14 DAY TRIAL // The development team behind the openSUSE-based GeckoLinux distribution informed Softpedia about the release of new major updates for both the Stable and Rolling branches.
For those unfamiliar with GeckoLinux, it's a GNU/Linux distribution based on the OpenSuSE operating system and with target on desktop users, providing them a polished, out-of-the-box experience. GeckoLinux is available in two main editions, Static, based on openSUSE Leap, and Rolling, based on openSUSE Tumbleweed, in multiple flavors with various popular desktop environments.
"GeckoLinux STATIC spins are based on the enterprise-grade slower moving openSUSE Leap distribution, with the inclusion of proprietary packages from the Packman project," reads the announcement. "GeckoLinux ROLLING spins are based on the extremely well tested and reliable openSUSE Tumbleweed distribution, with the inclusion of proprietary packages from the Packman project."
Here's what's new in GeckoLinux Stable 150.180607 and Rolling 999.180607
With the latest releases, GeckoLinux Stable 150.180607 and GeckoLinux Rolling 999.180607, the developers refreshed all flavors to ship with some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies and software applications. For example, GeckoLinux Rolling 999.180607 is available with the GNOME 3.28, KDE Plasma 5.12.5 LTS, Cinnamon 3.8.3, MATE 1.20, Xfce 4.12, and LXQt 0.12.0 desktops.
Based on the recently released openSUSE Leap 15 operating system series, GeckoLinux Stable 150.180607 ships with the GNOME 3.26, KDE Plasma 5.12.5 LTS, Cinnamon 3.6.7, MATE 1.20, Xfce 4.12, and LXQt 0.12.0. It's powered by Linux 4.12.14 kernel while the Rolling release now uses the more recent Linux 4.16.12 kernel. Both come with Firefox 60 and LibreOffice 6.0.4.
Both editions include additional pre-configured software repositories that provide users with various proprietary apps from Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia. Besides the desktop flavors mendioned above, GeckoLinux is also available as a "BareBones" spin for those who want to build their own GeckoLinux flavor. You can download GeckoLinux Stable 150.180607 and Rolling 999.180607 right now.