Manjaro Linux 16.10 Fringilla Has Released
Philip Müller has announced the release of a new snapshot of the Manjaro Linux distribution. Manjaro is a rolling release distribution which strives to be user friendly and provides a wide range of desktop spins. The new release, Manjaro Linux 16.10, offers mostly package upgrades, including systemd 231 and the Plasma 5.8 desktop environment.
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 a minimalist Net edition for more advanced users. Community-supported GNOME 3/Cinnamon and KDE flavours are available. Users also benefit from the supportive and vibrant Manjaro community forum.
Manjaro Linux 16.10 bring Plasma 5.8.2, Firefox 49.0, Nvidia 370.28, LibreOffice 5.1.6, Systemd 231, Octopi 0.8.5 and Pamac 4.1.5 added to these install medias. Calamares 2.4.3 has following highlights:
- fixed user creation so it obeys the list of default groups for new users
- added Deepin support to the displaymanager module
- fixed an issue which could cause a failed install with LUKS if other LUKS partitions are already present
- improved system requirements configuration checking
- fixed case-insensitive path handling when installing GRUB on VFAT filesystems
- fixed an issue which could cause a failed install when resolv.conf is a broken symlink in the target rootfs
- added support for disabling LUKS-related UI elements
- fixed an issue in the summary page, which caused the target root partition to be mislabeled in the UI
- fixed how the timezone setting is applied, so certain environments like KDE Plasma always obey the setting on first boot
- fixed timezone selector behavior, so that a timezone changes affect the live system immediately
- improved partition scanner code so it always excludes ISO9660 volumes (to avoid showing the live USB stick or optical disk in the devices list)
