SparkyLinux Rescue is an open source Linux distribution built around the Openbox window manager and based on the latest stable branch of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. SparkyLinux is generally a fast, simple and intuitive Linux distribution that supports most wireless and wired network cards, automatically detects most of your hardware components, and is distributed into multiple editions (with different desktop environments).
Distributed as 64-bit and 32-bit Live DVDs
The system is distributed as two Live DVD ISO images that can be easily installed on blank DVDs or USB flash drives. It supports both 64-bit and 32-bit architectures. It is supported in many languages, including Romanian, Chinese, German, Arabic, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Swedish, Dutch, French, Danish, Hindi, Hebrew, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Greek, Slovak, Czech, Italian, Hungarian, and English.
Boot options
Besides booting the live environment in your favorite language, the boot medium can be used to boot the operating system that is currently installed on the first disk drive, or test your computer’s memory (RAM) for errors. Additionally, if you encounter graphical issues with the default boot options, you can use the failsafe or text modes and start the graphical desktop from there.
Features the Openbox window manager
As mentioned, the live session is powered by the Openbox window manager, which provides users with a traditional desktop experience. It is comprised of a single panel, located at the bottom of the screen and used for launching applications, switching between virtual workstations, and interact with opened windows or the system tray area.
Default applications
Default applications include the Icedove email client (fork of Mozilla Thunderbird), Iceweasel web browser (fork of Mozilla Firefox), Licq instant messenger, Hotot Twitter client, qBittorrent torrent downloader, Quassel IRC client, uGet download manager, Exaile music player, and SMPlayer video player.
Additionally, the distribution also includes VLC Media Player, TeamViewer, DeVeDe, RecordMyDesktop, Xfburn, Sound Converter, Radio Tray, GIMP, Minitube, OGMRip, Avidemux, Audacity, qcomicbook, Camorama, PCManFM, Leafpad, JuffEd, Parcellite, and the entire LibreOffice office suite.
Bottom line
During our tests, the SparkyLinux Rescue distribution proved to be quite stable and responsive. We strongly recommend it for all your rescue and recovery needs.
What is new in this release:
- system updated from Debian testing repository as of 23 Jan 2017
- added a new tool Redo Backup and Recovery
What is new in version :
- system updated from Debian testing repository as of 23 Jan 2017
- added a new tool Redo Backup and Recovery
What is new in version 4.3:
New in SparkyLinux Rescue 3.6 (December 8th, 2014)
What is new in version 4.2.1:
- full system upgrade from Debian testing repository as of December 25, 2015
- Linux kernel 4.3.0
- 32 bit iso images features the Linux kernel i686 (non-pae) now
- libc6 2.21
- gcc 5.3.1 (gcc 4.9 removed from the system)
- APT 1.1.5
- Wine 1.8
- removed all old Sparky wallpapers from the live iso images, and the default wallpapers has been slightly modified, depends of a Sparky edition
- Backup (creating and restoring): Clonezilla, DDRescue + GUI, FSArchive, Grsync, luckyBackup, Partclone, Partimage + Partimage Server
- Bootloader (fixing the bootloader GRUB): Boot Repair
- Chroot (chrooting into Linux distributions): Chroot, Chrooter (Sparky Chrooter)
- Dysk (managing and partitioning): Cfdisk, Disktype, Fdisk, Gdisk, GParted, Parted, TeskDisk
- Encryption (encrypting disks and partitions): Cryptsetup, Tcplay, VeraCrypt, zuluCrypt, zuluMount
- Files (operations on files and directories): Eraser (Sparky Eraser), PCManFM, Midnight Commander, PhotoRec, Shred, Tux Commander, Wipe, Xarchiver
- Malware (antivirus and antirootkits scanners): Chkrootkit, ClamAV, ClamTK, Rkhunter
- Monitoring: top, htop, lxrandr, nmon
- Network (access to MS Windows shared folders): samba klient
- Package Management: APT, RPM, YUM, Zypper
- Passwords MS Windows (MS Windows passwords cracker): ophcrack
- Remote Desktop : Gigolo, rdesktop + GUI, Remmina, TeamViewer Instalator
- Wsparcie dla systemow plikow : Reiserfs, Reiser4, ext3/4, iso9660, UDF, XFS, JFS, UFS, HPFS, HFS, HFS+, Time Machine FS, MINIX, MS DOS, NTFS, VFAT. BTRFS, Exfat, F2FS, LVM2, NILFS2
- Quick Help
- ultra lightweight Openbox window manager
What is new in version 4.1 RC:
- improvements, such as:
- Linux kernel 3.16.0-4 (3.16.7-2)
- razor-qt 0.5.2-4
- grub 2.02~beta2
- Twitter's microblogging client Hotot replaced by Turpial (Hotot is not under development any more)
- the new wallpaper ‘Vortex' by LiquidSky64
- Sparky Conky Manager updated up to version 0.1.7 having a new applet of battery status
- System has been synchronized with Debian "testing" repository as of 03/12/2014.
