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Building on the recent 999.220105 release, GeckoLinux is pleased to announce the latest 999.220115 updated ISOs in the Rolling branch. This release is now recommended for new installations, but users of an installation from the 999.220115 release can also make some easy manual changes as described below.

Changes in GeckoLinux Rolling 999.220115

The GeckoLinux configuration for the Calamares installer has been updated to not create a Btrfs subvolume for the /tmp directory, as openSUSE Tumbleweed works best with its default configuration of /tmp in RAM. Users with GeckoLinux Rolling installations from the 999.220105 release might want to update their /etc/fstab by adding a # at the beginning of the line that contains /tmp btrfs subvol=/tmp .

An additional improvement has been added to the GeckoLinux custom low-latency PipeWire configuration to make the PulseAudio compatibility system automatically switch input/output streams to USB audio devices when they are connected. Users with GeckoLinux Rolling installations from the 999.220105 release might want to add this config file to /etc/pipewire/ .

Since the previous release, the openSUSE packages for Budgie now use a new utility for displaying desktop icons. This utility is inferior to the GeckoLinux default of using Nemo to control the desktop, which has been configured to continue working in in the 999.220115 release. Previous GeckoLinux Rolling Budgie installations can also have Nemo control the desktop by coping this config file to ~/.config/autostart/ .

The xhost package is now included by default to make Gparted load correctly in the live environment.

Some editions have improved default application associations for some common image formats.

New component versions

The GeckoLinux Rolling 999.220115 release has some new package versions. As always, existing GeckoLinux Rolling installations will also receive the same updates from the upstream openSUSE and Packman pre-configured repositories:

  • Linux kernel 5.16.0
  • PipeWire 0.3.43
  • Firefox 96.0
  • Cinnamon 5.2.7
  • Plasma 5.25.5, KDE Gear 21.12.1, KDE Frameworks 5.90.0
  • Gnome 41.3

GeckoLinux overview

GeckoLinux spins are generated directly from unmodified openSUSE Tumbleweed and Packman packages sourced from those official upstream repositories, and the installed system can be updated directly from those same official sources. GeckoLinux is focused on eliminating pain points and polishing its unique out-of-the-box configuration on top of the stable and flexible openSUSE base. Proprietary media formats play out of the box, and additional user-installed multimedia applications work automatically with restricted media codecs thanks to the prioritized inclusion of the Packman repository. Proprietary hardware driver and firmware support has also been included as much as possible. Google and Skype repositories are also configured out-of-the-box for optional user installation of proprietary applications from those vendors. Third-party RPM packages can be easily installed using the graphical YaST package manager, and various configuration tweaks are included to modify openSUSE's default package management behavior. GeckoLinux uses the Calamares system installer, providing easy and flexible options for reliable installation of the live system. Important note: Non-English language packs are available and easily installable. Please see the wiki entry for more information.

Please download GeckoLinux from https://geckolinux.github.io and find more information about what makes GeckoLinux different from openSUSE. Thanks a lot, have fun!

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