Sparky Linux Is Debian With Non-GNOME Desktops

Sparky Linux is a Debian-based Linux distro that offers 4 different desktop editions (LXQt, MATE, Xfce, KDE) in 2 different branches (stable and semi-rolling). Sparky includes some custom apps that are quite interesting as well.
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[@mitchelvalentino1569]

Sparky’s repos are astonishing-like Debian on steroids. No need to use Flatpaks, AppImages, Snaps, or downloading debs and tarballs from the web. Most likely, Sparky already has what you’re looking for. The devs are active, experienced, and very helpful. Probably the most underrated distro out there. Show Sparky some love, and if possible, make a small donation so they don’t have to rely on annoying ads on their homepage to support their work. If you want Debian but with more packages, give Sparky a try. It’s old-school Linux, and a workhorse that can handle anything you throw at it-truly one of the best distros.

[@patrickliniger1687]

How are the installs of "1/2-opened apps" like Signal-Desktop, Telegram-Desktop, Bitwarden, Any-Desk/Teamviewer etc ?

[@vanodon2257]

Sparky semi rolling is nice if you scared of arch and want to play latest tripple a's with latest vkd3d and wine staging. Recommend over mint for gaming anyday

[@mjdxp5688]

I quite like Sparky, it has a bunch of obscure DEs and window managers in its repos such as NsCDE in it.

[@mitchelvalentino1569]

@@_acipenser the sparky repos have additional software that isn’t in the Debian repos. For example, LXQt 1.1.0, Vivaldi, tutanota email, the latest non-ESR Firefox, WineZGUI, the latest Bitcoin client, etc.

[@mitchelvalentino1569]

@@_acipenser nop! Sparky has _tons_ of packages not in any Debian repos. I use both Sparky and Debian Testing. Both are great for different reasons, but the sparky repos are outpacing Testing and Sid repos year after year. Sparky publishes this information to their supporters, and probably somewhere on their confusing website. They should really get on repology and do some rebranding. Make clear what all the differences are. I think people would be surprised by what’s available.

[@eveypea]

Plot twist: The strong and complicated password it "td" and not the "dt" that everyone expected...

[@folksurvival]

Sparky is very underrated.

[@ArniesTech]

Neat little spin, but I don't see where Debian could not look and feel just like that. As always a cool review, Derek 💪🤗

[@thierrybo6304]

According to the above comment they have additional software than Debian do not provides.

[@merthyr1831]

A massive prop to sparky for having a central technology for building their distro-specific apps: even if it's something basic like YAD! This really helps keep a universal style of apps with minimal dev effort, and means devs can support these apps quickly and easily :) Very dev-centric! Also, LxQT is a pretty nice DE. Not my personal taste (I quite like modern GNOME once it's riced...) but it's charming to see traditional desktop paradigms in use with modern software :)

[@tailsorange2872]

I have been using Sparky Linux (Semi - Rolling) for a while..... Pretty good

[@josephdegarmo]

You should look at Spiral Linux which is another Debian-based distro, but offering many more desktops, including GNOME, Budgie, and Cinnamon.

[@biruniweb]

debian already has a lot of desktop envorionments, you just have to go to the installer and click on the desktops you want to choose

[@saeedgnu]

I used it a few years in virtual machine back when it had LXDE. Although I never got to get LXQt work the way I want, there were always strange problems. I think the reason I moved away from it was that it replaced LXDE with LXQt. It's really sad good the old LXDE is discontinued.

[@ShadowGD_OfficialYT]

But you can still have LXDE on newer Linux distros by installing from Debian's repositories.

[@tomas-wi8dy]

I'm a happy Sparky (MATE) user, ... no happy, VERY HAPPY

[@rando-w5h]

Nice distro, was using it last year for few months They got a really interesting app center where u can even download different windows/tiling managers Pains me knowing that i stopped using it months before it finally got popular hahah

[@Khaleda-277]

Hey dt! What's up man?I have following you for a while can you please do a video on the stability of rolling release distros.

[@folksurvival]

Check out DJ Ware's video.

[@ExplorerKhaled-24]

can you please give me a link

[@folksurvival]

@@ExplorerKhaled-24 No need, it's right there on his channel from two months ago. The title is: Debian Testing vs OpenSuSe Tumbleweed vs Arch Linux (Stability and Security Challenge)

[@manishpawar4042]

Hey your explanation is very good please take look of assistive technology for accessibility because it will help us lot because I am blind and a Linux user and I like to watch your videos thank you love from India

[@raddinox2707]

I'm running Debian and it has a lot of Desktop Environment to choose from during install. I am running debian sid/unstable but I am installing debian stable without a DE and then just change the repo and do a full upgrade before I install my DE of choice. In my opinion it's way faster to install than Arch and waaay more stable than my Arch experience

[@CrustyAbsconder]

The cool thing about Sparky is the sole developer of the distro is a really cool guy who loves Linux and loves to help people learn Linux.

