GeckoLinux explained

GeckoLinux
Family:	Linux (Unix-like)
Working State:	Current
Source Model:	Open source, with proprietary drivers and media codecs available or provided by default
Released:	^[1]
Latest Release Version:	Static: 154.220822^[2] / Rolling: 999.220820^[3] /
Language:	Multilingual
Package Manager:	Zypper, YaST (Graphical)
Supported Platforms:	x86-64
Kernel Type:	Monolithic (Linux)
Userland:	GNU
Ui:	Cinnamon, Xfce, GNOME, KDE, MATE, Budgie, LXQt, Pantheon

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]}

Features

Some of GeckoLinux's features include:^{[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
• 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

Rolling

Version	Date	Kernel
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

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]

See also

• openSUSE
• Rolling release

Notes and References

1. Web site: all editions Major re-spin of Plasma edition, Cinnamon 3.0, new Budgie version theme improvements. Google Groups.
2. Web site: GeckoLinux [STATIC] [all editions] 154.220822]. Github.
3. Web site: GeckoLinux [ROLLING] [all editions] 999.220820]. Github.
4. Web site: openSUSE-Based GeckoLinux Distro Getting Smoother and More Reliable Startup. 29 October 2017. Softpedia News.
5. Web site: GeckoLinux - Linux for Detail Orientied Geckos . live . https://archive.today/20220506183128/https://geckolinux.github.io/ . 2022-05-06 . 2022-05-06.
6. Web site: GeckoLinux: A Polished Distro Just Got Smoother. 11 January 2018 . Reviews. LinuxInsider.
7. Web site: A look at OpenSUSE based GeckoLinux. 6 August 2017. gHacks Tech News.
8. Web site: GeckoLinux Review: A Hassle-Free openSUSE Spin. 11 September 2017 . It's FOSS.
9. Web site: GeckoLinux 421 Plasma review - It ain't no dragon. Dedoimedo.
10. Web site: GeckoLinux Brigns Flexibility and Choice to openSUSE. 8 December 2017. Linux.com.
11. Web site: GeckoLinux: This Baby Know What It's Doing. 11 December 2015 . Reviews. LinuxInsider.
12. Web site: GeckoLinux-updates. Google Groups.
13. Web site: DistroWatch.com: Gecko.
14. Web site: DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 667, 27 June 2016.
15. Web site: [Static] [Next] [all editions] 150.180607 update. Google Groups.
16. Web site: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 150. DistroWatch.com News.
17. Web site: Release [STATIC] [all editions] 150.180607 update · geckolinux/geckolinux-project. GitHub.
18. Web site: Released Last Week. DistroWatch Weekly.
19. Web site: GeckoLinux Is the First Linux Distro Based on openSUSE Leap 15, Download Now. 11 June 2018. Softpedia News.
20. Web site: [Rolling] [all editions] New GeckoLinux "Rolling" editions based on openSUSE Tumbleweed . Google Groups.
21. Web site: GeckoLinux 150 Static Plasma review - Not quite. Dedoimedo. en. 2018-08-27.
22. Web site: GeckoLinux Static 152 - sussing out the desktop experience.
23. Web site: GeckoLinux Beta Does openSuse Better. 8 November 2017 . LinuxInsider. en. 2020-07-30.