GeckoLinux

GeckoLinux
GeckoLinux 153.220104, with the Cinnamon desktop environment
OS familyUnix-like (Linux kernel)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source, with proprietary drivers and media codecs available or provided by default
Initial release27 May 2016; 10 years ago (2016-05-27)
Latest release
  • Static: 154.220822 / 27 August 2022; 4 years ago (2022-08-27)
  • Rolling: 999.220820 / 27 August 2022; 4 years ago (2022-08-27)
Repositorygithub.com/geckolinux
Available inMultilingual
Package manager
Supported platformsx86-64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface
Official websitegeckolinux.github.io

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.

Features

Some of GeckoLinux's features include:

Version history

Static

VersionDateKernel
421.160527 27.05.2016 Unknown.
421.16060101.06.2016
421.16060506.06.2016
421.16062727.06.2016
421.16110305.11.2016
422.161213 16.12.2016 4.4.36
422.16122830.12.2016
422.17012425.01.2017
422.17020506.02.2017
422.17021516.02.2017
422.17030203.03.2017
422.17030304.03.2017
423.171028 29.10.2017 4.4.104
423.18010506.01.2018
423.18010708.01.2018
150.18060707.06.20184.12.14
150.18061616.06.2018
152.210223 23.02.2021 5.3.18
154.220822 22.08.2022 5.14.21

Rolling

VersionDateKernel
999.160614 16.06.2016 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
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". 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".

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". Retrieved 2022-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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.