SparkyLinux is a desktop-oriented

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based on the

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operating system. The project offers a ready to use operating system with a set of various customised lightweight desktops to choose from. SparkyLinux is released 3-4 times per year to provide the latest versions of all applications.

History

The project was born on October, 2011 as an

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remix with

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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 it was renamed to SparkyLinux.

Features

SparkyLinux is based on "stable" and "testing" branches of

and uses a 'rolling-release-cycle' (testing based only). It includes a collection of tools and scripts to help users with easy administration of the system.About SparkyLinux , SparkyLinux
/ref> The default desktop environments are

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(former

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), MATE, Xfce and

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, 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.

Special editions

* GameOver Edition, targeted to gamers. It features a large set of

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games and some needed tools; * Rescue Edition, provides a live system and a large number of applications for recovering broken operating systems; * Multimedia for audio, video and html pages creating; * MinimalCLI and MinimalGUI.

References

External links

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History

Features

Special editions

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