[@rarminqorset3628]

I actually love the fact that you chose lxqt version. Cause I love LxQt

[@safi164]

I have heard Sparky Linux is the Amish approved distro. There was a reality show about Amish people in it an Amish guy on his computer was using Sparky Linux.. lol

[@CommodoreFan64]

Amish Mafia?

[@safi164]

@@CommodoreFan64 don't remember

[@mitchelvalentino1569]

This is true.

[@ghost-user559]

Huh. You don’t say. Open source Amish. How do they update without internet tho?

[@mitchelvalentino1569]

@@ghost-user559 Amish communities vary greatly in their practices, but typically there’s a community computer with Internet and cell phone for the rare times when modern technology is necessary. For example, booking plane tickets (Amish occasionally travel long-distances via plane), contacting emergency services, or when documents can only be filed online. The Amish aren’t necessarily opposed to using modern technology, but only when there’s no other option, and as long as it’s used in a God-fearing, humble way that doesn’t disconnect them from their faith and values. Similarly, some Amish sometimes take car ride with non-Amish to get to their destination faster.

[@tailsorange2872]

How are you doing today, Sparky Linux? Sparky Linux: YADDDDDD.

[@jGRite]

I remember when I was looking I was looking for a good Debian distro, and this was the one.

[@andrewpalm2103]

Sparky was my "gateway distro" to straight Debian. I had both the Xfce and CLI versions installed. I learned a lot, including playing videos with the caca driver in the terminal. (The trick is to watch the monitor a few feet away and squint your eyes.) Much fun! Cheers from Wisconsin.

[@chairman67]

Hey DT, do you run your Arch based desktop PC and/or laptops with SB enabled ?

[@runwiththedolphin]

yad uses gtk libs and is nice for adding gui elements to things like bash scripts.

[@patpopov]

Open a terminal and type sudo gdebi-gtk. 16:26

[@elyzsabethahne2116]

Please, which desktop environment does the minimalGUI Stable edition use--is it Lxde, or Openbox? Thank you very much.

[@sergioh.569]

Openbox.

[@patrickliniger1687]

Hello, are you talking about the same yad which manages EndeavourOS ? ('going to try Sparky right now)

[@orcaflotta7867]

But but but, Derek, Mate is a Gnome DE, a forward engineered Gnome 2.

[@zparihar]

Sparky is an awesome replacement to the *buntu ecosystem, however!!! Spiral Linux which is also Debian Buster-based and is also made by the Gecko Linux team is even better because of its extreme polish. I'd highly encourage you to try it. They have all the major desktop environments. I guarantee you'll really enjoy it 😜

[@ShadowGD_OfficialYT]

*Correction:* Spiral Linux is based on Debian Bullseye, not Buster.

[@cybersechs1368]

GOD DAMN, DT sounds like RAP GOD at the end of every video!!

[@jakobw135]

How does this compare to the Garuda Linux you were so crazy about?

[@PhoeniXfromNL]

looks like a nice debian based distro alright, lxqt sure is nice for some older hardware out of the box

[@BatManSWG]

Will be possibly my next Linux installation. Tho used Garuda over a year, but the btrfs file system using so much my nvme drive I fear will wear out. Good file system , snapshots, etc, but the copy-on-write method, is worse than using EXT4 with journalism! Plus I saw, on Sparky now you can even install custom kernels with ease, they have installers for Xanmod, Liquorix ,Debian... The new Xanmod 6 LTS v3 will be amazing for Sparky stable editions. Gone little tired for updating every week over and over

[@emacsking4310]

DT, why did you remove your hash from glibc?

[@unclefester9113]

I'm a diehard Distrohopper. These days I try to stick to the "TOP" main - big boy distros. My question is - why do some Distros - write their name into the boot menu and others don't - they simply leave the boot device name in place ? Why is that ? Can I rename a Drive / Device - in the Boot Menu ?

[@kuzrin]

Yeeee.

[@ruelmarquez5546]

i can't install Sparky Linux mate rolling version. upon installation from usb stick, the calamares installer asks for an authentication before proceeding. where on earth can i get that password???

[@kolonkov_anton]

Password is live

[@jamespleger752]

How to you make icons appear on the desktop? Is there a setting to permit this?

[@skelebro9999]

You should look at Feren OS. Pretty good Debian based distro with KDE.

