SparkyLinux

SparkyLinux is a desktop-oriented operating system based on the Debian operating system.
The project offers a ready to use operating system with a set of various customised lightweight desktops to choose from.
History.
The project was born on October, 2011 as an Ubuntu remix with Enlightenment as the default desktop having the name ue17r (Ubuntu Enlightenment17 Remix). After a few months of testing, the base system has been changed to Debian and it was renamed to SparkyLinux.
Features.
SparkyLinux is based on "stable" and "testing" branch of Debian and uses 'rolling-release-cycle' (testing based only).
It includes a collection of tools and scripts to help users with easy administration of the system.
The default desktop environments are LXQt (former LXDE), MATE and Xfce but users can install other desktops via 'Sparky APTus'.
As Sparky iso image features a few proprietary packages, the 'Sparky APTus' provides a small tool called 'Non-Free Remover' which can easily uninstall all 'contrib' and 'non-free' packages from the system.
Releases.
SparkyLinux is released 3-4 times per year to provide the latest versions of all applications.