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;7 years ago (2016-05-27) [1]
Latest release
  • Static: 154.220822 [2] / 27 August 2022;18 months ago (2022-08-27)
  • Rolling: 999.220820 [3] / 27 August 2022;18 months 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."

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References

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