Manjaro 24.0, based on Arch Linux, has been released pulling in a whole lot of upgrades across every part of the system. Despite a good few screw-ups in the past, Manjaro is actually a pretty reasonable choice for those of you who want a very up to date system with an easy install. It's even the Linux distribution Valve picked in their Developing for Steam Deck without a Dev-Kit guide.
Manjaro 24.0 Wynsdey brings with it GNOME 46.1, KDE Plasma 6.0.4 (with KDE Gear 24.02.02), Linux kernel 6.9 for the latest hardware support and Xfce 4.18. You also get Mesa 24.06, NVIDIA 550.78 and numerous updates to other software.
Pictured - Manjaro 24.0 Wynsdey, KDE Plasma
See their release announcement, along with some changes on their forum. Download from the Manjaro website.
Going by Valve's own survey and ours, Manjaro remains one of the more popular Linux distributions on the desktop. Have you used it recently, or are you using it now? Let me know in the comments how you're getting on with it.
At some point this year we're also going to see the Manjaro Gaming Edition which will come pre-installed on the Orange Pi Neo Linux gaming handheld.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: MohandevirJust got the upgrade, on my PC... After the update, I was left with an empty desktop. All the apps had been removed. I had to reinstall the desktop with "pacman -Qqn | pacman -S -" to get them back.Sounds like the good old days with Mandrake. Well, the not-so-good, old days.
Hu... rray!
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ssj17vegeta May 14
As a long-standing (K)Ubuntu user for the last 15 years, I was wondering, is Manjaro the "rolling release distro with the power of Arch minus the hassle of reading tons of documentation" or not ?
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Just did the update on my work laptop (on Manjaro, my home systems are on Endeavour). So far, so good!
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Mountain Man May 14
Another smooth and easy update. Manjaro always just works.
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Mohandevir May 14
Quoting: ghiumaQuoting: MohandevirQuoting: ghiumaQuoting: MohandevirJust got the upgrade, on my PC... After the update, I was left with an empty desktop. All the apps had been removed. I had to reinstall the desktop with "pacman -Qqn | pacman -S -" to get them back.
Hu... rray!
After updating it, all the applications disappeared, I cursed as only we Sicilians know how to do, making all the existing saints fall from the sky... I counted to a thousand and solved it by restarting x11...
In fact, the first thing I did was restarting my computer... Still empty. KDE issue?
it's a strange error, rebooting didn't fix the problem for me, but switching from x11 to Wayland and then back to x11 fixed the problem...
In my case, it poped a window showing it was going to uninstall them. Since it seemed like kde basic apps, I figured they had replaced them in the new version, but I was wrong and there was no way to stop it, unless cancelling the complete update...
Anyway, once I figured the right command, it took a couple of mins to restore it.
It reminded me of the LTT incident with Pop_OS! Maybe it got fixed real quick and I was unlucky to stumble upon it?
Last edited by Mohandevir on 14 May 2024 at 6:33 pm UTC
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Quoting: ssj17vegetaAs a long-standing (K)Ubuntu user for the last 15 years, I was wondering, is Manjaro the "rolling release distro with the power of Arch minus the hassle of reading tons of documentation" or not ?
No. Manjaro is rotten garbage, avoid at all costs.
If you want Arch, use Arch.
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Quoting: dpanterQuoting: ssj17vegetaAs a long-standing (K)Ubuntu user for the last 15 years, I was wondering, is Manjaro the "rolling release distro with the power of Arch minus the hassle of reading tons of documentation" or not ?
No. Manjaro is rotten garbage, avoid at all costs.
If you want Arch, use Arch.
Complete and utter bullshit !
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This update really did give me a headache. Last night I saw an update available so opened terminal and initiated. 30 mins later the update gave me a black screen and completely destroyed my install. Despite my best efforts I was unable to recover my install. I had no backup solution so will now need to look into this going forward. I had to basically dump my home folder to another partition to recover my data.
I have updates break things but NEVER had an update nuke an entire install before and the devs on the manjaro forums were not polite to those who complained. It was suggested to read the forums and use TTY to update on every update, REALLY Manjaro!.
I have finally updated to plasma 6 but have found it to be causing system instability and its defiantly unstable by comparison and despite being a manjaro user for over 5 years.
After this experience I am now considering other distros.
I have updates break things but NEVER had an update nuke an entire install before and the devs on the manjaro forums were not polite to those who complained. It was suggested to read the forums and use TTY to update on every update, REALLY Manjaro!.
I have finally updated to plasma 6 but have found it to be causing system instability and its defiantly unstable by comparison and despite being a manjaro user for over 5 years.
After this experience I am now considering other distros.
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Quoting: ssj17vegetaAs a long-standing (K)Ubuntu user for the last 15 years, I was wondering, is Manjaro the "rolling release distro with the power of Arch minus the hassle of reading tons of documentation" or not ?I'm not sure, but as far as I can make out from the variety of opinions, the answer is, "Yes, absolutely! Except when it isn't."
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Quoting: finaldestThis update really did give me a headache. Last night I saw an update available so opened terminal and initiated. 30 mins later the update gave me a black screen and completely destroyed my install. Despite my best efforts I was unable to recover my install. I had no backup solutionIMO, it doesn't matter what distribution or indeed what OS you're using, it's a good idea to do a backup before you do an upgrade or reinstall. If you turn out to need that backup, that's the distro's bad, but not having one is unwise.
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