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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: 98 (127), 6 months: 101 (118), 3 months: 98 (119), 4 weeks: 82 (132), 1 week: 79 (106)

Average visitor rating: 8.49/10 from 41 review(s).


GeckoLinux Summary
Distribution GeckoLinux
Home Page https://geckolinux.github.io/
Mailing Lists  
User Forums https://github.com/geckolinux/geckolinux-project/discussions
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
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Where To Donate, 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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  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
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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 (1.2.10) 1.2.7 1.2.6 1.1.5 1.1.5 1.1.4 1.1.2
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
bash (5.2.21) 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2
bind (9.18.20) -- -- -- -- -- --
chromium (119.0.6045.199) -- -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.7) 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 (120.0.1) 88.0.1 -- 78.7.0 60.0.1 52.5.3 50.0.2
freetype (2.13.2) 2.12.1 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.9 2.6.3 2.6.3
gcc (13.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
gimp (2.10.36) -- -- -- -- -- --
glibc (2.38) 2.35 2.31 2.26 2.26 2.22 2.22
gnome-shell (45.1) 42.4 41.4 3.34.5 3.26.2 3.20.4 3.20.4
gnucash (5.4-1) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02beta2
gtk (4.12.4) 4.7.0 4.6.0 3.24.20 3.22.30 3.20.10 3.20.9
httpd (2.4.58) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.3.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (23.08.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
kmod (31) 30 29 25 25 17 17
krita (5.2.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
libreoffice (7.6.3) 7.3.4.2 7.2.5.1 6.4.5 6.0.4 5.3.5 5.2.3
linux (6.6.3) 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 (11.1.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) 1.26.0 1.26.0 1.24.0 1.20.1 1.18.0 1.16.1
mesa (23.3.0) 20.3.4 -- 19.3.4 18.02 17.0.5 11.2.2
mysql (8.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (45.1) 42.2 41.2 3.34.2 3.26.2 3.20.3 3.20.3
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1
openjdk (21.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
openssh (9.5p1) 8.9p1 8.4p1 8.1p1 7.6p1 7.2p2 7.2p2
openssl (3.2.0) 1.1.1q 1.1.1l 1.1.1d 1.1.0h 1.0.2j 1.0.2j
perl (5.38.2) 5.36.0 5.26.1 5.26.1 5.26.1 5.18.2 5.18.2
php (8.3.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.9) 5.21.0 -- 5.18.5 5.12.5 5.8.7.1 5.8.3
postfix (3.8.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (16.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.12.0) 3.6.15 3.6.15 3.6.12 2.7.14 2.7.13 2.7.12
qt (6.6.1) 1.1.0 0.14.1 5.12.7 5.9.4 5.6.2 5.6.1
samba (4.19.3) 4.16.4 4.15.8 4.11.14 4.7.6 4.6.9 4.4.2
systemd (254.7) 251.2 249.11 234 234 228 228
thunderbird (115.5.1) 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 (3.0.20) 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 (21.1.9) 1.20.10 -- 1.20.3 1.19.6 1.18.3 1.18.3

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Version: 999.220820.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-11-23
Votes: 0


At first it seems to run very smooth and slick, and the Pantheon flavor is less patronizing than Elementary OS.

Pros:
Runs quite fast on older machines.
Nice look

Cons:
Language support is very buggy, to put it mildly (system installer does definitely not do what it promises to, and trying to get another language than English working is a royal PITA).
Some essential packages come as snaps, which does not integrate well with the Pantheon App Menu and Dock.

All in all nice work, but alas, definitely not ready for larger public use.



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Version: 999.220820.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-09-27
Votes: 0


I had given up on openSUSE years ago. It was a great distro until around 2014 when it started to go downhill, and eventually became unusable for me. However, it appears that the GeckoLinux team has turned openSUSE around. Plus they've made it more streamlined plus easier to install and use. I'm working with the Cinnamon desktop and it's a real pleasure to run. I'm not a big Cinnamon fan but this is an unbeatable combination. I experienced one of the easiest installations and was up and running in a matter of minutes. I had no problem adding my favorite Linux programs either. If this distro continues to operate so smoothly, I just might change my rating to 10. Keep up the good work GeckoLinux, could you do this for Fedora and Slackware too? I'm keeping my fingers crossed.


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Version: 999.220820.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-24
Votes: 5


I've recently installed as a dual boot system on a new mini computer. It took several attempts to get Grub2 to recognize and install properly. Also, the ISO is so old, that when attempting to do an update, it had well over 1600 updates to make and things inevitably failed during the update - a lot of error messages. One persistent error was was with the Nvidia repository. Apparently this has been an ongoing issue. Since I have no Nvidia hardware, I just deleted that repository through Yast. Solved one update problem.

I then went to the terminal, refreshed repositories (sudo zypper refresh -f -s), then updated the system through the terminal with some added parameters (sudo zypper dup --no-allow-vendor-change --no-recommends). Adding these parameters allowed the update to continue without any major hitches.

I do believe these update issues were caused by the very old ISO that is offered for install - over a year old ISO is not good for a rolling release - too much opportunity for breakage. Since doing this, Gecko seems to be running fine, I do like the ease of set-up, but after the update, I lost the wallpaper from Gecko, and have only the Tumbleweed wallpapers available - small issue.

I will continue testing this, since I do like the idea of OpenSuse, just not the configuration hassles.


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