GeckoLinux
GeckoLinux distribution
GeckoLinux is a dormant Linux distribution based on openSUSE. It is available in two editions: Static, which is based on openSUSE Leap, and Rolling, which is based on openSUSE Tumbleweed.
01Features
Some of GeckoLinux's features include:
- "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
- proprietary media codecs & drivers are pre-installed
- recommended packages are not forcefully installed as recommended dependencies after installation
- TLP for power management
02Version history
Static
| Version | Date | Kernel |
|---|---|---|
| 421.160527 | 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 | 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 | Date | Kernel |
|---|---|---|
| 999.160614 | 16.06.2016 | 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 |
03Reception
Dedoimedo wrote a non-positive review of GeckoLinux 150.180616, saying that it had "issues with multimedia playback, visual glitches and the graphics driver". A subsequent review of GeckoLinux Static 152 in February 2021 was more positive.
Jack M. Germain explains how & why "GeckoLinux doing for the OpenSuse/Suse world much of what Linux Mint did for the Ubuntu universe".
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “GeckoLinux”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- GeckoLinux-Static-153.220104-Cinnamon-Menu-SystemInfo.png by GeckoScreenshot, CC0
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