They also come with an installation program guiding you through the setup process, although, due to the significant differences between Linux distributions, installation may be slightl…

weather_location

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:54+00:00

How to change weather location in Openbox pipe menu SparkyLinux Openbox Editon has preconfigured weather location in its pipe menu for Warsaw, Poland. If you’d like to change it for your place do: * Find your location at or * Copy the code from the address link (for example for London, United Kingdom is

wm_logout

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-05-04T13:24:57+00:00

WM-Logout WM-Logout is a simply, Yad based tool, which provides a log out, suspend, hibernate, restart and power off options to a tiny window managers, and is pre-installed in Sparky’s Openbox edition (MinimalGUI iso). It can be used in window managers such as: Openbox, Fluxbox, i3, Jwm, IceWM, bspwm, awesome, etc.