GeckoLinux

GeckoLinux
	GeckoLinux 153.220104, with the Cinnamon desktop environment
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source, with proprietary drivers and media codecs available or provided by default
Initial release	27 May 2016; 8 years ago
Latest release	Static: 154.220822 / 27 August 2022; 2 years ago; Rolling: 999.220820 / 27 August 2022; 2 years ago;
Repository	github.com/geckolinux
Available in	Multilingual
Package manager	Zypper,; YaST (Graphical);
Platforms	x86-64
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux)
Userland	GNU
Default; user interface	Cinnamon,; Xfce,; GNOME,; KDE,; MATE,; Budgie,; LXQt,; Pantheon;
Official website	geckolinux.github.io

GeckoLinux is a Linux distribution based on openSUSE. It is available in two editions: Static, which is based on openSUSE Leap,^[4] and Rolling, which is based on openSUSE Tumbleweed.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Features

Some of GeckoLinux's features include:^[5]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

"improved" font rendering
live ISO's with various desktop environments
offline calamares installer
PackageKit is not used or installed by default
pre-configured Packman repository ^{[note 1]}
proprietary media codecs & drivers are pre-installed
recommended packages are not forcefully installed as recommended dependencies after installation
TLP for power management

Version history

Static

Version^[12]	Date	Kernel^[13]
421.160527^[14]	27.05.2016	Unknown.
421.160601	01.06.2016
421.160605	06.06.2016
421.160627	27.06.2016
421.161103	05.11.2016
422.161213	16.12.2016	4.4.36
422.161228	30.12.2016
422.170124	25.01.2017
422.170205	06.02.2017
422.170215	16.02.2017
422.170302	03.03.2017
422.170303	04.03.2017
423.171028	29.10.2017	4.4.104
423.180105	06.01.2018
423.180107	08.01.2018
150.180607^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]	07.06.2018	4.12.14
150.180616	16.06.2018	4.12.14

Rolling

Version^[12]	Date	Kernel^[13]
999.160614	16.06.2016^[20]	Unknown.
999.161031	04.11.2016
999.161218	20.12.2016
999.161230	31.12.2016
999.170124	25.01.2017
999.170205	06.02.2017
999.170302	04.03.2017
999.180607	07.06.2018	4.16.12

Reception

Dedoimedo wrote a non-positive review of GeckoLinux 150.180616, saying that it had "issues with multimedia playback, visual glitches and the graphics driver".^[21] A subsequent review of GeckoLinux Static 152 in February 2021 was more positive.^[22]

Jack M. Germain explains how & why "GeckoLinux doing for the OpenSuse/Suse world much of what Linux Mint did for the Ubuntu universe".^[23]

Gallery

Notes

^ "GeckoLinux prefers packages from the Packman repo when they are available, whereas some of openSUSE's default packages don't work with patent-restricted features even if the features are installed from other sources."

References

^ "all editions Major re-spin of Plasma edition, Cinnamon 3.0, new Budgie version theme improvements". Google Groups.
^ "GeckoLinux [STATIC] [all editions] 154.220822". Github.
^ "GeckoLinux [ROLLING] [all editions] 999.220820". Github.
^ "openSUSE-Based GeckoLinux Distro Getting Smoother and More Reliable Startup". Softpedia News. 29 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b "GeckoLinux - Linux for Detail Orientied Geckos". Archived from the original on 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
^ "GeckoLinux: A Polished Distro Just Got Smoother" (Reviews). LinuxInsider. 11 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "A look at OpenSUSE based GeckoLinux". gHacks Tech News. 6 August 2017.
^ "GeckoLinux Review: A Hassle-Free openSUSE Spin". It's FOSS. 11 September 2017.
^ "GeckoLinux 421 Plasma review - It ain't no dragon". Dedoimedo.
^ "GeckoLinux Brigns Flexibility and Choice to openSUSE". Linux.com. 8 December 2017.
^ "GeckoLinux: This Baby Know What It's Doing" (Reviews). LinuxInsider. 11 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "GeckoLinux-updates". Google Groups.
^ ^a ^b "DistroWatch.com: Gecko".
^ "DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 667, 27 June 2016".
^ "[Static] [Next] [all editions] 150.180607 update". Google Groups.
^ "Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 150". DistroWatch.com News.
^ "Release [STATIC] [all editions] 150.180607 update · geckolinux/geckolinux-project". GitHub.
^ "Released Last Week". DistroWatch Weekly.
^ "GeckoLinux Is the First Linux Distro Based on openSUSE Leap 15, Download Now". Softpedia News. 11 June 2018.
^ "[Rolling] [all editions] New GeckoLinux "Rolling" editions based on openSUSE Tumbleweed". Google Groups.
^ "GeckoLinux 150 Static Plasma review - Not quite". Dedoimedo. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
^ "GeckoLinux Static 152 - sussing out the desktop experience".
^ "GeckoLinux Beta Does openSuse Better". LinuxInsider. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 2020-07-30.

External links

GeckoLinux at DistroWatch

[Packman-12] "GeckoLinux prefers packages from the Packman repo when they are available, whereas some of openSUSE's default packages don't work with patent-restricted features even if the features are installed from other sources."

[1] "all editions Major re-spin of Plasma edition, Cinnamon 3.0, new Budgie version theme improvements". Google Groups.

[GeckoLinux_Static-2] "GeckoLinux [STATIC] [all editions] 154.220822". Github.

[GeckoLinux_Rolling-3] "GeckoLinux [ROLLING] [all editions] 999.220820". Github.

[4] "openSUSE-Based GeckoLinux Distro Getting Smoother and More Reliable Startup". Softpedia News. 29 October 2017.

[site-5] "GeckoLinux - Linux for Detail Orientied Geckos". Archived from the original on 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-05-06.

[6] "GeckoLinux: A Polished Distro Just Got Smoother" (Reviews). LinuxInsider. 11 January 2018.

[ghacks-7] "A look at OpenSUSE based GeckoLinux". gHacks Tech News. 6 August 2017.

[itsfoss-8] "GeckoLinux Review: A Hassle-Free openSUSE Spin". It's FOSS. 11 September 2017.

[9] "GeckoLinux 421 Plasma review - It ain't no dragon". Dedoimedo.

[10] "GeckoLinux Brigns Flexibility and Choice to openSUSE". Linux.com. 8 December 2017.

[11] "GeckoLinux: This Baby Know What It's Doing" (Reviews). LinuxInsider. 11 December 2015.

[updates-13] "GeckoLinux-updates". Google Groups.

[dwcom-14] "DistroWatch.com: Gecko".

[15] "DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 667, 27 June 2016".

[16] "[Static] [Next] [all editions] 150.180607 update". Google Groups.

[17] "Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 150". DistroWatch.com News.

[githubstatic-18] "Release [STATIC] [all editions] 150.180607 update · geckolinux/geckolinux-project". GitHub.

[19] "Released Last Week". DistroWatch Weekly.

[20] "GeckoLinux Is the First Linux Distro Based on openSUSE Leap 15, Download Now". Softpedia News. 11 June 2018.

[rolling-21] "[Rolling] [all editions] New GeckoLinux "Rolling" editions based on openSUSE Tumbleweed". Google Groups.

[22] "GeckoLinux 150 Static Plasma review - Not quite". Dedoimedo. Retrieved 2018-08-27.

[23] "GeckoLinux Static 152 - sussing out the desktop experience".

[24] "GeckoLinux Beta Does openSuse Better". LinuxInsider. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 2020-07-30.

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