distribution release , built on Arch Linux and aimed at beginners. Distribution the presence of a simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatic detection of equipment and installation of the drivers necessary for its operation. Manjaro in the form of live builds with graphical environments KDE (2.9 GB), GNOME (2.6 GB) and Xfce (2.6 GB). With community input builds with Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, LXDE, LXQt, MATE and i3.
To manage repositories, Manjaro uses its own toolkit BoxIt, designed in the image of Git. The repository is maintained on the principle of continuous inclusion of updates (rolling), but new versions go through an additional stage of stabilization. In addition to its own repository, there is support for using (Arch User Repository). The distribution is equipped with a graphical installer and a graphical interface for system configuration.
The new version continues to polish the flagship user environment based on Xfce 4.14, which comes with a "Matcha" theme and is enhanced with a "Display-Profiles" mechanism that allows you to save individual profiles with screen settings.
The KDE-based edition offers a new release of the Plasma 5.19 desktop. The package includes a complete set of Breath2-themes, including light and dark versions, an animated intro, profiles for Konsole and skins for Yakuake. Instead of the traditional Kickoff-Launcher application menu, the Plasma-Simplemenu package is proposed. KDE Apps has been updated to the August release of KDE-Apps 20.08.
The GNOME-based edition continues to ship with GNOME 3.36. Improved login and screen lock interfaces, as well as applications for managing GNOME Shell add-ons. Implemented a "do not disturb" mode that temporarily disables the display of notifications. The default shell is zsh. Updated GDM display manager and desktop skin switching application (switching between Manjaro, Vanilla GNOME, Mate/GNOME2, Windows, macOS and Unity/Ubuntu themes).
The Pamac package manager has been updated to release 9.5, which has faster dependency detection, improved error handling, and optimized search implementation. The assembly of packages from the AUR and their installation in one pass is provided. The console assembly Architect provides the ability to install on partitions with ZFS. The Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.8.
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