The release of Manjaro Linux 24.0 has taken place, based on Arch Linux and aimed at novice users. This distribution is notable for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatic hardware detection, and installation of the necessary drivers. Manjaro comes in live builds with graphical environments KDE (3.7 GB), GNOME (3.5 GB), and Xfce (3.5 GB), tailored for the x86_64 architecture and various ARM-based platforms. Additional community-driven builds are also available featuring Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, and i3.
Manjaro uses its own toolset, BoxIt, designed in the image of Git, for managing repositories. The repository operates on a rolling release principle, but new versions undergo an additional stabilization phase. In addition to its own repository, support for the Arch User Repository (AUR) is available. The distribution is equipped with a graphical installer and a graphical interface for system configuration.
Release Features:
- The GNOME-based edition has been updated to release GNOME 46, introducing a global search feature, enhanced performance for the file manager and terminal emulators, experimental support for the VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) mechanism, improved output quality with fractional scaling, expanded external service connection capabilities, updated configurator, and enhanced notification system. A new rendering engine based on the Vulkan API has been utilized in GTK.
- The KDE-based edition has transitioned to the KDE 6 platform, which is built on Qt 6 and utilizes the Wayland protocol. KDE applications have been updated to version KDE Gear 24.02.
- The Xfce-based edition continues to ship with version Xfce 4.18.
- The Pamac package manager has been upgraded to the new release of the libalpm 6.1 library, offering essential package management capabilities, as provided in the Pacman package manager. Support for download agents available for libalpm has been added. The loading of build scripts from AUR (Arch User Repository) and the Manjaro binary package repository has been improved.
- The Linux kernel has been updated to version 6.9. Additionally, packages with kernel releases 6.1 and 6.6 are also available.
Source: opennet.ru
