Manjaro

Manjaro
Manjaro 24.0 "Wynsdey" (KDE Plasma 6)
DeveloperManjaro GmbH & Co. KG
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen-source
Initial release10 July 2011 (2011-07-10)[1][2]
Latest release25.0[3]  / 15 April 2025 (15 April 2025)
Repository
Package managerpamac (GUI/CLI), pacman, libalpm (back-end)[4]
Platforms
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux kernel)
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface		Xfce, KDE Plasma 6, GNOME, Plasma Mobile, Phosh[5]
LicenseFree software licenses (mainly GNU GPL)
Official websitemanjaro.org

Manjaro is a free and open-source Linux distribution based on an operating system called Arch Linux. It focus on user-friendliness, accessibility, and improved software testing and stability, compared to its upstream sources. It uses a rolling release update model with a package manager called Pacman. Manjaro is developed mainly in Austria, France and Germany.[6]

Reviewers usually says Manjaro is an easy to set up and use Linux distribution and suitable for both starters and experienced users. [7]It is suggested as an easy and friendly way to install, and maintain a new Arch based distribution. Some reviewers find many contributed software, available in a repository called AUR, which has a good credit, because it is up to date from upstream resources. Others highlight many choice of official and community editions with different desktop environments.

History

Manjaro was first released on 10 July 2011. By mid of 2013, it was in the beta level, though important features of the final system, had all been inserted. It includes a graphical user interface (GUI) installer, but later it become an Antergos installer fork. It also includes a package manager called Pacman, with many choices, such as: Pamac (GTK) for Xfce desktop and Octopi (Qt) for Openbox edition. Other features including: Manjaro Hardware Detection (MHWD) for detection of free & private video drivers, and Manjaro Settings Manager for system-wide settings, user management, and graphics driver installation and management.[8]

In 2012, GNOME Shell support was showed with the release of version 0.8.3.[9] However, works in Arch Linux made it possible to restart the Cinnamon/GNOME edition as a community edition.[10] An official release showing the GNOME desktop environment was re-released in March 2017.[11]

At the end of August 2015, during the development of Manjaro 0.9.0, the team decided to switch to year and month for Manjaro's version code, instead of numbers. This makes to the 0.8.x series and the new 0.9.x series. Example, 0.8.13 released in June 2015, is changed to 15.06.[12]

Manjaro 15.09, codenamed Bellatrix and formerly known as 0.9.0, was released on 27 September 2015 with the new Calamares installer and updated packages.[12]

In September 2017, Manjaro announced that support for i686 architecture would be discontinued because "popularity of this architecture is reducing".[13] However, in November 2017, a semi-official community project "manjaro32", based on archlinux32, continued i686 support.[14]

In September 2019, the Manjaro GmbH & Co. KG company was created. Its FOSS website said the company was created, to effectively participate in business agreements, create partnerships, and give professional services'.[15]

Notes

  1. ↑ i686 support is maintained by the manjaro32 project.
  2. ↑ ARM support is maintained by the Manjaro ARM project.

References

  1. ↑ Singer, Roland (ying) (2011-07-10). "Manjaro Linux Distribution". Community Contributions, Arch Linux Forums. Archived from the original on 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2015-12-12. Hi all, I am working now since a longer time on my arch linux livecd. It is called manjaro linux and uses the Desktop Environment Xfce. I uploaded a first testing livecd which is very experimental and many features are still missing. I would be thankful for any bugs reported,.... or if somebody wants to help and join the project he is always welcome.
  2. ↑ "[0.8.8] Release Candidate 4 released (XFCE/Openbox) - Final images". manjaro.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  3. ↑ "Manjaro 25.0 Zetar released". 15 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Pacman Home Page". www.archlinux.org. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Get Manjaro". Manjaro Linux. Archived from the original on 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  6. ↑ "About page on the Manjaro Wiki". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
  7. ↑ "Hands-on with Manjaro Linux 15.09: A new favourite". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  8. ↑ "Mhwd page on the Manjaro Wiki". Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
  9. ↑ Müller, Philip (2012-12-24). "Manjaro 0.8.3 has been unleashed!". Archived from the original on 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  10. ↑ "Manjaro 0.8.5.2 Community Releases unleashed (KDE, Cinnamon, MATE)". 2013-05-13. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  11. ↑ Landauer, Bernhard (2017-03-07). "Manjaro GNOME 17.0 released". Manjaro. Archived from the original on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Manjaro Update 2015-09-27 (stable)". manjaro.github.io. Manjaro Linux. Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  13. ↑ Müller, Philip (2017-09-02). "[Maintenance] 2017-09-02 – Phasing out i686 support". Manjaro Linux. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17.
  14. ↑ "[Unstable Update][x32] 2017-11-24 - i686 lives!". Manjaro Linux Forum. 2017-11-24. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  15. ↑ Das, Ankush (9 September 2019). "Manjaro Linux Graduates From A Hobby Project To A Professional Project - It's FOSS". It's FOSS. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
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