Manjaro 21, News and Easy Download of Arch-based Linux

Although we generally say that Linux is not as complicated as people think, there are some distributions, such as Arch, that stand out precisely for being complicated to start up. For many, just installing Arch can cause headaches. Luckily, there are always communities willing to make life easier for users with less experience or those who do not want complications. And so Manjaro was born, who a few hours ago received his new update 21.

Manjaro Linux is a completely free and open source distribution whose main purpose is to provide users of a distribution, in the purest Arch Linux style, easy and accessible. For this, this distro has a very intuitive and customizable installer, as well as a series of special programs and packages so that starting to work with it is not a nightmare.

Manjaro 21

A few hours ago, those responsible for this Linux released a new version, Manjaro 21, also known as ” Ornara “. And it comes with an important number of news to continue growing and that more and more users choose to give this “Easy Arch Linux” a chance.

Manjaro 21 Ornara

New in Manjaro 21

As in all distributions, the first change that we will see will be that of the kernel version. The new Ornara arrives with the Kernel 5.10 LTS . It is not the latest version (as the latest is 5.11.8), but it is the latest with extended long-term support. Additionally, users with older hardware may choose to boot with version 5.4 (also LTS) of the Linux kernel.

Another important novelty that we will find in this version is the new Pacman 10 . Arch’s package manager received this release late last year, and it came with a host of performance improvements, optimized databases, and the ability to configure dynamic users. Features that Manjaro users can now enjoy.

Manjaro is distributed in several desks so that each user can choose the one they like the most or the one that best suits their needs. Thus, for example, the new version 21 of this distro arrives with:

  • GNOME 3.38 . You have not had time to include version 40 of this desktop (which will arrive shortly through an update). However, it releases important performance and usability improvements, especially in the view of all recent applications and programs. It also improves GNOME Shell.
  • KDE Plasma 5.21 . This beautiful and customizable desktop improves the customization options (especially in the launcher) and corrects many bugs and errors, in addition to releasing a new section in the configuration panel: Plasma Firewall.
  • XFCE 4.16 . This desktop receives numerous internal enhancements to offer the best performance and some features expected by users, such as fractional scaling.

Finally, it should be noted that the new Manjaro 21 brings the latest Arch Linux packages. And also that it has improvements in the Calamares installer of the distribution.

Download

The new Manjaro 21 “Ornara” is now available for all users who want to try it. As always, we will be able to download an updated ISO image from this link completely free of charge so that we can both install the distro from scratch and test its operation and its novelties in a virtual machine.

If we already have Manjaro 20 installed on our system, we can update by executing the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -Syu

When finished, and after restarting the PC, we will have our system up to date.