Sparky Linux is dangerous.
It said, it saved other distributions in my NUC but it only booted Sparky Linux.
This is the ploy Emmabantus did and I fell out of it and never the used. Bother Emmabantus and Sparky Linux do not like to live in the same computer, since it becomes obvious they lag behind Debian, many a miles.
I have already ditched so called version,8 which is old and dated back to December, 2024.
Version 8 did not let me install AbiWord.
Instead of panicking I clicked it's update and it took 20 minutes for the update. Outdated games packs were the culprits delaying the update.
It has not a game pack worth talking about. That is the only reason I tried it.
It looks for Trixi for updates.
It does not have a community, just like Elive Linux and trying to make a fast buck by hoodwinking the gullible guys and girls.
This is what Ubuntu does. Ubuntu image is almost 6GB and at install hardly any software. They expect you to pay a sum and let Ubuntu update the system.
One loses the fundamental principle of Linux, the Freedom and get hooked to Ubuntu.
However I got Gnome Installed.
Dock is frozen and did not let me remove or update the icons. I immediately even erased it.
When things gets bad with GRUB I have a simple solution.
I install Debian XFCE on a single partition of 9.5GB.
It's only additional application is AbiWord which is about 300MB.
Installer takes about 5.5GB and I have 4GB left for /home partition and for additional software.
As you install software the / home partition gets smaller and smaller.
This is why I hate Ubuntu which uses one partition. Whereas, Debian''s let's you several choices.
Today, I tried to Install Debian on text mode and I got stuck configuring WiFi password.
I tried 3 times with two wrong and one correct password setting and it gave a "fail status" in all three.
I gave 60 seconds time lag for each option but it did not hook up with the WiFi.
However, Debian gives you enough time and with the worse scenario one can abort the installation.
Text mode lets me select Fsck utility and Gparted which was interesting.
So my advice is for YOU to go for graphical installer.
Why toil with text mode?
Unless or course, you are doing it for an examination practice.
Redhat used to have this certification method which I hated and never tried.
TimeShift
TimeShift and Sparky Linux.
For my own learning I did a trial of two Timesshits. Each one costs me 1.2GB.
One when it was on XFCE and one after installing Gnome.
Funny part was I gave /opt partition with nearly 2.4GB for the snapshot and I started getting a warning message that the disk is full. Root partition had over 10GB remaing and the tiny /opt partition restricting my Freedom.
Thankfully, Sparky had Gparted and I unmounted this partition and formatted it.
I have done this only once before and Debian would not boot after that.
If one fiddlee with the partition table that is the end of the story.
I think Gparted has come of age.
Sparky provided the wrong information in the Open Internet saying it has the latest Trixie Kernel Version.
It did not
The version was December,2024 where as Trixie is June, 2025.
It is 8 months behind.
What it did was to pick the Debian 6.12.1. +38 on update.
There was hardly any time for any other alternative distribution to keep pace with Debian Team.
These guys and girls gone independent does not contribute to Debian''s Development Team.
These Polish Guys are Suckers.
Do not use this distribution.
I am going to erase it once I get my boot loader is in good order.
By the way, JFS or the Journalized file system of IBM was faulty and I had to reinstall Debian using Ext4.
