There's also a couple of other noteworthy/interesting things about SparkyLinux.
Firstly, there's a MinimalCLI version w/o a desktop/GUI enviro, which I think you expressed interest in your original post, 'Mint, Ubuntu, Debian...' There's 3 special editions: – GameOver for computer gaming – Multimedia for audio and video enthusiasts and/or web-developers – Rescue, a system rescue toolbox (uses Openbox as a window manager) Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 at 1:53 PM, MC_Sequoia <[email protected]> wrote: > Sharing this on the main PLUG group as it's on topic and might be of interest > to some folks who don't subscribe to the off-topic talk list. > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 at 12:21 AM, John Jason Jordan > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 21:00:56 -0700 > > John Jason Jordan [email protected] 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. > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > > PLUG-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-talk
