The 1st monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2026
Dear Friends!
For the first time in many months, we managed to raise the entire amount needed to survive another month :)
We are proud of you for rising to the occasion, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts :)
Don't forget about us in the coming months, because without you, we wouldn't be here.
Aneta & Paweł
https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2026-01/ #linux #sparkylinux #donate #linuxiarze #archiveos

@rikviergever

i'm in straya, not europe, but am avidly anti-merka anti-orange anti-fascist et al. i have three pooters here.

• old clunker media pc: #LMDE
• laptop: #Fedora #Kinoite -- really hoped to put #KDELinux or #Kalpa on it, but neither copes with its old HW [2011 dell xps15, no uefi]. Kinoite is lovely, but i'm unhappy to use a merkan system, so once i find another atomic immutable compatible with it [i have run numerous mutables on it over the years, but nowadays want an immutable on it], i will replace Kinoite.
• main tower: triple-boot Arch KDE + Fedora Kinoite + SparkyLinux Cinnamon. Same comments here for Kinoite; not the uefi bit though, as tower is uefi, but both Kalpa & KDELinux atm "demand" a drive to themselves, so i might need to buy another SSD. In meantime, my daily boot is again Arch, after a few months of daily Kinoite.

@gael @linuxmint @SUSE @murena @kde @ubuntu

#DropbearPooterising #Linux #LinuxWomen #FOSS
:archlinux: :kde: #ArchLinux #KDEPlasma :linuxfedora: #Kinoite
:linuxdebian: #SparkyLinux :linuxopensuse: #Kalpa :kde: :linux: #KDELinux
:firefoxnightly: #FirefoxNightly #FirefoxSecondSidebar #TreeStyleTab

#USPol #TuckFrump #FuckRWNJs #magamorons #FuckChristoFascists #FuckAllReligion #OrangeOaf #HeyFascistCatch

Am Samstag noch großen Ärger mit dem #PikaOS gehabt. Das große Systemupdate, mehr als 1000 neue Pakete, hatte einfach alles zerschossen. Liebe Devs, wenn man schon so ein heftiges Update herausbringt, wäre vorher testen schon sehr geil gewesen.

Also der Test war somit nicht erfolgreich. Das Projekt muss wohl noch länger reifen. Ich bin jetzt wieder mit @mxlinux unterwegs. Und dank der Timeshift Sicherung war der Umzug jetzt auch nicht so dramatisch.

Auf der Arbeit läuft noch das @SparkyLinux erfolgreich auf dem Laptop vor sich hin, trotzt das es Semi Rolling ist. Bisher keinen einzigen Updatefail gehabt.

#linux #mxlinux #sparkylinux

have used, & enjoyed, #kdiff3 as my default graphical diff app in all my various distros, having first discovered it in my default boot, :archlinux: :kde: , years ago. it has been quite an up & down ride though, coz when it works it's excellent, but over the long haul it has broken many times, partly or completely. for the past week or two it's been pissing me off again. though it launches, both standalone & when invoked from #Dolphin, as soon as i click the icon to begin the manual diffing, its GUI freezes & has to be closed. trying several recent versions via downgrade hasn't helped, & reverting its config file to default also hasn't. i've finally lost all patience with it, so have removed it, & now my default diff app is #Meld... which is a pity given it's GTK. i still have #Kompare installed, but only use it for simple things, given it is barely configurable & flexible compared to the other two. sassen frassen rassen.

#DropbearPooterising #Linux #LinuxWomen #FOSS
:archlinux: :kde: #ArchLinux #KDEPlasma :linuxfedora: #Kinoite
:linuxdebian: #SparkyLinux :linuxopensuse: #Kalpa :kde: :linux: #KDELinux
:firefoxnightly: #FirefoxNightly #FirefoxSecondSidebar #TreeStyleTab

Oh, heute früh gleich über 600MB Updates beim #SparkyLinux Rolling. 🐧

@SpaciousCoder78
Exactky. Manjaro is good, but again the same issues as KDE or any heavy weight stuff. My laptop burned out most of the times.

