Submitted by sb56637 on Wednesday 25th of January 2017 07:00:07 PM

I'm pleased to announce a set of updated spins for the GeckoLinux Rolling editions, now at version 999.170124. These are live installable DVD / USB images based on the well tested and highly stable openSUSE Tumbleweed rolling distribution, combined with driver and multimedia support from the Packman project. After installation, GeckoLinux Rolling systems can be easily updated in sync with the updates that openSUSE Tumbleweed and Packman offer.

There are also updated spins of the GeckoLinux Static editions, now at version 422.170124. These are live installable images based on the enterprise-grade openSUSE Leap distribution, currently at version 42.2, combined with driver and multimedia support from the Packman project. After installation, GeckoLinux Static systems can be easily updated in sync with the updates that openSUSE Leap and Packman offer.

The current set of updated GeckoLinux spins focuses on releasing the new Calamares 3.0 installer, with significant bug fixes and new features. Additionally, the old yast2-live-installer is now offered again as an alternative for those that prefer it. Also, users of the Rolling editions that experienced difficulties booting to a graphical Xorg system are invited to try this new release with bug fixes in that area. Finally, the Budgie spins have been updated after a long hiatus, now featuring the latest 10.2.9 release of the Budgie desktop.

GeckoLinux currently offers customized spins for the Cinnamon, XFCE, Gnome, Plasma, Mate, Budgie, and LXQt desktop environments, with rolling-release and fixed-release options.