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Sparky 2025.12
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There are new SparkyLinux 2025.12 codenamed “Tiamat” ISO images available of the semi-rolling line.
This new release is based on the Debian testing “Forky”.
Linuxiac:
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SparkyLinux 2025.12 Brings Kernel 6.17 and Updated Desktop ISOs
The Sparky team has rolled out the latest ISO images, 2025.12, its third semi-rolling update of the year—for all enthusiasts of this lightweight Linux distro, based on Debian’s upcoming “Forky” testing branch.
The release pulls in packages from the Debian and Sparky testing repositories as of December 14, 2025. It ships with the Linux kernel 6.17 by default, while long-term-supported kernels, 6.18 LTS, 6.12 LTS, and 6.6 LTS, are available through the Sparky repositories.
Core system components have also been updated, including Firefox 140.5 ESR, Thunderbird 140.5 ESR, and GRUB 2.14 from a recent development snapshot.
Marius:
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SparkyLinux 2025.12 “Tiamat” Released with Debian Forky Base, Linux Kernel 6.17
SparkyLinux 2025.12 (codename Tiamat) has been released today as another snapshot in the semi-rolling series of this Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution leveraging the Debian Testing repositories.
Based on the Debian Testing/Forky repositories as of December 14th, 2025, SparkyLinux 2025.12 ships with Linux 6.17.11 as the default kernel offering, as well as support for the recently released Linux 6.18 kernel series, which can be installed from the SparkyLinux software repositories, along with LTS kernels like Linux 6.12 and 6.6.
SparkyLinux 2025.12 also features an updated bootloader with Grub 2.14~git20250718.0e36779, the Mozilla Firefox 140.5.0 ESR web browser by default with support for the latest Firefox 146 release in the SparkyLinux software repositories, as well as the Mozilla Thunderbird 140.5.0 ESR email client.