the release of the distribution , built on Arch Linux and aimed at beginner users. The distribution features a simplified and user-friendly installation process, automatic hardware detection, and installation of the necessary drivers. Manjaro is available as live builds with KDE (2.8 GB), GNOME (2.5 GB), and Xfce (2.6 GB) graphical environments. With community support, additional builds with Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, and i3.
To manage repositories in Manjaro, a proprietary tool called BoxIt is used, designed after Git. The repository follows a rolling update principle, but new versions undergo an additional stabilization phase. Besides its own repository, it supports the use of (Arch User Repository). The distribution comes with a graphical installer and a graphical interface for configuring the system.
The new version features Linux kernel 5.4, updates for Xfce 4.14 (with a new Matcha theme), GNOME 3.34, KDE Plasma 5.17, and KDE Apps 19.12.2. In GNOME, there’s an option to switch desktop themes between Manjaro, Vanilla GNOME, Mate/GNOME2, Windows, macOS, and Unity/Ubuntu. The Pamac package manager has been updated to version 9.3. Support for self-contained packages in snap and flatpak formats is enabled by default, which can be installed through a new application management interface. .
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