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 | |
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]
Some of GeckoLinux's features include: [5] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
This section needs to be updated.(May 2022) |
Version [12] | Date | Kernel [13] |
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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 |
Version [12] | Date | Kernel [13] |
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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 |
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]
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