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:
"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 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 16.06.2018152.21022323.02.20215.3.18154.22082222.08.20225.14.21
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 4.16.12999.22082020.08.20225.19.1
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".
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See also openSUSE Rolling release
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