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SparkyLinux is a desktop-oriented operating system based on the Debian operating system. The project offers a ready-to-use operating system with various desktops to choose from. SparkyLinux is released 3-4 times per year to provide the latest versions of all applications.

Key facts

OS.name
SparkyLinux
OS.logo
SparkyLinux-logo-200px.png
OS.logo_size
110px
OS.screenshot
Sparky6-xfce.png
OS.caption
SparkyLinux 6.0 "Po Tolo" with Xfce
OS.developer
SparkyLinux team
OS.family
Linux (Unix-like)
OS.source_model
Open source
OS.language
Multilingual
OS.kernel_type
Monolithic (Linux)
OS.userland
GNU
OS.supported_platforms
IA-32, x86-64, ARM
OS.ui
LXQt, MATE, Xfce and KDE
OS.updatemodel
APT (front-ends available)
OS.package_manager
dpkg (front-ends available)
OS.license
Mainly GPL and other free software licenses, minor additions of proprietary
OS.working state
Current

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
operating system
Country of origin
Poland
Based on
Linux kernel
Official website
sparkylinux.org
Image
VirtualBox SparkyLinux 5.14 LXQT 08 04 2021 20 52 50.png
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Commons category
SparkyLinux
inception
2012-05-05
software version identifier
8.2
social media followers
212
package management system
Advanced Package Tool
GUI toolkit or framework
Xfce
official forum URL
forum.sparkylinux.org
hashtag
sparkylinux
terms of service URL
sparkylinux.org/term-of-use
contact page URL
sparkylinux.org/contact
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Features
  • Special editions
  • Releases and reception
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

SparkyLinux is a desktop-oriented operating system based on the Debian operating system. The project offers a ready-to-use operating system with various 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 in October 2011 as an Ubuntu remix with Enlightenment 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 renamed SparkyLinux.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “SparkyLinux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.