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The launch of the new update version of Manjaro Linux 23.1 named “Vulcan” and this new version highlights the inclusion of Pipewire 1.0, as well as performance improvements, optimizations, as well as the Kernel update to version 6.6 LTS, among other things.
For those who do not know about Manjaro, you should know that heThe distribution stands out for the presence of a simplified installation process and easy to use, support for the automatic detection of hardware and installation of the necessary drivers for its operation.
Main new features of Manjaro 23.1 “Vulcan”
In this new version that is presented Manjaro 23.1 “Vulcan” one of its most important innovations is the tTransition to Pipewire 1.0.0 which arrives stably with support for new plugins, plus WirePlumber, the PipeWire session manager, also moved to version 0.4.17.
Another change that stands out in this new version is in the edition Manjaro Gnome, which now arrives with Gnome 45 in which A new activities button is included that dynamically shows the number of virtual desktops available, performance improvements in the file manager and in which it was redesigned with a full-height sidebar, some of the core applications of GNOME 45 have been updated, Eye of GNOME, has been replaced by a new one Loupe, GNOME, Snapshot replaces Cheese and the GTK 4.12 and libadwaita 1.4 libraries have been updated.
The edition based on KDE presents the latest Plasma 5.27 LTS series and KDE Gear 23.08.3, with a tiled window system, a sleeker app theme, and cleaner, more usable tools and widgets that offer greater control. In addition Plasthma 5.27 offers greater compatibility with Wayland. Dolphin 23.08 has changed the way it displays information, hiding temporary and backup files, Kalendar has been renamed Merkuro, KDE's scanning utility Skanpage now allows you to reorder multi-page scans via drag and drop, and offers more adjustment options such as brightness, contrast, gamma and color balance.
The edition based on Xfce continues to be included with Xfce version 4.18 with several notable improvementsWell, in Thunar, a new file highlighting function and also recursive search have been introduced to facilitate file search. The panel has incorporated two new preferences- Panel length is now set in pixels instead of percentages and an option called "keep panel on top of Windows" has been added, allowing maximized application windows to fill the area behind the panel instead of maximizing their bottom or top edge.
Of the other changes that stand out:
- The Linux kernel has been updated to version 6.6, with additional packages available for versions 6.1 and 5.15.
- Thunderbird updated to version 115.5.2 3
- Xorg-Server and XWayland received critical security updates
- Firefox 120.0.1-1
- 1.23 table
- systemd 254.7
Finally, if you want to know more about it of this launch, you can check the details In the following link.
Download Manjaro Linux 23.1
For those who are interested in being able to obtain the new version of Manjaro, can get the system image by going to the official website of the distribution and in its download section you can find the links to download any of the flavors of your liking or the community versions that add other desktop environments or window managers.
Manjaro comes in live versions with KDE (3.7 GB), GNOME (3.5 GB) and Xfce (3.5 GB) graphical environments. With community participation, builds are further developed with Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, LXDE, LXQt, MATE and i3. The link is this.
The system image can be recorded by:
- Windows: They can use Etcher, Universal USB Installer or LinuxLive USB Creator, both are easy to use.
- Linux: The recommended option is to use the dd command, with which we define in which path we have the Manjaro image and also in which mount point we have our usb:
dd bs=4M if=/ruta/a/manjaro.iso of=/dev/sdx && sync
As for those who already have an installation, you can update your system by executing the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu