GeckoLinux explained

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

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

Rolling

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.