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GeckoLinux


Last Update: 2024-09-17 23:40 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).

Average visitor rating: 8.55/10 from 44 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
Related Websites
Reviews 152: DedoimedoDistroWatch
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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 (1.2.12) 1.2.7 1.2.6 1.1.5 1.1.5 1.1.4 1.1.2
amdgpu (23.0.0) 22.0.0 18.1.0 -- -- -- --
bash (5.2.37) 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2
bind (9.20.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
chromium (130.0.6723.91) -- -- -- -- -- --
cups (2.4.11) 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 (1.47.1) 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.43.8 1.43.8 1.42.11 1.42.11
firefox (132.0.1) 103.0.2 91.12.0 78.7.0 60.0.1 52.5.3 50.0.2
freetype (2.13.3) 2.12.1 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.9 2.6.3 2.6.3
gcc (14.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
gimp (2.10.38) -- -- -- -- -- --
glibc (2.40) 2.35 2.31 2.26 2.26 2.22 2.22
gnome-shell (47.1) 42.4 41.4 3.34.5 3.26.2 3.20.4 3.20.4
gnucash (5.9) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.57) -- -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02beta2
gtk (4.16.5) 4.7.0 4.6.0 3.24.20 3.22.30 3.20.10 3.20.9
httpd (2.4.62) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.4) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (24.08.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
kmod (33) 30 29 25 25 17 17
krita (5.2.8) -- -- -- -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.8.2) 7.3.4 7.2.5 6.4.5 6.0.4 5.3.5 5.2.3
linux (6.11.6) 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 (11.4.4) -- -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.26.0 1.26.0 1.24.0 1.20.1 1.18.0 1.16.1
mesa (24.2.6) 22.1.4 21.2.4 19.3.4 18.02 17.0.5 11.2.2
mysql (9.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (47.0) 42.2 41.2 3.34.2 3.26.2 3.20.3 3.20.3
NVIDIA (560.35.03) -- -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1
openjdk (23.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
openssh (9.9p1) 8.9p1 8.4p1 8.1p1 7.6p1 7.2p2 7.2p2
openssl (3.4.0) 1.1.1q 1.1.1l 1.1.1d 1.1.0h 1.0.2j 1.0.2j
perl (5.40.0) 5.36.0 5.26.1 5.26.1 5.26.1 5.18.2 5.18.2
php (8.3.13) -- -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.2.2) 5.24.4 5.24.4 5.18.5 5.12.5 5.8.7.1 5.8.3
postfix (3.9.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (17.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.13.0) 3.6.15 3.6.15 3.6.12 2.7.14 2.7.13 2.7.12
qt (6.8.0) 5.15.2 5.15.2 5.12.7 5.9.4 5.6.2 5.6.1
samba (4.21.1) 4.16.4 4.15.8 4.11.14 4.7.6 4.6.9 4.4.2
systemd (256.7) 251.2 249.11 234 234 228 228
thunderbird (132.0) 91.12.0 91.12.0 78.7.1 52.8.0 52.5.2 45.5.1
vim (9.1) 9.0 8.2 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.4
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.17.4 3.0.17.3 3.0.11.1 3.0.2 2.2.6 2.2.4
wayland (1.23.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.16.0 4.16.0 4.14.2 4.12.4 4.12.4 --
xorg-server (21.1.14) 1.20.10 1.20.3 1.20.3 1.19.6 1.18.3 1.18.3

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Version: 999.220820.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-01-29
Votes: 17


it's a very good distro that I recommend if only there was language selection in the installation and then we wouldn't have to deal with it, for now it seems to be better than opensuse. it is installed with "calamares" like other distributions we are used to. we can test it live, it comes ready with the repositories installed.
the iso is light because we choose the desktop layout in advance, kde 1.7GB
While it doesn't have language selection during installation, it is still a good choice due to its lightweight ISO and pre-installed repositories.





You can test it live and choose your desired desktop layout in advance.


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Version: 999.220820.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-12-21
Votes: 13


An old Acer adventures in the Rolling distroland.

I was going to try rolling linux on my (very) old Acer laptop
and selected the following distros:
- Artix - no systemd, lean and promissing
- RebornOS - well assembled and probably the best Arch distro among
Arch-like ones.

Artix (xfce s6) installed flawlessly and immediatelly failed to recognize available networks.
NetwokManager showed nothing not even a hope. Old Acer was cut from from the world.
Repeated tries with different DE and Community edition gave the same result.
Probably there are ways ro repair network functionality after the installation
but then it all should be included into the installation scrypt. Next one...

RebornOS. 3 tries of installation with different configurations but with the same
result - ERROR in the middle of the process and inevitable abort.

Which brings us to Gecko - the openSUSE implementation definitelly
better than the SUSE itself.
NIce, fast and flawless installation, functional Xfce screen.
Stable distro, ready to run after (long) zypper update. Hope for many happy updates.

9 (not 10) so far to give Gecko the place for improvement.

GeckoLinux, thank you.


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Version: 999.220820.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-12-02
Votes: 17


Distro hopping since 2012. Tried them all. Use Mint most of the time. Was looking for something different and updated. Found Gecko Cinnamon. ----- Beautiful.

Pros:
Ease of use
Live usb
Easy install
YaST ----- Works well for me.
PACKAGE install - uninstall
Just the right amount of software for daily use.
Easy to manage
Runs smooth for me.

Cons:
None

Learn the Linux Command Line and use the Terminal and you will not have any problems.
Rolling forward - any problems roll back.
Big THANKS to the developer.
Try it you will love it..................


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