SparkyLinux

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SparkyLinux
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SparkyLinux 6.0 "Po Tolo" with Xfce
DeveloperSparkyLinux team[1]
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release5 May 2012; 13 years ago (2012-05-05)
Repository
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Available inMultilingual
Update methodAPT (front-ends available)
Package managerdpkg (front-ends available)
Supported platformsIA-32, x86-64, ARM
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface		LXQt, MATE, Xfce and KDE
LicenseMainly GPL and other free software licenses, minor additions of proprietary
Official websitesparkylinux.org

SparkyLinux is a desktop-oriented operating system based on the Debian[2] operating system.[3] The project offers a ready-to-use operating system with various desktops to choose from.[4] SparkyLinux is released 3-4 times per year to provide the latest versions of all applications.

History

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The project was born in October 2011 as an Ubuntu remix with Enlightenment as the default desktop having the name ue17r (Ubuntu Enlightenment17 Remix). After a few months of testing, the base system was changed to Debian and renamed SparkyLinux.[5][6]

Features

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SparkyLinux has two main "flavors": the "stable flavor", which is based on the latest Debian stable, and the “rolling flavor”, which is based on the testing (next stable) branch of Debian and uses a (semi-)rolling-release cycle. Additionally, it includes a collection of tools and scripts to help users with easy administration of the system.[7]

The default desktop environments are LXQt (former LXDE), MATE, Xfce, and KDE, but users can install other desktops via 'Sparky APTus'.

As Sparky ISO image features a few proprietary packages, the 'Sparky APTus' provides a small tool called 'Non-Free Remover' which can easily uninstall all 'contrib' and 'non-free' packages from the system.[8]

Since 2023, the project has offered storage persistence from a utility that writes USB disk images. The feature so far only works on the MinimalGUI version of SparkyLinux.[9]

Special editions

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  • GameOver Edition, targeted to gamers. It features a large set of free and open-source games and some needed tools.[10]
  • Rescue Edition, provides a live system and a large number of applications for recovering broken operating systems.[11]
  • Multimedia for audio, video, and HTML pages editing.
  • MinimalCLI and MinimalGUI.[7]

Releases and reception

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  • SparkyLinux 1.0 – codename “Venus” was renamed from ue17r to SparkyLinux 1.0 on January 15, 2012.[12]
  • SparkyLinux 2.0 – codename “Eris” was released on December 19, 2012. [13]
  • SparkyLinux 3.0 – codename “Annagerman” was released on July 27, 2013. [14]
  • SparkyLinux 3.4 – codename “Annagerman” was released on June 03, 2014.[15][16]
  • SparkyLinux 3.5 – codename “Annagerman” was released on September 06, 2014.[17][18][19]
  • SparkyLinux 4.0 – codename “Tyche” was released on June 26, 2015.[20]
  • SparkyLinux 5.0 – codename “Nibiru” was released on July 17, 2017.[21][22]
  • SparkyLinux 5.5 – codename “Nibiru” was released on July 27, 2018.[23]
  • SparkyLinux 6.0 – codename “Po Tolo” was released on August 20, 2021.[24]
  • SparkyLinux 7.0 – codename “Orion Belt” was released on June 15, 2023.[25][26]
  • SparkyLinux 8.0 – codename “The Seven Sisters” was released on August 14, 2025.[27][28][29]
  • SparkyLinux 9.0 – code name “Tiamat” (based on Debian 14 “Forky”) is in beta testing.[30]

See also

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