Sparky Linux for Debian lovers

SparkyLinux Minimal GUI Desktop.

Sparky Linux is a Debian derivative which concentrate on lightweight desktop experience with beautiful interface. "Sparky is fast, lightweight and fully customizable OS built around the Openbox window manager offering versions for different users and different tasks". Sparky available with 20 different desktops. They concentrate mainly on Desktop based on OpenBox window manager and LXDE. The desktop packed with beautiful icons and windows borders, such features enhace conventional Debian user interface.

SparkyLinux Minimal Desktop is very suitable for laptop and netbook computers with low hardware profile. Minimal Desktop of Sparky Linux preloaded with very few applications. So the users can install the desired applications. Minimal GUI will not eat the computer resources much and can give good performance. The stable version of SparkyLinux follows the Debian Stable edition. Stable version is suitable for production systems.

Reference

https://sparkylinux.org/about/

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Change theme and icon of Sparky Linux MinimalGUI

Sparky Linux is a Debian based distro.  Sparky Linux MinimalGUI loaded with Openbox Desktop. So its performance is very fast. Very suitable for the netbook, low profile processors and old computers. The Sparky Linux MinimalGUI loaded with very minimum applications.

ObConf is the default tool to customize the theme. But it has no option to change the icons. The user can install another app called lxappearance and control the look and feel. Apply the following command to install the lxappearance tool;

sudo apt install lxapperance

The tool will appear at Applications > Settings > Customize Look and Feel

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