IN BRIEF
A Debian-based family of distros that produces releases based on Debian’s stable and testing Debian branches. The project puts out several ISO, each with a different desktop environment to cater to all kinds of machines. SparkyLinux is notable for its custom tools.
SPECS
Minimum
CPU: Pentium 4 and above
Memory: 1GB
Hard disk space: 10GB
Build: Supports both 32- and 64-bit machines
SparkyLinux is one of a handful of decent distros that’s managed to survive for over a decade now by building a loyal and sizable community of users around it. The project’s handful of developers produce distros based on Debian’s Stable and Testing branches. The releases based on Debian Stable have 32-bit ISOs as well, which makes them ideal for older hardware.
This is the latest release of the distro based on Debian Unstable. These are rolling releases that can be updated perpetually, but the project still puts out ISOs with a refreshed set of packages to make it easier for new users to get into SparkyLinux.
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