[@saffanalvy]

Though it is not relevant to this video but I saw your last Garuda Qtile video and trying to install it with proprietary driver cause of my nVidia gpu. It doesn't load up. It always gets stuck at something Plymouth .... This is happening for a long time like a year or so. What should I do, can you please answer? I can't find any solution. Thanks. I've seen most of your videos and a daily watcher and switched myself to Qtile and Vim. They are awesome! Thanks. However, I'm a flutter android developer and also a gamer. Been hopping since forever, but for be I found Arch especially manjaro is the best distro for my line of work. Ubuntu/Debian always breaks things up and Fedora has less numbers of packages available. If you can then please make a video on this topic "Which distro is best for Android development?". Remember the Android Virtual Device emulator cause in some cases they are slow. Not in Ubuntu though, but it breaks always, since version 2.0 this crap happens to me always. However, manjaro is not good in Android Virtual Device support, it's so slow that it crashes all the time. This is a problem that I'm facing for last 3 months and still haven't found a perfect distro. But I'm very comfortable with arch, I started Garuda 1 year ago switching from windows. But because of lutris my latte dock always used to crash so I switched to manjaro and been there for last 7-8months. Manjaro is awesome but AVD (Android Virtual Device) is slow as hell and won't work. Again thanks for your work and effort Derek.

[@WildWestDesigns]

Always a fan of Game Over edition

[@W1ldTangent]

Why in the holy-hell does Debian still not have an update-notifier?

[@elyknavillus777]

Just my two cents to boost the algorithm. Why do creators on KZbin always say they are going to pause the video, it's pause the recording the video does not pause because you pause the recording.

[@MerkDolf]

Just the name says you need this distribution 😂 👌👍

[@na2sio355]

Hey DT How are you doing?

[@DistroTube]

Drinking my first cup of coffee and eating a Hostess cupcake. :D

[@baguettedad]

@@DistroTube based.

[@leviticus8930]

@@DistroTube pastries with coffee is life...until you have to work off the cupcake at the gym

[@tailsorange2872]

@@DistroTube Waiting for you to eat your macDonalds meal before your *stream* JKJK

[@tailsorange2872]

@@DistroTube I ended up with Alpine Linux with OpenBox, tint2, and conky, Firefox ESR, Libreoffice, etc... for the Compaq Presario V2000

[@markhckidz87]

Is Sparky compatible with Nvidia driver/gpu?

[@sifatullah3882]

Yes. Most of the known distros available are compatible with Nvidia GPU. But it's not 100% perfect because Nvidia doesn't care about Linux.

[@oglothenerd]

I think I know what I am putting my mom on! :->

[@safi164]

Sparky is a great distro

[@mognuscarlson5393]

Tried Sparky live; my laptop got slow within a few minutes. Not recommended.

[@theodorealenas3171]

It's cute but oh boy I'd not want to interface a lot with these OS dialogue boxes. Or at least I'm not hooked now.

[@kbaeve]

A little tip! Add a "skip installation" or something, mark as another section or something along the line on these videos. seing another calamaris installer is very little value after a few times, dont need that every time... lol

[@jonathancadle1261]

Debian already has non-Gnome desktops

[@shadmanahmed9759]

Great vid, I suggest ypu check out Eww widgets , i know you will like it

[@dougtilaran3496]

Welcome to the best Deb derivative

[@IMBREISGAU]

I'm physically in pain looking at this abysmal Lxqt design. Damn, who are this DE target audience? Someone who live in 2002?

[@hotsauwz]

well the target audience is computers from 2002. but yes it is ugly.

[@itsfish8672]

GVDT.

[@SteveMacSticky]

does it have 32 bit ISO images?

[@tailsorange2872]

Last I checked : Yes.

[@tailsorange2872]

Download -> Stable -> Scroll down to the section for 32 bit systems

[@SteveMacSticky]

@@tailsorange2872 thanks. it looks very fast for old computers

[@-someone-.]

Password is 69

[@MyDataBelongs2Me]

Why the obsession with showing yourself on the video? YOU are not the content! Wasted screen real estate

[@bigmikeobama5314]

great to see any distro that ditches the sjw racists over at gnome

[@johanb.7869]

All that white, yuck. I had to watch this with my shades on😋 I left Peppermint and use Debian Xfce from now on because at the end of the day Peppermint is just Debian with Peppermint things added to it.

[@emem666]

Sparky is one of those crap distros. One that has plenty little but nasty bugs. Just like the one seen in GDebi in this video. I've installed it in virtual machine and on my laptop and it was a horrible experience. It really sucks because it comes from my own country but still I think if someone wants to use Debian based distro but not Debian itself I would say MX, Q4OS and SolydX/SolydK are much better choice.

[@cybersechs1368]

Prob cos your in a VM, that's why it sucks LOL

[@sifatullah3882]

Lol I installed it on my VM too and had no issues. Tested everything.