Debian is the mos stable and even when it breaks, it is easy to get back the whole thing.

Although I have never been able to get my head around how to do the #rsync on any of the distros. Much too complicated for me. lols

Did you try #sparkylinux or #mxlinux yet? MX is so much better. I also keep hopping on to #rockylinux

Dear Friends!
We already have the full amount for the servers - mega happy, thank you :)
We still lack the money to survive another month - we only have 38% of the donation :(
We wholeheartedly thank you for your support, which, as always, is invaluable. As always, we encourage more users to support us, because without your support, we won't be able to survive.
Aneta & Paweł
#linux #sparkylinux #donate #linuxiarze #archiveos https://sparkylinux.org/donate/

Kochani!
Mamy już całą kwotę na serwery - mega szczęśliwi, dziękujemy :)
Brakuje nam jeszcze pieniędzy na przeżycie kolejnego miesiąca - mamy zaledwie 38% donacji :(
Z całego serca dziękujemy Wam za wsparcie, które jak zawsze jest nieocenione i jak zwykle zachęcamy kolejnych użytkowników do wsparcia nas, bo bez Waszego wsparcia nie damy rady przeżyć.
Możecie nam również pomóc udostępniając naszą zbiórkę.
Aneta i Paweł
#linux #linuxiarze #sparkylinux #archiveos #donate https://linuxiarze.pl/wsparcie/

@SparkyLinux hello? pls could you advise HOW to do this?

Sparky 'dev' repositories so the repo has to be enabled

#SparkyLinux #CosmicDesktop

There is a new desktop available for Sparkers: Labwc, as well as Sparky 2026.01~dev Labwc ISO image; so test it ant report whatever you find, please. https://sparkylinux.org/labwc/ #linux #debian #sparkylinux

been several months now since i gave Tower her 3rd-boot, being her first atomic/immutable, :linuxfedora: Kinoite, to supplement her 1st-boot :archlinux: :kde: , & her 2nd-boot :linuxdebian: SparkyLinux. have been using Kinoite daily. am now conflicted...

• really pleasant to use, a great UX 👍
• really wish it was not merkan 👎

imo, i hope hope hope that project banana, aka, KDE-Linux :kde: :linux: reaches Beta asap, at which point i might well replace Kinoite with it... not only, but bigly part of my desire, to eliminate as much merkanism from my pc as possible, such is my abhorrence & disgust with that failing fascist state of murder, invasion, violence, & skyfairydelusionism.

#DropbearPooterising #Linux #LinuxWomen #FOSS
:fedora: #Kinoite :archlinux: :kde: :plasma: #ArchLinux #KDEPlasma
:debian: #SparkyLinux :opensuse: #Kalpa :kde: :linux: #KDELinux
:firefox_nightly: #FirefoxNightly #FirefoxSecondSidebar #TreeStyleTab

#USPol #TuckFrump #FuckRWNJs #magamorons #FuckChristoFascists #FuckAllReligion #OrangeOaf #HeyFascistCatch

Switching from #Debian based #SparkyLinux to #Fedora based #Nobara, I have noticed that some programs I used on Debian/Sparky don't have an RPM package for Fedora. While I'm not exactly unfamiliar with compiling tar.gz files, I am quite the lazy bastard and would rather choose a flatpak image vs compiling when possible.

Oh yeah, guess I should say I'm making the transition to #Nobara Linux after #Debian / #SparkyLinux decided to propose new issues. I also wanted to reap the benefits of BTRFS

Today on YCL: I fumble around with weird desktop environments! https://youtu.be/QCNnMAYc80w #linux #sparkylinux

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

KDE Plasma 6.6 Fixes A Common Panel-Related Crash, Improves OpenBSD Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.6-Starts-2026

GNOME Glycin Adds XPM/XBM Support To Address Fedora's Last Unsandboxed Image Loader:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Glycin-Does-XPM-XBM

