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Manjaro Linux


Last Update: 2025-01-17 15:50 UTC


Manjaro Linux is a fast, user-friendly, desktop-oriented operating system based on Arch Linux. Key features include intuitive installation process, automatic hardware detection, stable rolling-release model, ability to install multiple kernels, special Bash scripts for managing graphics drivers and extensive desktop configurability. Manjaro Linux offers Xfce as the core desktop options, as well as KDE, GNOME and a minimalist Net edition for more advanced users. Community-supported desktop flavours are also available.

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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2024-12-08: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 24.2.0
 • 2024-10-02: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 24.1.0
 • 2024-05-14: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 24.0
 • 2023-12-16: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 23.1.0
 • 2023-09-05: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 23.0
 • 2023-04-22: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 22.1.0
 • 2022-12-25: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 22.0
 • 2022-06-19: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 21.3.0
 • 2021-12-23: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 21.2.0
 • 2021-08-18: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 21.1.0
 • 2021-03-24: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 21.0
 • 2021-03-19: Development Release: Manjaro Linux 21.0 RC1
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 • 2024-08-03 Manjaro community testing immutable images
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 • 2021-02-15 Manjaro now PinePhone's default OS
 • 2020-08-31 Manjaro to ship on the PinePhone
 • 2020-03-16 Manjaro to be the Pinebook Pro's default OS
 • 2020-02-18 Manjaro launches web-based software portal
 • 2019-07-30 Manjaro ships with fpakman and FreeOffice
 • 2019-04-16 ARM port available on Manjaro's website
 • 2018-06-02 Updates to Pamac package manager
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Feature stable 24.2.1 23.1.2 22.1.3 21.3.0 20.2.1 19.0 18.1.0 17.1.12 16.10.3 15.12 0.8.11 0.8.8 Feature
Release Date 2025-01-17 2024-12-16 2024-01-02 2023-05-26 2022-06-18 2021-01-03 2020-02-25 2019-09-12 2018-08-19 2016-11-27 2015-12-23 2014-12-01 2013-11-26 Release Date
End Of Life                           End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)   2900-4000 3500-3800 3800-4000 2700-3700 2600-3000 2500-2900 1800-2100 1600-2100 1533-2116 589-1856 472-1481 582-1861 Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop   GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce KDE Plasma, Openbox, Xfce KDE Plasma, Openbox, Xfce KDE Plasma, Openbox, Xfce Xfce Default Desktop
Package Management Flatpak, Pacman, snap Flatpak, Pacman, snap Flatpak, Pacman, snap Flatpak, Pacman, snap Flatpak, Pacman, snap Flatpak, Pacman, snap Pacman, snap Pacman, snap Pacman, snap Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice, OnlyOffice OnlyOffice OnlyOffice OnlyOffice -- -- -- -- LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual de, en, fr de, en, fr de, en, fr de, en, fr de, en, fr de, en, fr de, en, fr de, en, fr de, en, fr de, en, fr de, en, fr de, en, fr de, en, fr Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List stable 24.2.1 23.1.2 22.1.3 21.3.0 20.2.1 19.0 18.1.0 17.1.12 16.10.3 15.12 0.8.11 0.8.8 Full Package List
Package stable 24.2.1 23.1.2 22.1.3 21.3.0 20.2.1 19.0 18.1.0 17.1.12 16.10.3 15.12 0.8.11 0.8.8 Package
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.13 1.2.13 1.2.10 1.2.8 1.2.7 1.2.4 1.2.1.2 1.1.9 1.1.6 1.1.2 1.1.0 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 alsa-lib (1.2.13)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.4) 9.20.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.4)
chromium (132.0.6834.83) 132.0.6834.83 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (132.0.6834.83)
