GeckoLinux

An unofficial, user-friendliness-focused respin of openSUSE that pre-configures codecs, drivers, and desktop tweaks openSUSE itself leaves out for licensing reasons.

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Based on

openSUSE

First released

2016

Package manager

Zypper (.rpm)

Desktop environments

KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE, Budgie

GeckoLinux takes plain openSUSE (both Leap and Tumbleweed) and does the out-of-box polishing many new users expect but openSUSE's strict European legal posture won't let it ship directly: proprietary media codecs, common browser plugins, and pre-applied desktop tweaks for a more finished feel. It offers both a 'Static' edition tracking Leap's stability and a 'Rolling' edition tracking Tumbleweed, across a wide choice of desktop environments picked at download time rather than install time. It's a one-person community project rather than an SUSE product, but it stays close enough to stock openSUSE that its repositories remain fully compatible with the official ones.

MirrorNest doesn't mirror distro ISOs — installation media should always come straight from the project's own official download page (linked above), so you get the correct checksum/signature to verify against.