New version of SparkyLinux available.

SparkyLinux is a lightweight, fast and simple Linux distribution disigned for both old and new computers featuring customized Enlightenment and LXDE desktops.

It has been built on the “testing” branch of Debian GNU/Linux.

Available for i486 and x86_64 machines.

Main features:
– Debian testing based
– rolling release
– lightweight, fast & simple
– main edition – lightweight & fast LXDE desktop
– Enlightenment – lightweight and beautiful
– ultra light edition with Openbox and JWM desktops (Ultra Edition)
– special gaming edition: GameOver
– MATE Edition with GNOME 2 fork desktop
– Razor-Qt Edition with Qt based desktop
– CLI Edition for building own customized desktop
– most wireless and mobile network cards supported
– set of selected applications, multimedia codecs and plugins
– easy hard drive / USB installation

Download.

Updates (via Distrowatch):

Paweł Pijanowski has announced the release of SparkyLinux 3.5, a set of Debian-based distributions that come with a choice of LXDE, Razor-qt or Enlightenment desktops: "SparkyLinux 3.5 'Annagerman' LXDE, Razor-Qt, CLI, Enlightenment 18 & 19-dev is out. New live/install ISO images provide up-to-date packages and a few changes. All packages have been synchronized with Debian 'testing' repositories as of 2014-09-02. The system runs on Linux kernel 3.14.15. This time the Enlightenment edition is available in two variants: E18 - the stable line; E19-dev (0.19.0.18850) - development packages compiled from the git repository as of 2014-09-02. New application, Custom ISO Builder, lets you rebuild ISO images of SparkyLinux and some other images similar to SparkyLinux. New tool, Sparky-APTus-Extra, lets you quickly install additional applications from the SparkyLinux repository." Here is the full release announcement. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-3.5-x86_64-lxde.iso (1,343MB, MD5), sparkylinux-3.5-x86_64-razorqt.iso (1,417MB, MD5), sparkylinux-3.5-x86_64-e18.iso (1,470MB, MD5), sparkylinux-3.5-x86_64-e19-dev.iso (1,532MB, MD5).

Screenshots.

SparkyLinux 2.1 "Eris" LXDE

Ultra Edition

RC 2.1 Ersi Mate

Ultra Edition Openbox

Ultra Edition Fluxbox

2.0.1 LXDE GameOver

.0.1 "GameOver" LightDM

Menù giochi

2.0 “Eris” Enlightenment

Multimedia
Avidemux

Miro

DeVeDe

Rhythmbox

VLC + Gnome Player


Libre Office

Player PDF Evince


GPicView

Inkscape

Simplescan


Network
Iceweasel

Liferea

Transmission

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