14 DAY TRIAL // SparkyLinux, a lightweight, fast and simple Linux distribution designed for both old and new computers featuring customized Enlightenment and LXDE desktops, is now at version 3.0 Beta 2.
SparkyLinux 3.0 Beta 2 “Annagerman” system is built on Debian GNU/Linux “Jessie,” just like the previous Beta.
According to the developers, Annagerman is a main-belt asteroid named after the Polish singer Anna German.
This latest version of SparkyLinux has been the perfect opportunity to add a lot of new software, including a very powerful application that will help users back up their systems.
“A new application “SparkyBackup-System” has been added – it’s a tool which can make a copy of SparkyLinux installation, including personal settings of your desktop and will make a bootable iso image which can be burn on a blank CD/DVD disk or copy on USB stick. SparkyBackup is based on Remastersys and Remastersys-Gui,” reads the official announcement.
Highlights of SparkyLinux 3.0 Beta 2:
• The Device Driver Manager application has been added. This is a tool that helps used to install third-party hardware drivers; • Broadcom drivers can now be installed; • ndisgtk and ndiswrapper apps have been added; • SparkyCenter has received numerous bus; • All packages have been synchronized with Debian testing repos of 17/06/2013. • Two different desktop managers have been implemented, one is a customized Openbox, and the other one is a light JWM with a traditional look of the desktop; • The Sparky repositories and a public key have been added;
In order to add the new Sparky repositories, you will have to open a terminal and enter the following commands:
wget -O - http://repo.sparkylinux.org/public.gpg.key | apt-key add - deb http://repo.sparkylinux.org/ sparky main # deb http://repo.sparkylinux.org/ sparky dev apt-get update A complete list of changes and new features can be found in the official announcement.
Download SparkyLinux 3.0 Beta 2 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.