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.11 2.4.11 2.4.7 2.4.2 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.3.1 2.3.0 2.2.8 2.2.1 2.1.2 1.7.3 1.7.0 cups (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 -- 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3 4.4.2 4.4.2 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.3 4.3.0 4.2.5-P1 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.47.1 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.45.6 1.45.5 1.45.3 1.44.3 1.43.3 1.42.13 1.42.9 1.42.8 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (134.0.1) 134.0 133.0.3 121.0 113.0 101.0.1 84.0.1 73.0.1 69.0 61.0.2 50.0 43.0.1 29.0.1 25.0.1 firefox (134.0.1)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 2.13.3 2.13.2 2.13.0 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.10.1 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.6.5 2.6.2 2.5.3 2.5.0.1 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) 14.2.1 -- 13.2.1 12.2.1 12.1.0 -- 9.3.0 9.1.0 8.2.0 -- -- 4.9.0 4.8.2 gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) 2.10.38 2.10.38 2.10.36 2.10.34 2.10.30 2.10.22 2.10.14 2.10.12 2.10.4 2.8.18 2.8.16 2.8.10 2.8.6 gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.40 2.40 2.38 2.37 2.35 2.32 2.30 2.29 2.28 2.24 2.22 2.19 2.18 glibc (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.3) 47.2 47.2 45.2 43.4 42.2 3.38.2 3.34.3 3.32.2 3.28.3 -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (47.3)
gnucash (5.10) 5.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.10)
gnumeric (1.12.57) 1.12.57 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.03 2.02beta3 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.00 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.12) 4.16.7 4.14.7 4.12.4 4.10.3 4.6.5 3.24.24 3.24.13 3.24.10 3.22.30 2.24.31 2.24.29 2.24.23 2.24.22 gtk (4.16.12)
httpd (2.4.62) 2.4.62 2.4.62 2.4.58 2.4.56 2.4.53 2.4.46 2.4.41 2.4.41 -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.4) 1.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.92.3 0.91 -- -- -- inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.12.1) 24.08.3 -- -- -- -- 20.12.0 19.12.2 -- -- 2.0.3a 2.0.3 2.0.2 -- k3b (24.12.1)
kmod (33) 33 33 31 30 29 27 26 26 25 23 23 17 15 kmod (33)
krita (5.2.6) 5.2.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.0.1.1 2.9.10 2.8.6 -- krita (5.2.6)
LibreOffice (24.8.4) 24.8.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.1.0 5.1.6 4.4.7 4.2.4 4.1.3 LibreOffice (24.8.4)
linux (6.12.10) 6.12.4 6.12.4 6.5.5 6.1.26 5.15.48 5.9.16 5.4.18 5.2.11 4.17.11 4.4.33 4.1.15 3.12.20 3.10.20 linux (6.12.10)
Package stable 24.2.1 23.1.2 22.1.3 21.3.0 20.2.1 19.0 18.1.0 17.1.12 16.10.3 15.12 0.8.11 0.8.8 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.5.2) 11.6.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.1.19 10.1.9 5.5.37 -- mariadb (11.5.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.3.3) 24.2.8 24.2.8 24.0.2 23.0.3 22.1.1 20.3.1 19.3.4 19.1.5 18.1.6 13.0.1 11.0.8 10.1.4 9.2.3 mesa (24.3.3)
mysql (9.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.1.0)
nautilus (47.1) 47.1 47.1 45.2.1 43.4 42.2 3.38.2 3.34.2 3.32.3 3.28.1 -- -- -- -- nautilus (47.1)
NVIDIA (565.77) 550.144.03 550.135 545.29.06 530.41.03 515.48.07 455.45.01 440.59 435.21 396.51 370.28 355.11 331.79 331.20 NVIDIA (565.77)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.5.2 3.5.2 openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.1) 8.432u05 -- -- -- -- 8u265 8u242 8u222 8u181 8u112 8u66 7u55 7u45 openjdk (23.0.1)
openssh (9.9p1) 9.9p1 9.9p1 9.6p1 9.3p1 9.0p1 8.4p1 8.1p1 8.0p1 7.7p1 7.3p1 7.1p1 6.6p1 6.4p1 openssh (9.9p1)
openssl (3.4.0) 3.4.0 3.4.0 3.2.0 3.0.8 1.1.1o 1.1.1i 1.1.1d 1.1.1c 1.1.0h 1.0.2j 1.0.2e 1.0.1h 1.0.1e openssl (3.4.0)
perl (5.40.0) 5.40.0 5.40.0 5.38.1 5.36.0 5.36.0 5.32.0 5.30.1 5.30.0 5.28.0 5.24.0 5.22.0 5.18.2 5.18.1 perl (5.40.0)
php (8.4.3) 8.3.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.4.3)
plasma-desktop (6.2.5) 6.2.4 6.2.4 5.27.10 5.27.4 5.24.5 5.20.4 5.17.5 5.16.4 5.13.4 5.8.4 5.4.1 -- -- plasma-desktop (6.2.5)
postfix (3.9.1) 3.9.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.9.1)
postgresql (17.2) 16.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.2)
Python (3.13.1) 3.12.7 3.12.7 3.11.6 3.10.10 3.10.5 3.9.1 3.8.1 3.7.4 3.7.0 3.5.2 3.5.1 3.4.1 3.3.2 Python (3.13.1)
qt (6.8.1) 6.8.1 6.8.1 6.6.1 6.5.0 5.15.4 5.15.2 5.14.1 5.13.0 5.11.1 5.7.0 5.5.1 4.8.5 4.8.5 qt (6.8.1)
samba (4.21.3) 4.21.2 4.21.2 4.19.3 4.18.2 4.16.1 4.13.3 4.10.10 4.10.6 4.8.3 4.5.1 4.3.3 4.1.7 4.1.1 samba (4.21.3)
systemd (257.2) 256.9 256.9 254.8 252.10 251.2 247.2 242 242 239 231 228 212 208 systemd (257.2)
thunderbird (133.0) 128.5.2 128.5.1 115.6.0 102.10.0 91.10.0 78.6.0 68.5.0 68.0 60.0 45.5.0 38.4.0 24.5.0 24.1.1 thunderbird (133.0)
vim (9.1) 9.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.21 3.0.21 3.0.20 3.0.18 3.0.17.4 3.0.11.1 3.0.8 3.0.8 3.0.3 2.2.4 2.2.1 2.1.4 2.1.1 vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) 1.23.1 1.23.1 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.20.0 1.18.0 1.17.0 1.17.0 1.15.0 1.12.0 1.9.0 1.4.0 1.3.0 wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.20.0) 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.16.0 4.14.3 4.14.2 4.14.1 4.12.4 4.12.3 4.12.3 4.11.6 4.10.2 xfdesktop (4.20.0)
xorg-server (21.1.15) 21.1.14 21.1.14 21.1.10 21.1.8 21.1.3 1.20.10 1.20.7 1.20.5 1.20.1 1.18.4 1.17.4 1.15.1 1.14.4 xorg-server (21.1.15)

