The latest update pack brings some small changes and fixes

Sep 17, 2014 11:56 GMT  ·  By

The Manjaro 0.8.10 OS, a Linux distribution based on well-tested snapshots of the Arch Linux repositories and 100% compatible with Arch, has received a new update pack that consists of some minor changes and a few new kernels.

The initial Manjaro launch for this branch was made back in June and this is the tenth update pack released for it. The developers have made numerous improvements and changes to the operating system, but those are totally transparent if you already have the distro installed.

Most developers don't usually provide major updates or new features after the initial launch. They will fix various issues and update some of the packages, and maybe the kernel if it's really necessary. The Manjaro devs go well beyond this and it can be clearly seen from what they are saying in the changelog.

What's new in latest update pack for Manjaro

Unlike the previous update pack, which was quite consistent and brought a new desktop environment called Budgie (still under development), the current iteration is a little bit lighter and it shouldn't present too many surprises for users.

"Firefox is updated to 32.0.1, bringing security & bug fixes, also a couple of performance improvements to HTTP caching (including crash recovery) and the password and add-on managers. Mesa 10.2 series gets a point release to 10.2.7, including a number of bugfixes."

"Included also in this update is PHP 5.6.0, LXPanel 0.7.0, SMPlayer 14.9.0, VirtualBox 4.3.16, Budgie Desktop 7, Clang/LLVM 3.5.0 and also updates to many other softwares such as Samba, Boost, Gambas, some KDE components, etc," say the developers in the official announcement.

Here are all the kernels that users have access to from Manjaro: 3.8.13.28 (LTS maintained by Canonical, not EOL), 3.10.54, (default in Manjaro), 3.11.10.15 (LTS maintained by Canonical, now EOL), 3.12.28 (default in Manjaro 0.8.10), 3.13.11.6, 3.14.18, and Linux kernel 3.15.10 (now EOL), and Linux kernel 3.16.2. In case you were wondering, EOL stands for end of life.

How to get it

If you already have the operating system installed and you perform regular updates, you won’t have to do anything special in order to get this pack. You also need to be aware that upgrading the Linux kernel can cause some problems.

Manjaro 0.8.10 seems to be getting close to the end of its life and the developers are already working on a new version of the operating system, but it's not going to be a major leap.

You can download Manjaro 0.8.10 right now from Softpedia, but you can also upgrade your system with the regular updater tool.