How to snapshoot geckoSUSE in usb for personal distribution?

[penguin67]

Seems that I have a serious intention to stay longer in SUSE .

Years ago I started to use GeckoLinux with XFCE desktop , static version. From some weeks I primary use in my laptop (GeckoLinux Next and GeckoLinux Tumbleweed KDE). Really great. Stable, fast and pretty. I have enough experience now in how to backup and restore my Linux. Different ways of this.

Times ago I tried also to produce my SUSE version from SUSE build, that was so simple . Since that, service was stopped and upgraded to another version I never tried.

I ask the creator of GeckoLinux. It is possible to have an utility that produce a snapshot ISO of personal running GeckoLinux. Or what kind of utility you recommend ? A similar utility that offered from PCLinuxOS ,MX Linux or Sparky Linux ( in other words: remastering of my GeckoLInux). I searched on Internet but no results. Somewhere a media yast plugin is recommended. I would like to produce my ISO snapshot , put in USB and use as GeckoLinux installer for myself or my friends.

Thanks for your work and effort.

P.S. I installed GeckoLinux from iso files that I get from site, updated to the latest and use it as my every day Linux OS.

Some advice :

GeckoLinux Static.

• Install
• Use the follow way to update GeckoLinux Static (from SUSE 15 to SUSE 15.1)

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade

(Static versions after updating to GeckoLinux 15.1, should be upgraded only by This method : Open Terminal and run sudo zypper up (up meaning update))

The next dup (distro upgrade will be when the leap 15.2 will be available or in the cases when you want to install a new kernel different from default Suse Leap 15.1 kernel

(see here : https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/install-new-linux-kernel-versions-on-opensuse-leap/ )

but I will recommend stable Kernel ( that will be default kernel for SUSE leap 15.2)

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/standard/ kernel-repo

instead of

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/standard/ kernel-repo

that is the newest Kernel around ( suppose that is used by SUSE Tumbleweed)

GeckoLinux Rolling:

• Install
• Update method > Open terminal and run sudo zypper dup (dup meaning - distro upgrade)

Actually I use qt4-fsarchiver to produce regular GeckoLinux backups to a second partition (backup and restore requires just couple of minutes in a SSD ). The same can be achieved by using gnome-disk-utility.

Hope it helps

[geckolinux]

Hi there, thanks for the additional documentation.

Unfortunately there is no utility like what you mention for openSUSE. If there was then GeckoLinux probably wouldn't exist! :-)

[DPinNM]

I just spent the past two days trying to update GeckoLinux Rolling with that 1700-file download and install. On my first try, I had a failure of the scripting at the end of the process (not unlike what Blaine [InfinitelyGalactic] experienced on YouTube). On my second attempt, happily, all went well.

But now that I have that update, I'd like to "lock it in." I'm not trying do a USB snapshot (a la MX Linux and PCLinuxOS) -- though that would be nice! -- since it's not possible. But I see Timeshift is not available in YaST Software and is only a Community effort on software.opensuse.org (with the accompanying warning of certificates not being signed, etc, etc,).

Is there a consensus choice in the GeckoLinux/OpenSUSE user base for a Timeshift-like backup utility?