GeckoLinux

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GeckoLinux
GeckoLinux-Static-153.220104-Cinnamon-Menu-SystemInfo.png
GeckoLinux 153.220104, with the Cinnamon desktop environment
OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source model Open source, with proprietary drivers and media codecs available or provided by default
Initial release27 May 2016;8 years ago (2016-05-27) [1]
Latest release
  • Static: 154.220822 [2] / 27 August 2022;2 years ago (2022-08-27)
  • Rolling: 999.220820 [3] / 27 August 2022;2 years ago (2022-08-27)
Repository github.com/geckolinux
Available in Multilingual
Package manager
Platforms x86-64
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Userland GNU
Default
user interface
Official website geckolinux.github.io

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]

Contents

Features

Some of GeckoLinux's features include: [5] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Version history

Static

Version [12] DateKernel [13]
421.160527 [14] 27.05.2016Unknown.
421.16060101.06.2016
421.16060506.06.2016
421.16062727.06.2016
421.16110305.11.2016
422.16121316.12.20164.4.36
422.16122830.12.2016
422.17012425.01.2017
422.17020506.02.2017
422.17021516.02.2017
422.17030203.03.2017
422.17030304.03.2017
423.17102829.10.20174.4.104
423.18010506.01.2018
423.18010708.01.2018
150.180607 [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] 07.06.20184.12.14
150.18061616.06.2018

Rolling

Version [12] DateKernel [13]
999.16061416.06.2016 [20] 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
999.18060707.06.20184.16.12

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". [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]

Notes

  1. ↑ "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

  1. ↑ "all editions Major re-spin of Plasma edition, Cinnamon 3.0, new Budgie version theme improvements". Google Groups.
  2. ↑ "GeckoLinux [STATIC][all editions] 154.220822". Github.
  3. ↑ "GeckoLinux [ROLLING][all editions] 999.220820". Github.
  4. ↑ "openSUSE-Based GeckoLinux Distro Getting Smoother and More Reliable Startup". Softpedia News. 29 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 "GeckoLinux - Linux for Detail Orientied Geckos". Archived from the original on 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  6. ↑ "GeckoLinux: A Polished Distro Just Got Smoother" (Reviews). LinuxInsider. 11 January 2018.
  7. 1 2 "A look at OpenSUSE based GeckoLinux". gHacks Tech News. 6 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "GeckoLinux Review: A Hassle-Free openSUSE Spin". It's FOSS. 11 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "GeckoLinux 421 Plasma review - It ain't no dragon". Dedoimedo.
  10. ↑ "GeckoLinux Brigns Flexibility and Choice to openSUSE". Linux.com. 8 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "GeckoLinux: This Baby Know What It's Doing" (Reviews). LinuxInsider. 11 December 2015.
  12. 1 2 "GeckoLinux-updates". Google Groups.
  13. 1 2 "DistroWatch.com: Gecko".
  14. ↑ "DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 667, 27 June 2016".
  15. ↑ "[Static][Next][all editions] 150.180607 update". Google Groups.
  16. ↑ "Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 150". DistroWatch.com News.
  17. ↑ "Release [STATIC][all editions] 150.180607 update · geckolinux/geckolinux-project". GitHub.
  18. ↑ "Released Last Week". DistroWatch Weekly.
  19. ↑ "GeckoLinux Is the First Linux Distro Based on openSUSE Leap 15, Download Now". Softpedia News. 11 June 2018.
  20. ↑ "[Rolling][all editions] New GeckoLinux "Rolling" editions based on openSUSE Tumbleweed". Google Groups.
  21. ↑ "GeckoLinux 150 Static Plasma review - Not quite". Dedoimedo. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  22. ↑ "GeckoLinux Static 152 - sussing out the desktop experience".
  23. ↑ "GeckoLinux Beta Does openSuse Better". LinuxInsider. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
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