The release of the Manjaro Linux 23.1 distribution, built on Arch Linux and aimed at beginner users, has taken place. The distribution is notable for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatic hardware detection, and installation of necessary drivers. Manjaro is available as live images with graphical environments KDE (3.7 GB), GNOME (3.5 GB), and Xfce (3.5 GB). Additionally, community-driven editions have been developed with 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 GNOME 45, which features a dynamic indicator in the panel, improved search performance, an added camera indicator, enabled hardware acceleration for video playback, replaced the image viewer and camera application, changed the style of sidebar displays, and updated to GTK 4.12 and libadwaita 1.4 libraries. virtual desktops, enhanced system search performance, added a camera activation indicator, utilized hardware acceleration for video playback, replaced the image viewer and camera application, modified the sidebar display style, and updated to GTK 4.12 and libadwaita 1.4 libraries.
- The KDE-based edition has been updated to the corrective releases of KDE Plasma 5.27.9 and KDE Gear 23.08.3. The Xfce-based edition continues to be supplied with version Xfce 4.18.
- The Linux kernel has been updated to version 6.6, with additional packages available for releases 6.1 and 5.15.
- Transition to multimedia usage has been implemented server Pipewire 1.0.
Source: opennet.ru
