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Manjaro Linux


Last Update: 2023-12-01 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.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 4 (1,358), 6 months: 5 (1,154), 3 months: 5 (1,193), 4 weeks: 6 (1,021), 1 week: 8 (868)

Average visitor rating: 8.1/10 from 367 review(s).


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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 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
 • 2020-12-03: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 20.2
 • 2020-09-12: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 20.1
 • 2020-04-26: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 20.0
 • 2020-02-25: Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 19.0
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 • 2022-12-09 Manjaro disables proprietary codecs in Mesa
 • 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
 • 2018-03-10 Manjaro's ARM builds
 • 2017-12-30 Manjaro continues 32-bit support
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Feature stable 23.0.3 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 2023-12-01 2023-10-09 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$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)   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 Free Download
Installation 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 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 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 Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice, 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 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 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 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 Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List stable 23.0.3 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 23.0.3 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) 3.0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.10) 1.2.10 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 (1.2.10)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.21) 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 bash (5.2.21)
bind (9.18.20) 9.18.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.20)
chromium (119.0.6045.199) 119.0.6045.159 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (119.0.6045.199)
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.7 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 (2.4.7)
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 (1.47.0) 1.47.0 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 (1.47.0)
firefox (120.0.1) 120.0 118.0.1 113.0 101.0.1 84.0.1 73.0.1 69.0 61.0.2 50.0 43.0.1 29.0.1 25.0.1 firefox (120.0.1)
freetype (2.13.2) 2.13.2 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 (2.13.2)
gcc (13.2.0) 13.2.1 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 (13.2.0)
gimp (2.10.36) 2.10.36 2.10.34 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 (2.10.36)
glibc (2.38) 2.38 2.38 2.37 2.35 2.32 2.30 2.29 2.28 2.24 2.22 2.19 2.18 glibc (2.38)
gnome-shell (45.1) 45.1 44.4 43.4 42.2 3.38.2 3.34.3 3.32.2 3.28.3 -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (45.1)
gnucash (5.4-1) 5.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.4-1)
gnumeric (1.12.56) 1.12.56 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.56)
grub (2.06) 2.12rc1 2.12rc1 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.04 2.03 2.02beta3 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.00 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.12.4) 4.12.4 4.12.3 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 (4.12.4)
httpd (2.4.58) 2.4.58 2.4.57 2.4.56 2.4.53 2.4.46 2.4.41 2.4.41 -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.58)
inkscape (1.3.1) 1.3.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.92.3 0.91 -- -- -- inkscape (1.3.1)
k3b (23.08.3) 23.08.3 -- -- -- 20.12.0 19.12.2 -- -- 2.0.3a 2.0.3 2.0.2 -- k3b (23.08.3)
kmod (31) 31 31 30 29 27 26 26 25 23 23 17 15 kmod (31)
krita (5.2.1) 5.2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.0.1.1 2.9.10 2.8.6 -- krita (5.2.1)
libreoffice (7.6.3) 7.6.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.1.0 5.1.6 4.4.7 4.2.4 4.1.3 libreoffice (7.6.3)
linux (6.6.3) 6.6.3 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 (6.6.3)
Package stable 23.0.3 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 (11.1.3) 11.2.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.1.19 10.1.9 5.5.37 -- mariadb (11.1.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.2) 1.26.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.2)
mesa (23.3.0) 23.1.9 23.1.9 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 (23.3.0)
mysql (8.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.2.0)
nautilus (45.1) 45.1 44.2.1 43.4 42.2 3.38.2 3.34.2 3.32.3 3.28.1 -- -- -- -- nautilus (45.1)
NVIDIA (545.29.06) 545.29.06 535.113.01 530.41.03 515.48.07 455.45.01 440.59 435.21 396.51 370.28 355.11 331.79 331.20 NVIDIA (545.29.06)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.5.2 3.5.2 openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (21.0.1) 8.392u08 -- -- -- 8u265 8u242 8u222 8u181 8u112 8u66 7u55 7u45 openjdk (21.0.1)
openssh (9.5p1) 9.5p1 9.5p1 9.3p1 9.0p1 8.4p1 8.1p1 8.0p1 7.7p1 7.3p1 7.1p1 6.6p1 6.4p1 openssh (9.5p1)
openssl (3.2.0) 3.1.4 3.1.3 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 (3.2.0)
perl (5.38.2) 5.38.1 5.38.0 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 (5.38.2)
php (8.3.0) 8.2.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.3.0)
plasma-desktop (5.27.9) 5.27.9 5.27.8 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 (5.27.9)
postfix (3.8.3) 3.8.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.3)
postgresql (16.1) 15.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (16.1)
Python (3.12.0) 3.11.6 3.11.5 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 (3.12.0)
qt (6.6.1) 6.6.0 6.5.3 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 (6.6.1)
samba (4.19.3) 4.19.3 4.19.0 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 (4.19.3)
systemd (254.7) 254.6 254.5 252.10 251.2 247.2 242 242 239 231 228 212 208 systemd (254.7)
thunderbird (115.5.1) 115.5.0 115.3.1 102.10.0 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 (115.5.1)
vim (9.0) 9.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.20) 3.0.20 3.0.18 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 (3.0.20)
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 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 (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (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 (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.9) 21.1.9 21.1.8 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 (21.1.9)

