The Manjaro Linux 21.3 distribution, built on Arch Linux and aimed at novice users, has been released. The distribution is notable for the presence of a simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatically detecting hardware and installing the drivers necessary for its operation. Manjaro comes in live builds with KDE (3.5 GB), GNOME (3.3 GB) and Xfce (3.2 GB) desktop environments. With the participation of the community, builds with Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, LXDE, LXQt, MATE and i3 are further developed.
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 the AUR repository (Arch User Repository). The distribution is equipped with a graphical installer and a graphical interface for system configuration.
Main innovations:
- Prior to the release of Xfce 4.18, the user environment was updated in the main edition of the distribution.
- The GNOME-based edition has been updated to the GNOME 43 release. The system status menu has been redesigned to offer a block with buttons to quickly change the most commonly used settings. Appearance switcher now has support for creating your own dynamic wallpaper. Added Gradience app for theme customization. Returned green style.
- The KDE-based edition has been updated to KDE Plasma 5.26 and KDE Gear 22.12.
- The Linux kernel has been updated to version 6.1, and packages with releases 5.10 and 5.15 are additionally available.
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