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GeckoLinux


Last Update: 2023-05-06 02:25 UTC



GeckoLinux is a Linux spin based on the openSUSE distribution, with a focus on polish and out-of-the-box usability on the desktop. The distribution features many desktop editions which can be installed from live discs. Some patent encumbered open source software is included in GeckoLinux which is not available in the default installation of openSUSE. Special attention has been given to the quality of the font rendering. GeckoLinux provides two main editions, Static (which is based on openSUSE Leap) and Rolling (based on openSUSE Tumbleweed).

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 67 (158), 6 months: 96 (136), 3 months: 88 (140), 4 weeks: 83 (132), 1 week: 85 (112)

Average visitor rating: 8.53/10 from 38 review(s).


GeckoLinux Summary
Distribution GeckoLinux
Home Page https://geckolinux.github.io/
Mailing Lists  
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://github.com/geckolinux/geckolinux-project/wiki
Screenshots http:s//geckolinux.github.io/DistroWatch Gallery
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://geckolinux.github.io/#download
Bug Tracker https://github.com/geckolinux/geckolinux-project/issues
Related Websites
Reviews 152: DedoimedoDistroWatch
150: Dedoimedo
421.x: DistroWatch
Where To Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-08-29: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 154.220822.0, 999.220820.0
 • 2022-01-07: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 153.220104.0, 999.220105.0
 • 2021-06-08: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 153.210608
 • 2021-05-17: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 999.210517.0
 • 2021-02-22: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 999.210221.0
 • 2020-12-11: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 152.201210.0
 • 2020-07-31: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 999.200729.0
 • 2020-07-20: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 152
 • 2018-06-08: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 150
 • 2018-01-07: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 423
 • 2017-10-29: Development Release: GeckoLinux 423 Beta
 • 2016-12-16: Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 422
 • More Gecko releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2016-06-16 GeckoLinux launches Rolling
 • More Gecko headlines...

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Feature 999.220820.0 154.220822.0 152.210223.0 150 423 422
Release Date 2022-08-20 2022-08-22 2021-02-23 2018-06-08 2018-01-05 2016-12-13
End Of Life            
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1000-1500 900-1400 900-1400 900-1200 700-1100 900-1100
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop Budgie, Cinnamon, GNOME, IceWM, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, Pantheon, Xfce Budgie, Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, Xfce Budgie, Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, Openbox, Xfce Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, MATE
Package Management RPM (zypper) RPM (zypper) RPM (zypper) RPM (zypper) RPM (zypper) RPM (zypper)
Release Model Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4 Btrfs, ext3, ext4
Multilingual            
Asian Language Support            
Full Package List 999.220820.0 154.220822.0 152.210223.0 150 423 422
Package 999.220820.0 154.220822.0 152.210223.0 150 423 422
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.7 1.2.6 1.1.5 1.1.5 1.1.4 1.1.2
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
bash (5.2.15) 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2
bind (9.18.15) -- -- -- -- -- --
chromium (114.0.5735.90) -- -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.3) 2.4.2 2.2.7 2.2.7 2.2.7 1.7.5 1.7.5
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.2 4.3.6 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.3 4.3.3
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.43.8 1.43.8 1.42.11 1.42.11
firefox (113.0.2) 88.0.1 -- 78.7.0 60.0.1 52.5.3 50.0.2
freetype (2.13.0) 2.12.1 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.9 2.6.3 2.6.3
gcc (13.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
gimp (2.10.34) -- -- -- -- -- --
glibc (2.37) 2.35 2.31 2.26 2.26 2.22 2.22
gnome-shell (44.2) 42.4 41.4 3.34.5 3.26.2 3.20.4 3.20.4
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02beta2
gtk (4.10.3) 4.7.0 4.6.0 3.24.20 3.22.30 3.20.10 3.20.9
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (23.04.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
kmod (30) 30 29 25 25 17 17
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
libreoffice (7.5.3) 7.3.4.2 7.2.5.1 6.4.5 6.0.4 5.3.5 5.2.3
linux (6.3.5) 5.19.1 5.14.21 5.3.18 4.12.14 4.4.104 4.4.36
Package 999.220820.0 154.220822.0 152.210223.0 150 423 422
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
mariadb (10.11.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.1) 1.26.0 1.26.0 1.24.0 1.20.1 1.18.0 1.16.1
mesa (23.1.1) 20.3.4 -- 19.3.4 18.02 17.0.5 11.2.2
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (44.2) 42.2 41.2 3.34.2 3.26.2 3.20.3 3.20.3
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1
openjdk (20.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
openssh (9.3p1) 8.9p1 8.4p1 8.1p1 7.6p1 7.2p2 7.2p2
openssl (3.1.1) 1.1.1q 1.1.1l 1.1.1d 1.1.0h 1.0.2j 1.0.2j
perl (5.36.1) 5.36.0 5.26.1 5.26.1 5.26.1 5.18.2 5.18.2
php (8.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) 5.21.0 -- 5.18.5 5.12.5 5.8.7.1 5.8.3
postfix (3.8.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (15.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.11.3) 3.6.15 3.6.15 3.6.12 2.7.14 2.7.13 2.7.12
qt (6.5.1) 1.1.0 0.14.1 5.12.7 5.9.4 5.6.2 5.6.1
samba (4.18.3) 4.16.4 4.15.8 4.11.14 4.7.6 4.6.9 4.4.2
systemd (253.5) 251.2 249.11 234 234 228 228
thunderbird (102.11.2) 91.12.0 91.12.0 78.7.1 52.8.0 52.5.2 45.5.1
vim (9.0) 9.0 8.2 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.4
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.17.4 3.0.17.3 3.0.11.1 3.0.2 2.2.6 2.2.4
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.16.0 4.16.0 4.14.2 4.12.4 4.12.4 --
xorg-server (21.1.8) 1.20.10 -- 1.20.3 1.19.6 1.18.3 1.18.3

