SparkyLinux Openbox is a free and open source edition of the Debian-based SparkyLinux operating system. It is distributed as part of the SparkyLinux Base edition, built around the minimalist and low-on-resources Openbox window manager, and designed for computers with old or semi-old hardware components.
Distributed as 64-bit/32-bit Live CDs
The Openbox edition of SparkyLinux is distributed as Live CD ISO images that contains software packages optimized for either of the 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x86_64) instruction set architectures. The user must write the ISO images on blank CD discs or USB thumb drives or 1GB or higher capacity in order to boot the Live CDs from the BIOS of a computer.
Offers standard boot options
The Live CD boot options are pretty standard on the Openbox edition of SparkyLinux, designed to allow the user to start the live system with normal configuration of in failsafe mode, run a memory test, as well as to boot an existing operating system that is currently installed on the first disk drive detected by the BIOS.
Openbox is in charge of the desktop environment
As its name suggests, SparkyLinux Openbox uses the Openbox window manager as its default and only desktop environment. Its layout comprises of a panel located on the bottom edge of the screen, which helps users to interact better with running programs, as well as to access important system functions.
Default applications
The SparkyLinux Openbox operating system includes the same amount of software packages like the SparkyLinux JWM edition, which means that Iceweasel is the default web browser, PCManFM is the default file manager and Leafpad can be used to write text documents. In addition, you can chat on IRC using XChat, partition disk drives with GParted, as well as to install new packages or updated existing ones using Synaptic Package Manager or Aptitude.
What is new in this release:
- full system upgrade from Debian testing repository as of December 15, 2015
- Linux kernel 4.2.0 (4.2.6)
- Enlightenment 0.20.0 (0.20.1 is available in our repos)
- KDE Plasma 5.4.3
- LXDE 0.99.0-2
- LXQt 0.10.0-2
- MATE 1.10.2
- Openbox 3.6.1-2
- Xfce 4.12.2
- Iceweasel 38.2.1esr
- Icedove 38.4
- LibreOffice 5.0.4 rc1
- Wine 1.8 rc3
- removed KDE/KWin based packages, the system uses Openbox window manager only and applications based on Qt and GTK libs (LXQt edition)
- a small issue which did not let loading the default Sparky wallpaper has been fixed (KDE 64 bit edition)
- the live-installer supports auto login via SDDM in the target system (KDE edition)
- due to removing a dependency from Debian testing repository for ‘mintstick' tool, it has been replaced by Sparky USB Live Creator, which is a GUI front-end to ‘dd', and another (new) tool Sparky USB Formatter
- ‘boot-repair' tool has been removed from iso images, but it is still available in the Sparky repository and on the iso images of the Sparky Rescue Edition
- ‘xfce4-mixer plugin' has been replaced by ‘pulseaudio-plugin' (Xfce edition)
- general cleaning and removing obsolete packages
- localizationing Sparky tools
- TOR Messenger - a multi messenger (IM), which uses the TOR network as default, is available in Sparky repository now
- removed all old Sparky wallpapers from the live iso images, and the default wallpapers has been slightly modified, depends of a Sparky edition
- added small application called "Sparky First Run"
- added ‘menulibre' package (Xfce edition)
- added new tool ‘obmenu-generator', which can generate a static or dynamic pipe menu and ‘xfdashboard' tool (Openbox edition)
What is new in version 4.1:
- massive numbers of updates from Debian testing and SparkyLinux repositories
- full system rebranding, see HowTo: http://sparkylinux.org/sparky-rebranding/
- new flat theme "Sparky4"
- new flat icon set "Ultra-Flat-Icons"
- wallpaper "Vortex" by LiquidSky64
- the look of all the system's elements has been fully integrated
- many visual improvement
- Gnome-Alsamixer replaced by Pulse Audio Mixer (LXDE edition)
- XChat replaced by HexChat
- Wbar has been removed
- traditional look of the desktop with one bottom's panel
- updated Boot-Repair (available in Live system only)
- updated Live-Installer
- the default's Sparky iso building tool is Sparky Backup System now; it works in a text console or using Yad based GUI - available in our repos
- many small improvements
- many improvements and bugs fixing of Sparky apps
- all the Sparky apps moved to SourceForge git repos
What is new in version 4.0:
- massive numbers of updates from Debian testing and SparkyLinux repositories
- full system rebranding, see HowTo: http://sparkylinux.org/sparky-rebranding/
- new flat theme "Sparky4"
- new flat icon set "Ultra-Flat-Icons"
- wallpaper "Vortex" by LiquidSky64
- the look of all the system's elements has been fully integrated
- many visual improvement
- Gnome-Alsamixer replaced by Pulse Audio Mixer (LXDE edition)
- XChat replaced by HexChat
- Wbar has been removed
- traditional look of the desktop with one bottom's panel
- updated Boot-Repair (available in Live system only)
- updated Live-Installer
- the default's Sparky iso building tool is Sparky Backup System now; it works in a text console or using Yad based GUI - available in our repos
- many small improvements
- many improvements and bugs fixing of Sparky apps
- all the Sparky apps moved to SourceForge git repos
What is new in version 3.6 / 4.0 RC:
- massive numbers of updates from Debian testing and SparkyLinux repositories
- full system rebranding, see HowTo: http://sparkylinux.org/sparky-rebranding/
- new flat theme "Sparky4"
- new flat icon set "Ultra-Flat-Icons"
- wallpaper "Vortex" by LiquidSky64
- the look of all the system's elements has been fully integrated
- many visual improvement
- Gnome-Alsamixer replaced by Pulse Audio Mixer (LXDE edition)
- XChat replaced by HexChat
- Wbar has been removed
- traditional look of the desktop with one bottom's panel
- updated Boot-Repair (available in Live system only)
- updated Live-Installer
- the default's Sparky iso building tool is Sparky Backup System now; it works in a text console or using Yad based GUI - available in our repos
- many small improvements
- many improvements and bugs fixing of Sparky apps
- all the Sparky apps moved to SourceForge git repos
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