The release of Manjaro Linux 24.2 has been published, built on Arch Linux and aimed at beginner users. This distribution is notable for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatic hardware detection, and the installation of necessary drivers. Manjaro is available as live builds with graphical environments KDE (3.9 GB), GNOME (3.8 GB), and Xfce (3.5 GB), configured for the x86_64 architecture and various ARM-based platforms. Community-supported editions are also developed with Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, LXQt, 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 the GNOME 47 release, which features a new dialog window style, improved performance on low-resolution screens, hardware acceleration for video encoding during screen recording, and completely redesigned file open and save dialogs.
- The KDE-based edition has been updated to KDE Plasma 6.2. The KDE applications continue to align with the KDE Gear 24.08 branch as in the previous release.
- The Xfce-based edition continues to ship with version Xfce 4.18.
- The Linux kernel has been updated to version 6.12. Additionally, packages with LTS releases of the kernel 6.1 and 6.6 are available.
Source: opennet.ru
