GeckoLinux
Linux distribution
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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.[5][6][7]
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source, with proprietary drivers and media codecs available or provided by default
Initial release27 May 2016[1]
| 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[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 |
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 | |
| 152.210223 | 23.02.2021 | 5.3.18 |
| 154.220822 | 22.08.2022 | 5.14.21 |
Rolling
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."