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SPARKYLINUX 2019.08

The latest release of SparkyLinux’s semi-rolling branch, based on Debian Testing, is now available and comes with an updated kernel (4.19.37), a new Sparky6 theme (Gnu Compiler Collection) 9 has been added, though remains the default. You don’t need to reinstall the system to update – visit the release notes at for more information.

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