SparkyLinux 7.6 has been released and is a quarterly updated point release of Sparky 7 "Orion Belt" within the stable line. This version is compatible with Debian 12 "Bookworm" and incorporates updates for all packages from both Debian and Sparky stable repositories. Sparky 7 is offered in multiple versions, including AMD64 BIOS/UEFI with Secure Boot, i686 non-PAE BIOS/UEFI (Legacy), and ARMHF & ARM64 with Openbox and CLI options.

Sparky 7.6

It is a quarterly updated point release of Sparky 7 “Orion Belt” of the stable line. Sparky 7 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 12 “Bookworm”. Due to issue of GPG key in Sparky testing 2024.11 iso images, there was an additional 2024.12 release made in December, so the stable iso images has been moved to January 2025.

Changes:
– all packages updated from Debian and Sparky stable repos as of January 3, 2025
– Linux kernel PC: 6.1.119 LTS (6.12.8, 6.6.69-LTS, 5.15.175-LTS in sparky repos)
– Linux kernel ARM: 6.6.62 LTS
– LibreOffice 7.4.7 (24.8.4 in Debian backports repo)
– KDE Plasma 5.27.5
– LXQt 1.2.0
– MATE 1.26
– Xfce 4.18
– Openbox 3.6.1
– Firefox 128.5.0esr (133.0.3 in sparky repos)
– Thunderbird 128.5.0

Sparky 7 “Orion Belt” is available in the following versions:
– amd64 BIOS/UEFI+Secure Boot: Xfce, LXQt, MATE, KDE Plasma, MinimalGUI (Openbox) & MinimalCLI (text mode)
– i686 non-pae BIOS/UEFI (Legacy): MinimalGUI (Openbox) & MinimalCLI (text mode)
– ARMHF & ARM64 Openbox & CLI

PC live user:password = live:live
ARM user:password = pi:sparky

If you have Sparky 7 installed – simply keep it up to date. No need to reinstall your OS.

New iso images of Sparky 7 “Orion Belt” can be downloaded from the  download/stable page.

Sparky 7.6