- Added new apps:
- sparky-aptus-upgrade (System Upgrade) - small (recommended) tool for system upgrading
- sparky-systemd-ui - a metapackage which gives you an access to systemd settings as root
- Removed packages:
- sparky-tray
- old, deprecated mate packages of 1.4 & 1.6
What is new in version 3.4:
- Linux kernel 3.14
- All packages upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2014/05/31
- Razor-Qt 0.5.2-4
- Support for installation on machines with EFI
- systemd is the default init system now, see how to change sysvinit to systemd:
- http://sparkylinux.org/sparky-systemd/
- The repository list has been split:
- The main one features Debian repository only inside the file /etc/apt/sources.list
- All additional repositories have been moved to the directory /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
- see: http://sparkylinux.org/sparky-repository/
- Sparky Center - our system control center for LXDE desktop has been rebuilt, added tabs for every option and upgraded up to version 0.2.1
- Sparky APTus - our tool for updating, installing and removing packages has been updated up to version 0.2.0; it offers new functions now:
- Removing Non-Free and Restricted packages which are pre-installed in the system
- Installation of missing language packages
- Every option is placed in a separated tab
- Sparky-Tray - our small app which is loaded to the system's panel tray and gives quick access to APTus, Synaptic, repository list editor and root terminal has been updated up to version 0.1.2. It lets you edit all repo lists due to changes occurred in the repository list
- Sparky-Backup-Apps - our applications backup tool has been updated up version 0.1.4
- Sparky-Backup-System - our system backup tool has been updated up to version 0.1.7 - due to moving Sparky to systemd
- A few apps have been removed: aptoncd, avidemux, audacity, devede, ogmrip, soundconverter; still available to install in the repository
- Added a new package: hardinfo
- New application in our repository: skype
- Teamviewer has been updated up to version 9
What is new in version 3.3.1:
- Due to a small bug in the base system (one library missing), the ‘new' live installer does not want to launch in the Razor-Qt Edition of Sparky 3.3.
- The new iso image of SparkyLinux 3.3.1 Razor-Qt is free of the bug so the new installer works fine.
- Anyway there is the ‘old' installer in the live system too so it can be used instead of the new one.
What is new in version 3.3:
- New iso images of SparkyLinux provide a ton of updates, some changes and system improvements, such as:
- Linux kernel 3.12
- all packages upgraded from Debian testing repositories as of 2014/03/04
- new installer forked from LMDE/SolydXK (no support for EFI yet)
- new wallpaper ‘Strange Nature' by Sakasa + artwork of Grub, Plymouth and installer based on the wallpaper
- sudo is active as default after installation
- SparkyLinux default repository has been changed
- new, refreshed logo
- The ‘old' installer is still available in the live system and it is recommended for ‘old' machines. It can be run in text mode, by the command: sudo sparkylinux-installer or in graphical mode: sudo sparkylinux-installer gui.
- The ‘old' installer features two changes as well:
- partition detection way has been changed after the disk partitioning process is ended
- added new option ‘nogrub' which lets you NOT install bootloader Grub.
- Added new applications and tools:
- Boot-repair - a simple tool to repair frequent boot issues
- Truecrypt - a source-available freeware application used for on-the-fly disks and partitions encryption
- Plymouth + sparky-plymouth-theme
- uGet + Aria2 as the default download manager for Iceweasel, via FlashGot plugin
- Osmo is out - replaced by Iceowl plugin for Icedove mail client
- Hotot-Gtk microblogging client
- sparky-eraser - simply graphical interface for ‘shred' and ‘wipe' tools, read the post: Truecrypt & Sparky-Eraser
- sparky-wine - simply Wine wrapper which lets you choose and install ‘.exe' applications from a local drive
What is new in version 3.2:
- Removed category "Debian" from the menu
- Removed packages: qupzilla, claws-mail, qmmp
- Added packages: iceweasel, icedove, exaile
- Mounting USB devices via the default panel's plugin bug is fixed; now you open USB disks with the default file manager PCManFM
- Added new applications: sparky-conkeyset, sparky-fonset, sparky-keyboard, sparky-locales, sparky-passwdchange, sparky-timedateset, sparky-users, sparky-xdf
What is new in version 3.1:
- Linux kernel 3.10-3 (3.10.11-1)
- All packages have been updated from Debian testing repositories as of 2013/10/05
- SparkyBackup-System one more bug fixed (thanks to The Black Pig) - updated up to 0.1.5
- e17 desktop is available as a separated iso image now and it has been updated up to 0.17.3 version from Debian unstable Sid repository
- Added Teamviewer client, Sparky APTus, Minitube, Gnote, Osmo, Radiotray and Xfburn.
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