GeckoLinux

GeckoLinux is a Linux distribution based on openSUSE.[5] It is available in two editions: Static, which is based on openSUSE Leap,[6] and Rolling, which is based on openSUSE Tumbleweed.[7][5][8][9]

GeckoLinux
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source[1]
Initial release27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)[2]
Latest releaseStatic: 150.180616[3] / 16 June 2018 (2018-06-16)
Rolling: 999.180607[4] / 7 June 2018 (2018-06-07)
Platformsx86-64[5]
Default user interfaceCinnamon, Xfce, GNOME, KDE, MATE, Budgie Desktop, LXQt[5]
Official websitegeckolinux.github.io

Features

GeckoLinux's ISOs are based on openSUSE's images (around 1 GB). Different editions come with different desktop environments,[10] installed open-source programs, and ready-to-work proprietary programs and/or drivers. GeckoLinux also comes with font rendering through open-source software and pre-installed TLP for power management. It is open-source, available in public repositories.[5][11][12][13]

Differences from openSUSE

GeckoLinux has an offline Live-USB/DVD installer for both Static and Rolling editions. It comes with pre-installed programs and downloaded applications packages from the Packman repository. Since it is a pre-configured distribution, desktop programs can be deleted with data and dependencies, and it does not offer installation of some additional packages after its OS installs.[5][9][11]

Version history

Static
Version[14]DateKernel[15]
421.160527[16] 27.05.2016 Unknown.
421.16060101.06.2016
421.16060506.06.2016
421.16062727.06.2016
421.16110305.11.2016
422.161213 16.12.2016 4.4.36
422.16122830.12.2016
422.17012425.01.2017
422.17020506.02.2017
422.17021516.02.2017
422.17030203.03.2017
422.17030304.03.2017
423.171028 29.10.2017 4.4.104
423.18010506.01.2018
423.18010708.01.2018
150.180607[17][18][19][20][21]07.06.20184.12.14
150.18061616.06.2018

Rolling
Version[14]DateKernel[15]
999.160614 16.06.2016[7] Unknown.
999.16103104.11.2016
999.16121820.12.2016
999.16123031.12.2016
999.17012425.01.2017
999.17020506.02.2017
999.17030204.03.2017
999.180607[4]07.06.20184.16.12

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".[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]

See also

References
  1. "geckolinux". GitHub.
  2. "[all editions] Major re-spin of Plasma edition, Cinnamon 3.0, new Budgie version theme improvements". Google Groups.
  3. "[Static] [NEXT] [Plasma] 150.180616 update with Plasma 5.13 - Google Groups". Google Groups. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  4. "Release [ROLLING] [all editions] 999.180607 update · geckolinux/geckolinux-project". GitHub.
  5. "GeckoLinux - Linux for Detail Orientied Geckos". Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  6. "openSUSE-Based GeckoLinux Distro Getting Smoother and More Reliable Startup". Softpedia News.
  7. "[Rolling] [all editions] New GeckoLinux "Rolling" editions based on openSUSE Tumbleweed". Google Groups.
  8. "GeckoLinux: A Polished Distro Just Got Smoother" (Reviews). LinuxInsider.
  9. "A look at OpenSUSE based GeckoLinux". gHacks Tech News.
  10. "GeckoLinux: This Baby Know What It's Doing" (Reviews). LinuxInsider.
  11. "GeckoLinux Review: A Hassle-Free openSUSE Spin". It's FOSS.
  12. "GeckoLinux 421 Plasma review - It ain't no dragon". Dedoimedo.
  13. "GeckoLinux Brigns Flexibility and Choice to openSUSE". Linux.com.
  14. "GeckoLinux-updates". Google Groups.
  15. "DistroWatch.com: Gecko".
  16. "DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 667, 27 June 2016".
  17. "[Static] [Next] [all editions] 150.180607 update". Google Groups.
  18. "Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 150". DistroWatch.com News.
  19. "Release [STATIC] [all editions] 150.180607 update · geckolinux/geckolinux-project". GitHub.
  20. "Released Last Week". DistroWatch Weekly.
  21. "GeckoLinux Is the First Linux Distro Based on openSUSE Leap 15, Download Now". Softpedia News.
  22. "GeckoLinux 150 Static Plasma review - Not quite". Dedoimedo. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  23. "GeckoLinux Beta Does openSuse Better". LinuxInsider. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
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