Manjaro Linux is a distro that is based on Arch Linux, but it has its own set of repositories. The distribution aims to be user friendly while maintaining Arch featuressuch as the Pacman package manager and AUR support.
Manjaro Linux is a GNU / Linux distribution that It has the possibility to choose with which default user interface it will be downloaded and installed, officially has XFCE, KDE, Gnome, Cinnamon and many others contributed by the community.
It is basically a free operating system for personal computers and focused on ease of use. Since Manjaro is based on Arch Linux, this system also uses a development model called Rolling Release.
About the new release of Manjaro Linux 18.0 Iliria
After a series of release candidates over the past few weeks, lManjaro developers have released the new version of their Manjaro 18.0 system "Iliria."
As I've said multiple times in the past, I love the almost polished desktop experience that Manjaro offers. Needless to say, it comes with tons of system-wide fixes, as well as many minor improvements.
Users now you can take advantage of the new theme called Adapta-Maia and other minor visual changes throughout the system for a better user experience.
Since Manjaro Xfce is the flagship edition, in this new release it comes with the latest Xfce 4.13 desktop environment.
With With the new Display-Profiles function, one can store more than one profile for different monitors. So if you change screens frequently or connect external displays, this feature makes the transition seamless.
In Manjaro Linux 18.0 Iliria there is a new display settings widget for display management that is useful for presentations. The network widget now works for SSH VPN tunnels again.
The audio volume widget now has a built-in speaker test feature moved from Phonon settings and Plasma now warns of logging out when other users log in.
Easier to change kernel
On the other hand, we can also highlight that this new launch of Manjaro Linux 18.0 Iliria comes with the latest version of Linux Kernel 4.19.0.
With this version of the kernel latest hardware support added, fixes from Pamac package manager and updates to the Manjaro administrator settings.
Manjaro Settings Manager (MSM) now offers an easy-to-use graphical interface for installing and removing kernels.
The selection of Manjaro kernels available remains the largest of all Linux distributions.
If you are familiar with Manjaro, you should know that it allows you to easily install and / or remove different Linux kernels.
In this version, eight different kernels are available directly from Manjaro warehouses, from 3.16 to the most recent 4.19. In addition, three versions of the Kernel are provided in real time.
This wide variety of kernel options ensures that one is able to run Manjaro on older and newer hardware.
The KDE version comes with the Plasma 5.14 desktop and the latest KDE-Apps 18.08 version. It comes with a new screen configuration tool that makes it easy to handle presentations.
Download Manjaro Linux 18.0
Finally, for all those who want to be able to obtain this new image of the system and install this Linux distribution on their computers or simply want to test the system under a virtual machine.
You just have to go to the official website of the distribution and in its download section you can get the image of the system.
Since Manjaro follows the release model, existing users only need to keep their system up to date to get the latest features and enhancements shipped with 18.0.
If you are already Manjaro Linux users and want to get these new updates, just type in your terminal:
sudo pacman -Syuu
With this your system will be updated.
Manjaro is semi-rolling
Congratulations on the article.
Manjaro is 100% Rolling but with 15 days of delay with respect to arch therefore semi Bleeding Edge - To the last - because the testing repositories can be configured to be Bleeding Edge but it is not by default-
I miss, almost whenever it is written about the kernels in real time - RT kernels - that it is mentioned that they are indicated for editing and multimedia playback. In other words, for musicians, music lovers and video artists.
Greetings ... Change Manjaro because it is frustrating about the repositories, for example Yaourt ... If you search the internet, almost everything was with that and out of nowhere, it no longer works, based on that, which ones do you recommend using? It would be good a general answer here and a blog about it to give greater clarity to those of us who come from Ubuntu and want to enter the world of pacman, yaur, etc ...
Well you can pull pacman. To install, sudo pacman -S package. To search for: pacman -Ss package. To update repositories and update packages: sudo pacman -Syyu. Pacman would be equivalent to Ubuntu's apt. Yaourt was an add-on, a few extra repositories, but not the main Manjaro ones.
I love this distribution and with plasma much more, and with firefox using this dark theme it looks great: https://addons.mozilla.org/es/firefox/addon/beautiful-green-dark/
Excellent article.