| GeckoLinux | |
|---|---|
 GeckoLinux 153.220104, with the Cinnamon desktop environment | |
| OS family | Unix-like (Linux kernel) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source, with proprietary drivers and media codecs available or provided by default |
| Initial release | 27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)1 |
| Latest release | |
| Repository | github |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Package manager | |
| Supported platforms | x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | |
| Official website | geckolinux |
GeckoLinux is a dormant 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.567
Features
Some of GeckoLinux's features include:57891011
- "improved" font rendering
- live ISO's with various desktop environments
- offline calamares installer
- PackageKit is not used or installed by default
- pre-configured Packman repositorynote 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
| Version12 | Date | Kernel13 |
|---|---|---|
| 421.16052714 | 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 | |
| 150.1806071516171819 | 07.06.2018 | 4.12.14 |
| 150.180616 | 16.06.2018 | |
| 152.210223 | 23.02.2021 | 5.3.18 |
| 154.220822 | 22.08.2022 | 5.14.21 |
Rolling
| Version12 | Date | Kernel13 |
|---|---|---|
| 999.160614 | 16.06.201620 | 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 |
| 999.220820 | 20.08.2022 | 5.19.1 |
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
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
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.
- "GeckoLinux - Linux for Detail Orientied Geckos". Retrieved 2022-05-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "GeckoLinux: A Polished Distro Just Got Smoother" (Reviews). LinuxInsider. 11 January 2018.
- "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.
- "GeckoLinux-updates". Google Groups.
- "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.