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Version: 23.0.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-21
Votes: 5


"Somehow" the majority of my computers are running Manjaro Cinnamon. That did not come about by accident as this distro fits my workflow and workstyle the best. I have tested far and wide, and continue to do so. I was using another distro long term and with testing and needs, "somehow" Manjaro Cinnamon got installed again, and again,....

PROS
* Arch without the instability or the PhD-CS required to install it. Cool installer :)
* Cinnamon is the best desktop (for me), thanks Mint team.
* Sensible fonts, unlike anything Debian-ish, and it was easy to deselect down to my requirements.
* Massive software availability, though many AUR builds break
* Software stays up to date, including kernel (unlike Ubuntu/Mint)

CONS
* Many AUR builds just break. Some useful stuff is in there.
* Why is Stellarium not prebuilt in the normal repos?


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Version: 23.0.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-20
Votes: 4


I use Manjaro Sway with mostly gtk+ apps on a minimal Intel laptop. It's fast and reliable, even with only 4GB memory. I don't use swap since I have only an SSD.

There's plenty of software available via Arch repository and AUR. Occasionally, I've had trouble with apps' tech support people denying support for Arch, and thus Manjaro, but things are getting better. Some apps I'd like to try wouldn't run on so little memory, but other than that, installing has been easy. If there's an issue, I usually can find a workaround on the Manjaro or Arch forums.

I really do appreciate the development team's decision to allow more time for vetting changes to Arch before releasing them on Manjaro. I know there have been some at Arch who take offense, but there have been many times in my three years as a user when the Manjaro unstable version (which is Arch stable) has borked people's machines. I have been saved all that by sticking with Manjaro stable.

Two minor gripes with the development team: (1) they devote a lot of effort to pamac-gui, and yet it still fails to do updates reliably - I just use yay. (2) KDE also gets lots of attention, but it's so full of bugs (from KDE itself) that the effort seems misplaced - I stick to gtk or zsh.



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Version: 23.0.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-08
Votes: 12


Hey guys, how are you doing? I hope you are fine. I just wanted to review Manjaro. Furthermore, I've been using it since May 2023, and I was hoping that everything would break all the time because it's an arch derivative, but that wasn't the case at the date I'm writing this review. So I'm satisfied with this product; since I moved from Solus OS, everything has been nice for me. I just let almost everything default, with just two or three apps installed that I needed and some customization, and everything ran excellently—zero crashes, zero bugs, zero freezing, and I recommend it to all folks interested. P.S. I use XFCE, the ultrasolid, rocky one, and it's not as ugly as other people think. That's all. Goodbye.


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