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#91

Sparky applications / Re: stremio fails to install

Last post by AxL - December 13, 2024, 12:29:43 PM

Cheers !! 

#92

Sparky applications / stremio fails to install -SOLV...

Last post by bushyiii - December 12, 2024, 05:00:21 PM

Just installed SparkyLinux 8 "The Seven Sisters" on an ASUS laptop.  Installation appears to have installed successfully.

I tried installing stremio from Aptus Appcenter.  I see a terminal open, a couple of text lines are very briefly displayed then the terminal closes without anything installing.

What should I do?

#93

Newbie questions / Re: Give me advice!

Last post by frank - December 12, 2024, 04:38:41 PM

Hey Ramiro,
Thank you for joining us at the forum and giving Sparky a try!
I use it as my daily driver on 3 of my 4 laptops and on my desktop I use the semi-rorring XFCE version of Spary and it has been working great. 2 of my Laptops are HP 635 which are very old dual core AMD they have 8gb of memory and 500 sd HD the Other laptop is a LAtitude 5480 i5
same as you I have found that Sparky is the best for old computers.
Hope that helps you. And if you have any question here we are to help you in any way we can.

#94

Installation / fresh install: during start "f...

Last post by facciofinta - December 10, 2024, 09:57:45 PM

Hi, I installed Sparky Linux 7.5 MinimalGUI amd64 version on a SD-card.
The start locks and a "failed to start lightdm.service" message appear.
What can I do?
I tried to install Sparky Linux twice on the same SD-card.
md5/sha sum is ok.

thanks in advance!

#95

General discussion / Re: Plasma 6?

Last post by pavroo - December 07, 2024, 01:41:43 PM

Sparky 2024.12:
plasma-desktop   6.2.3-1  amd64        Tools and widgets for the desktop

#96

General discussion / Re: Plasma 6?

Last post by AxL - December 07, 2024, 12:41:15 PM

See also:

https://tracker.debian.org/news/1590529/plasma-desktop-4623-1-migrated-to-testing/

https://packages.debian.org/trixie/plasma-desktop

#97

Newbie questions / Give me advice!

Last post by ramiroelliot - December 05, 2024, 04:19:42 AM

Hello everyone,

i was recently on the search for a Debian based Distro, as i have huge issues with anything Ubuntu based (The Battery Icon updates ver Slow).

And i found the Debian based Distro named ,,Sparky Linux". I tried it and found it really, great. It's really fast on my old ThinkPad L530, that i still use as my Daily Driver.

Here are the Specs: Inteln i3 3310M Intel HD 4000 8GB DDR3 RAM 250 GB Intenso SSD

I really like my ThinkPad and its running great with Sparky.

But I really never found someone using it as a daily driver. I think its not really know in the Community.

And now i wonder, what are your thoughts on the Distro. Is anyone here Daily Driving it? And what are other great Distro for older Machines like mine.

Thank You for taking your Time to read all that.

#98

System upgrading / Re: Public key, Keyring and Si...

Last post by AxL - December 04, 2024, 10:57:48 PM

Manually fixed, as MoroS suggested:

https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-gpg-key-issue-on-testing/

Packages sparky-apt and sparky-keyring 20241204 fix that too (on testing ONLY).

[....]

Thanks, for the info.

[is the workaround]

#99

System upgrading / Re: Public key, Keyring and Si...

Last post by AxL - December 04, 2024, 10:51:21 PM

We'll need repackage the keys. With recent APT updates, the custom keyring files in /usr/share/keyrings are deprecated.

I did a small test:

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sudo cp /usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sparky-linux.asc
Copied the file to the new, requested location and APT updates normally. It's just a test though - our packages should handle placing the keys in the new location. If you need to update, the above is the workaround.

It will give you a warning though while the old /usr/share/keyrings.sparky.gpg.key is there.

Well, thanks a lot, MoroS

And, my most sincere congratulations for solving this problem. As you describe yourself under your nick, you are a real 'Problem solver'   

With so many shitty morons around. It is a real pleasure to find solvent and competent people.









Cheers !!

#100

System upgrading / Re: Public key, Keyring and Si...

Last post by pavroo - December 04, 2024, 08:43:09 PM

Manually fixed, as MoroS suggested:

https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-gpg-key-issue-on-testing/

Packages sparky-apt and sparky-keyring 20241204 fix that too (on testing ONLY).

Sparky stable 7 and oldstable 6 are fine.