IceWM 4.0 Improves Alt-Tab Window Switcher, Alpha Blending + 32-bit RGBA Default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/IceWM-4.0-Released

Hyprland Becomes More Attractive with Crash Recovery and Safe Mode Features:
https://itsfoss.com/news/hyprland-0-53-release/

COSMIC desktop now available for testing on SparkyLinux:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/cosmic-desktop-now-available-for-testing-on-sparkylinux/

Arch Linux Installer Adds CUPS, rEFInd Boot, IWD, COSMIC & Power Management Options:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-Archinstall-3.0.15

If You Have an Older NVIDIA GPU on Arch Linux, Your System Might Be Broken:
https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-old-nvidia-gpu-issue/

Asahi Linux Has Experimental Code For DisplayPort, Apple M3/M4/M5 Bring-Up Still Ongoing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-EOY-2025-CCC

Aeryn OS Continuing To Focus On Tooling & Infrastructure In 2026:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Aeryn-OS-Ends-2025

Bazzite Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/bazzite-linux-gets-a-spring-cleaning-update-to-end-2025/

Devuan 6.1 Released For Latest Debian 13 "Init Freedom" Without systemd:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Devuan-6.1-Released

GE-Proton 10-28 brings fixes for Duet Night Abyss, World of Tanks, games with spatial audio and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ge-proton-10-28-brings-fixes-for-duet-night-abyss-world-of-tanks-games-with-spatial-audio-and-more/

D7VK v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/d7vk-v1-1-is-out-with-experimental-direct3d-6-support-via-vulkan-for-windows-games-on-linux/

SDL 3.4 Released With Many New APIs, Better Emscripten & Native PNG Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL-3.4-Released

Mesa 25.3.3 released with more Linux graphics driver bug fixes:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-25-3-3-released-with-more-linux-graphics-driver-bug-fixes/

X.Org IMAKE Updated For Those Not Yet Transitioned To Autoconf/Automake Or Meson:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-imake-1.0.11

Linux 6.19-rc3 Released With A Holiday's Week Of Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-rc3-Released

New Linux Patches Allow More Easily Changing The Tux Kernel Boot Logo:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LInux-Kconfig-Tux-Boot-Logo

(FOSS news in comment)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #KDE #GNOME #IceWM #Hyprland #COSMIC #SparkyLinux #Arch #AsahiLinux #AerynOS #Bazzite #Devuan #Mesa #D7VK #FosseryTech

SparkyLinux rende disponibile il desktop COSMIC nei repository di sviluppo: moderno, veloce, basato su Wayland e consigliato solo per test. #SparkyLinux #COSMIC #Wayland #Linux

https://www.linuxeasy.org/cosmic-arriva-su-sparkylinux/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The 12th monthly Sparky project and donate report of the 2025. https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2025-12/ #linux #debian #sparkylinux thanks a lot for your support!

Raport Linuxiarzy z działalności w grudniu 2025. W podsumowaniu grudnia 2025 zostały wyszczególnione nowe wersje systemów operacyjnych z rodziny Linux, BSD i inne, które w tym czasie zostały wydane, dodne nowe dystrybucje, aplikacje, etc. https://linuxiarze.pl/raport-linuxiarzy-z-dzialalnosci-w-grudniu-2025/ #linux #unix #bsd #sparkylinux #archiveos #archivegame #archiveapp

quite tickled today to have finally stumbled over the #TreeStyleTab "settings within the settings" view, in which at last i've been able to greatly narrow the Pinned Tabs' width, to fit many more into a single row.

#sidebery's had this option plainly available in its settings for yonks, & i always felt it weird for #TST to lack that similar granularity. no more need i ponder, the fault was mine, for not burrowing deep enough.

#DropbearPooterising #Linux #LinuxWomen #FOSS
:fedora: #Kinoite :archlinux: :kde: :plasma: #ArchLinux #KDEPlasma
:debian: #SparkyLinux :opensuse: #Kalpa :kde: :linux: #KDELinux
:firefox_nightly: #FirefoxNightly #FirefoxSecondSidebar #TreeStyleTab