[PLUG-TALK] SparkyLinux

MC_Sequoia mcsequoia at protonmail.com
Sat Sep 23 20:53:18 UTC 2023


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On Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 at 12:21 AM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:


> On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 21:00:56 -0700
> John Jason Jordan johnxj at gmx.com dijo:
> 
> > After 12 failed attempts to install Debian 12 I went shopping again. I
> > was concentrating on Debian based distros, and I found SparkyLinux,
> > which I had not only never tried, but had never even heard of. As far
> > as I can tell it is based in Poland.
> > 
> > I have it running and so far it is all working fine. A couple points
> > that I found really cool:
> > 
> > 1) No snap or flatpak, although you can install them
> > 2) Based on Debian Stable
> > 3) Brave browser is in its standard repos - no need to mess
> > with web pages of instructions, or bow to snap
> > 4) There is only one ISO; when you boot it you choose which
> > desktop environment you want, from over a dozen choices
> > 5) From a cursory look at the repos, it is heavy on multimedia,
> > including some stuff that is hard to find
> 
> 
> I can add one more delight: The only fonts it installed were a
> handful needed for the OS. No Thai, Gujarati, or others that an
> ordinary English speaker would find useless.
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