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]

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; 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	Zypper, YaST (Graphical)
Platforms	x86-64
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux)
Userland	GNU
Default user interface	Cinnamon, Xfce, GNOME, KDE, MATE, Budgie, LXQt, Pantheon
Official website	geckolinux.github.io

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

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
999.220820	20.08.2022	5.19.1

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

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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

• openSUSE
• Rolling release