GeckoLinux

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GeckoLinux
GeckoLinux 153.220104, with the Cinnamon desktop environment
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source, with proprietary drivers and media codecs available or provided by default
Initial release27 May 2016; 9 years ago (2016-05-27)[1]
Latest release
  • Static: 154.220822[2] / 27 August 2022; 3 years ago (2022-08-27)
  • Rolling: 999.220820[3] / 27 August 2022; 3 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,[4] and Rolling, which is based on openSUSE Tumbleweed.[5][6][7]

Features

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Some of GeckoLinux's features include:[5][7][8][9][10][11]

Version history

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Static

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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

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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

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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]

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Notes

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  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

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References

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