Available Distribution Distribution GECKOLINUX 999.210517 , based on the OpenSUSE batch database and paying great attention to optimizing the desktop and trifles, such as high-quality font drawing. Distribution comes (1.6 GB) in the ROLLING version collected on the basis of the Tumbleweed repository and your own Packman repository. 999 The number in the version indicates ROLLING-issues and is used to not intersect with Static releases collected based on OpenSUSE releases.
The distribution features are noted in the form of downloadable Live assemblies supporting work both in LIVE mode and installation. For stationary drives. Assembly are formed with desktops CINNAMON, MATE, XFCE, LXQT, Pantheon, Budgie, Gnome and Kde Plasma. Each environment is characterized by optimal default settings (for example, font settings are optimized) taking into account each desktop and a carefully selected set of proposed applications.
The main composition includes and immediately ready to use proprietary multimedia codecs, and additional proprietary applications are available through the repositories, including Google and Skype repositories are available. To optimize power consumption, the TLP is used. The priority is to install packages from the repositories Packman , since some OpenSUSE packages have limitations related to the use of patented technologies. By default, after installation, packages from the “recommended” category are not installed. The ability to remove packets with the entire dependency chain (so that after the update, the packet is not automatically reinstalled in the form of dependence).
The new version is noteworthy by way to use the default BTRFS file system with the turning on ZSTD compression, as well as the activation of the zram