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Version: 999.220820.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-12-10
Votes: 36


It just works! I mean, it REALLY works! I've been using this openSUSE spin for years. I currently have GeckoLinux Static Gnome on two systems and use it as my daily driver. It is very fast, stable and easy to use. I use flatpaks for any software not in the repos such as the LibreWolf web browser and the Extension Manager. But what is probably most notable about GeckoLinux is its hardware support which is second to none. GeckoLinux isn't change for the sake of change; it adds convenience to the speed and rock-like stability of openSUSE.


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Version: 154.220822.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-07
Votes: 13


Version NextPlasma. After a dangerous upgrade of the previous version (my fault I suppose, after I tried to upgrade everything) I reinstalled everything from this version. I found that everything went right. I even see all my hardware recognized, notably the scanner from my samsung printer M2070 on the local network, after I installed the proper drivers: this is a thing that I was not able to do with the latest OpenSuseLeap or Thumbleeed.
What to say apart that this is a very good distro to work on.


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Version: 999.220820.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-21
Votes: 28


I have been using Kubuntu but was always looking for a distro which allowed:

1. Deploy and Switch desktop environments at the click of a button
2. Had something extra in the distro rather than a vanilla offering, such as Kubuntu/Neon/Fedora
3. Great level of support
4. Something mainstream in terms of underlying operating system such as Debian, Ubuntu or RHEL
5. KDE based

I was always drawn towards Fedora and OpenSUSE (which gets the highest rating on Distrowatch of believable scores) but found Fedora slow and OpenSUSE awkward, particularly the installation process

I watch a lot of youtube reviewes of distros and then I saw one reviewing Gecko which I was rather impressed, so I installed this on a number of laptops, to check all was good.

Gecko rolling is directly based on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and uses it's repositories amongst others which brings in the stability and reputation of OpenSUSE.

The installation went well from a 1.7GB iso, which is small compared with alternatives. However, a word of warning...if you are installing from a USB stick then this will only work once, if you want to re-install then you will need to re-image the USB stick as it will cause problems and may lead to an unusable system.

The system installed in under 10 minutes, very quick, in fact probably the quickest I have experienced to get a running usable system.

I have a default of KDE Plasma, but loved the fact I could go into YaST and click Cinnamon, to have a cinnamon desktop deployment and then choose what I wanted at the next login prompt.

The YaST software manager is quite impressive in it's functionalty.

Throughly impressed with Gecko, I have all my apps running which I regularly use which include:-

Bitwarden
Libreoffice
Megasync
OBS Studio
Visual Studio Code
Brother Printer (This was a little manual to install)
KDE apps
VirtualBox
etc

Gecko gives OpenSUSE the polish it needs to be a livable, easily installable, likable distro....I'll be sticking with this for a while....

Gecko has some defining features compared with other distros which set it apart, it can be compared with MX Linux in the Debian world, but better.

Advantages

Includes additional drivers to support your hardware which helps installation
Rolling release with thoroughy tested modules
Nice default home page within firefox
Allows easy running of additional desktop environments, cinnamon, pantheon
Unique patterns install to allow catogarised deployemnt, e.g. python dev environments
Well supported operating system as it's OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
Based on RHEl, rpm release, stable
Modern kernel v6+




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