Software:GeckoLinux
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Short description: Linux distribution
 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] |
| |Final release|Latest release}} | |
| Repository | github |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Package manager | |
| Platforms | x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | |
| Official website | geckolinux |
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 |
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."
See also
References
- ↑ "all editions Major re-spin of Plasma edition, Cinnamon 3.0, new Budgie version theme improvements". Google Groups. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/geckolinux-updates/m6MLA5Iq3uc.
- ↑ "GeckoLinux [STATIC [all editions] 154.220822"]. https://github.com/geckolinux/geckolinux-project/releases/tag/220822.154.
- ↑ "GeckoLinux [ROLLING [all editions] 999.220820"]. https://github.com/geckolinux/geckolinux-project/releases/tag/220820.999.
- ↑ "openSUSE-Based GeckoLinux Distro Getting Smoother and More Reliable Startup". Softpedia News. 29 October 2017. https://news.softpedia.com/news/opensuse-based-geckolinux-distro-getting-smoother-and-more-reliable-startup-518266.shtml.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "GeckoLinux - Linux for Detail Orientied Geckos". https://geckolinux.github.io/.
- ↑ "GeckoLinux: A Polished Distro Just Got Smoother". LinuxInsider. 11 January 2018. https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/85054.html.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "A look at OpenSUSE based GeckoLinux". gHacks Tech News. 6 August 2017. https://www.ghacks.net/2017/08/06/a-look-at-opensuse-based-gecko-linux/.
- ↑ "GeckoLinux Review: A Hassle-Free openSUSE Spin". It's FOSS. 11 September 2017. https://itsfoss.com/geckolinux-review/.
- ↑ "GeckoLinux 421 Plasma review - It ain't no dragon". Dedoimedo. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/geckolinux-421-plasma.html.
- ↑ "GeckoLinux Brigns Flexibility and Choice to openSUSE". Linux.com. 8 December 2017. https://www.linux.com/learn/intro-to-linux/2017/12/geckolinux-brings-flexibility-and-choice-opensuse.
- ↑ "GeckoLinux: This Baby Know What It's Doing". LinuxInsider. 11 December 2015. https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/82869.html.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "GeckoLinux-updates". Google Groups. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/geckolinux-updates.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "DistroWatch.com: Gecko". https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=gecko.
- ↑ "DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 667, 27 June 2016". https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20160627#gecko.
- ↑ "[Static] [Next] [all editions] 150.180607 update". Google Groups. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/geckolinux-updates/1_BryteAR8M.
- ↑ "Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 150". DistroWatch.com News. https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=10226.
- ↑ "Release [STATIC] [all editions] 150.180607 update · geckolinux/geckolinux-project". GitHub. https://github.com/geckolinux/geckolinux-project/releases/tag/150.180607.
- ↑ "Released Last Week". DistroWatch Weekly. https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20180611#released.
- ↑ "GeckoLinux Is the First Linux Distro Based on openSUSE Leap 15, Download Now". Softpedia News. 11 June 2018. https://news.softpedia.com/news/geckolinux-is-the-first-linux-distro-based-on-opensuse-leap-15-download-now-521498.shtml.
- ↑ "[Rolling] [all editions] New GeckoLinux "Rolling" editions based on openSUSE Tumbleweed". Google Groups. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/geckolinux-updates/-T2UEuRRUx4.
- ↑ "GeckoLinux 150 Static Plasma review - Not quite" (in en). Dedoimedo. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/geckolinux-150-plasma.html.
- ↑ "GeckoLinux Static 152 - sussing out the desktop experience". https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/geckolinux-152-plasma.html.
- ↑ "GeckoLinux Beta Does openSuse Better" (in en). LinuxInsider. 8 November 2017. https://linuxinsider.com/story/geckolinux-beta-does-opensuse-better-84937.html.
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