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Version: 24.2.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-01-15
Votes: 3


Dealt many times with reboot after install. Learned to disable or pull the usb when the screen goes black, timing seems to work, so the reboot works. Very good cinnamon distro. Everything but the reboot works great. I like it for the rolling Arch access, seems to be my go to version rather than Mint. German engineering at its best. Been using the cinnamon version since the late teens (20xx) rather than more distro hopping.. Haven't tried the XFCE distro & KDE Plasma comes with too many bells & whistles for my taste, much rather use Cinnamon.for my older Dell.


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Version: 24.2.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-12-09
Votes: 38


Have been around the 'distro block' a time or two this year. I just downloaded Manjaro 24.2.0 Xfce and I love it. Up to recently I was using Solus Plasma 2024-10-14 and this newest Manjaro 'sings' to me. I downloaded a copy from their website, put it onto a USB Stick and began the install. It took only 8-minutes from start to reboot, that's amazingly fast. After rebooting there were no updates, everything from the new version was already up-to-date on the .iso downloaded. Having an old Asus B75M-A mobo with an Intel i3220 cpu runs blazing fast. Having an Epson, and a Brother printer as peripherals, both had installed effortlessly with the included cups software. Also being old school yet, and having two CD/DVD burners installed in an old Lenovo tower the included Xfburn works just great. The only three additional downloads I needed was Simple-scan for my Epson flatbed, Gnome-Disk-Utility to turn my additional desktop HDD off after 15-minutes and Xscreensaver for my individual amuzement. So far I'm living the dream at 70 years old and still having the presence of mind to operated a computer that doesn't use Windblows. Thanks, Manjaro!


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Version: stable
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-11-09
Votes: 22


Manjaro Linux with KDE Plasma desktop on Wayland is very easy to use. The package versions are leading edge but very stable. There is excellent support on the Forum. The Manjaro installer with GUI is well thought out. Default installation settings are good, easy to make custom settings during installation. Hardware detection and driver installation far better than any other linux distro I know. Package build system is easy to learn, should you need to build any packages or test versions that are not in the Manjaro or Arch repos. Kernels are preempted. Pipewire configuration is excellent. Latency is very low, even without using the Manjaro RT kernels. Recommend Octopi for package installation and system upgrades (not installed automatically).


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