r/SparkyLinux: SparkyLinux is a GNU/Linux distribution created on the top of Debian GNU/Linux operating system. SparkyLinux is fast, lightweight and…

Jul 4, 2023 · I do lots of distrohopping in virtual machines and I also keep a "edge of too old" laptop for playing with life extending distros. While I use Arch on most of my machines, I really like Debian, too. …

SparkyLinux was just benchmarked and audited on https://everybytecounts.org today. The performance doesn't look great. Fortunately it looks like there are better performing options available.

Feb 5, 2015 · Thoughts on Sparky Linux GameOver Edition? http://sparkylinux.org/download/ I've downloaded it and tried it on an older computer (just to see if the computer would load it). In the few …

Nov 16, 2020 · Cool to see someone keeping CDE alive on modern distros! One suggestion: you should use /etc/apt/preferences.d to pin cde-desktop to a high priority and everything else from the …

May 4, 2024 · Sparky uses Debian and Linux Lite uses Ubuntu which uses Debian as a base. Between Sparky & Linux Lite, I prefer Sparky. This is mainly a difference in UI customization and included …

I would like to install Sparky for a person aged 70+, currently using Windows on touch screen Sony notebook, in Polish. Very able to new things but Win8.1 is dead, upgrading to 10 makes little sense …

May 12, 2021 · Linux introductions, tips and tutorials. Questions are encouraged. Any distro, any platform! Explicitly noob-friendly.

If you want lighweight the Antix, MX Linux Fluxbox or Bunsenlabs are good choices. Light to Middleweight choices would be something with XFCE desktop such as Debian 12, MXLinux or …

Jun 26, 2020 · I found a link that said testing/updates should be replaced by testing-security. That did the trick. Thanks for the Sparky link, I'm looking at it now... Edit: Cannot find a repository for …