The popular distribution Manjaro Linux, the undisputed class leader among the almost innumerable derivatives of Arch Linux, has now been released in the new version 22.0 based on the latest free operating system kernel Linux 6.1 LTS. Also included are the free desktops Xfce 4.18, Gnome 43.2 and KDE Plasma 5.26.4.
New kernel, new desktops, new software
Manjaro Linux 21.3.0 (“Ruah”) with Gnome 42 is followed by updated installation media of the very popular Arch Linux derivative with the updated Gnome Shell in the latest version 43.2. In addition to the “Gnome Edition”, there is also a “Plasma Edition” with KDE Plasma 5.26.4 and an “Xfce Edition” with the very resource-saving Xfce 4.18 user interface. All versions are already available for download on the official project servers and SourceForge.
3 editions and 6 community derivatives
< p class="p text-width">In addition to the three free desktops of the official derivatives, which are flanked by a total of six community editions, all relevant applications, libraries, runtime environments and tools have also been updated.
- → Arch Linux
- → Manjaro Linux
- Xfce 4.18.0
- Gnome Shell 43.2
- KDE Plasma 5.26.4
- Manjaro Linux, like Arch Linux, comes “out of the box” with very up-to-date package versions.
- Applications such as the open source browsers Mozilla Firefox 108.0.1 and Chromium 108.0 as well as the free e-mail client Thunderbird 102.6 and LibreOffice 7.4.3 are up to date.
- The same applies to runtime environments and libraries such as Mesa 3D and the programming language Python.
The community editions also provide the working environments Budgie, Sway and den Cinnamon desktop known from Linux Mint as well as the i3 window manager and the MATE Desktop Environment.
Manjaro Linux: 3 official editions and 6 Community Editions (Image: Manjaro Linux)Mesa 22.3.1 for RDNA 3 and Vulkan 1.3
The Mesa 22.3.1 graphics stack, which is particularly essential for gaming under Linux, with support for the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT (test) based on RDNA 3 and the free Vulkan 1.3 graphics API is also on board. In addition, the KDE Frameworks and KDE Gear have been updated to the latest versions 5.101 and 22.12.
In addition to an updated firmware, the release notes in the official forum list the following new features and updates:< /p>
- Some of our Kernels got updated
- KDE Frameworks are now at 5.101
- KDE Gear (Apps) 22.12 got released
- Pipewire is at 0.3.63
- XFCE got finally updated to 4.18
- it is recommended to replace any nocsd packages with the regular ones to avoid issues with this XFCE update. See also troubleshoot post!
- Mesa is at 22.3.1
- Plasma-Mobile got renewed to 22.11
- Thunderbird is at 102.6.0
- Firefox got renewed to 108.0.1 4
- Qemu is at 7.2.0
- Linux firmware got renewed
- Usual KDE-git, Haskell, Deepin and Python updates
Starting point for your own operating-point
As is typical for an operating system based on Arch Linux, Manjaro Linux can also be extensively customized and can serve as the basis for your very own Linux distribution.
Update to Manjaro Linux 22.0 via Pacman
Upgrade from Manjaro 21.3 to Manjaro 22.0 can be done with Pacman and the command pacman -Syu via the command line or the graphical package manager Pamac.
The Pamac GUI for Pacman updates Manjaro Linux (Bi ld: Manjaro Linux)