Debian 9 has brought many improvements and fixes, which is why Debian-based distributions have accelerated the incorporation of this branch into their flavors. One that already has a version incorporating the Debian 9 base is the well-known lightweight distribution SparkyLinux.
SparkyLinux, which originated in Poland, was created with the aim of offering a very lightweight distro with the stability that Debian ensures . Its development team has taken care of the details so that the distro runs smoothly on computers with few resources but also offers high performance on more modern computers.
The announcement of the SparkyLinux version 4.6 It was made yesterday from the official website of the tool, in the newsletter It is ensured that SparkyLinux is a stable version that will be distributed with the LXDE and Xfce desktop environments, in addition to having the well-known installation guides that will allow us to have an operating system in tune with a minimum set of applications.
SparkyLinux 4.6 details
- SparkyLinux 4.6 ships with the stable Debian 9 base and Linux kernel 4.9.30.
- LXDE and Xfce desktop environments.
- Mozilla Thunderbird as the default mail client.
- Default https protocol.
- Includes "Sparky5" theme with high performance in GTK + applications.
- Added multiple boot modes (Live boot and text mode).
- The installation manager is the famous Calamares in version 3.1.
- New key combinations.
- It has a new update notification tool, so you will always be informed of the availability of new packages.
- A large number of library has been updated and packages from previous versions have been cleaned.
- SparkyLinux will continue to support 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
- Many others more.
Where can I download SparkyLinux 4.6?
You can download an ISO image of SparkyLinux 4.6 from the official distro download URL, which you can access via the following link: https://sparkylinux.org/download/stable/
We hope that this lightweight Debian-based distro can increase the performance of your computer, but also based on our experience, it is a good option for higher-end computers, since it is very stable and has configurations that will serve in the day to day. any user's day