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Distro Monday Linux SparkyLinux Linux 6.2 Tech Freedom FOSS News

Sparky News & History
openSUSE News
Freedom Consultation
Linux 62 is Officially Out Now

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DM 47.1 – What’s with Sparky?
There’s a new version out, so as we take a look at what got updated, let’s look back at its roots. So, what is SparkyLinux? It is a lightweight Debian distro which started as a hobby project back in 2011. Originally it was an Ubuntu Remix, based on the Enlightenment desktop, but within a year or so, it was switched to Debian, and now comes in 4 main, light-ish desktops, and a bunch of window managers as “spins” or favors of it.
· Xfce
· LXQt
· KDE Plasma
· MATE (semi-rolling version only)
There are also versions of SparkyLinux for slightly more demanding and advanced users:

· MinimaGUI – equipped with the ultra-light Openbox window manager.

What’s new, though?
Changes:
· system upgraded from Debian & Sparky stable repos as of February 4, 2023
· PC: Linux kernel 5.10.166 (6.1.10, 5.15.92-ESR and 4.9.337-ESR49 (EOL) can be installed from Sparky unstable repos)
· ARM: Linux kernel 5.15.84-v7+
· Firefox 102.7.0.0esr (109.0.1 Mozilla build can be installed from Sparky repos as the ‘firefox-sparky’)
· Thunderbird 102.6.0
· LibreOffice 7.0.4
· LXQt 0.16.0
· Xfce 4.16
· Openbox 3.6.1
· KDE Plasma 5.20.5
· small improvements
Why should you think about Sparky? It is rock stable... Hello... Debian base. It’s lightweight, possibly lighter than most. Sure, these packages are very old, but they are in the realm of “tried and true” now. You’re unlikely to get any up-to-date packages in a distro like this, as that is not the point. The point is that it is light, fast, and stable.

https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-6-6/
https://cloud7.news/linux/sparkylinux-what-when-and-why/
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DM 47.2 – OpenSUSE Leap 15.5 Beta in the Wild

What’s openSuse? What’s Leap? openSUSE is developed by the team behind SUSE Enterprise Linux, and comes in two forms, Leap, and Tumbleweed. Leap is in the vein of Ubuntu, where you are largely stable between version upgrades. Tumbleweed is a rolling distro, much like Arch, other than owing its packages to the repositories to SLE (SUSE Linux Enterprise). Even tumbleweed is a bit more stable due to this arrangement than Arch is. What looks likely to be in this new version?

· KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS
· Mesa 22.3
· Python 3.10
· And more... Stay tuned as we get closer to the official release in early June of this year.

https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-leap-15-5-beta-is-out-for-testing-final-release-expected-in-june-2023

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Freedom Consultation

Ever wondered how to get free from Big Tech? This Free 90 minute consultation will leave you with at least pointers to the tools and services you’ll need to do just that.

https://techfreedom.pro/freedom-consultation

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DM 47.3 – How About Linux 62? Is It Worth it to upgrade, or Stick with the Latest LTS?

Well, it isn’t as big and beautiful as the 6.1 release, but if you have certain hardware, this will definitely be a boon to you. So, what has been added or changed between the two?
· Protective load balancing for IPv6
o This will help with high traffic applications not creating so much congestion
· Lots of CPU architecture support added
o Intel
§ Alder Lake N chips & Raptor Lake P chips have better energy management
o AMD
§ Zen 4
· Better hw monitoring, can now track individual core usage
· L3 Cache tracking
· L1/L2 Cache usage monitoring improved
· P-state driver code added
o ARM
§ Snapdragon 460, 650, 652, 821, 662, 695, and 670
§ Apple
· M1 Pro, Max, and Ultra
o RISC-V
§ Loong-arch
· GPU
o Intel Arc fully supported
o NVIDIA RTX 30 series acceleration support added
o AMD now has more support for RDNA 3
· Storage system
o Better NTFS support
o Better exFAT performance
o Fixes for BTRFS
· USB4
o Wake-on connect and disconnect
o USB2 VGA dongle support removed
· More Rust support