A final version will be available at the end of October

Oct 9, 2012 09:16 GMT  ·  By

Manjaro, a Linux Distribution based on well-tested snapshots of the Arch Linux repositories and 100% compatible with Arch, is now at version 0.8.2 Pre1.

Highlights of Manjaro 0.8.2 Pre1:

• < /etc/skel copy to /root > now works properly; • Basic support for btfrs file system was added to the installed; • enable vconsole and locale setup in installer is now possible; • busIDs are now converted from hex to int; • Support for early kms loading and uvesafb framebuffer usage on nonfree drivers has been added; • Bluetooth service has been enabled; • <.fonts.conf > has been removed because it was deprecated; • Plymouth has been removed, simple-scan was added; • x64 audio/sound pkgs were added; • nautilus-plugins were added.

A complete list of changes and updates can be found in the official announcement.

Download Manjaro 0.8.2 Pre1 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.