Includes KDE Plasma 5.2.2, KDE Apps 14.12.3, and Xfce 4.12

Apr 18, 2015 19:46 GMT  ·  By

The Manjaro development team announced that the first Preview release of the upcoming Manjaro Linux 0.8.13 operating system is now available for download in Xfce and KDE Live CD flavors.

Both Manjaro Linux 0.8.13 Pre1 editions are powered by Linux kernel 3.18 and include all the usual in-house patches and upstream updates from the Arch Linux operating system.

While the Xfce flavor comes with the Xfce 4.12 desktop environment, the KDE edition is built around the next-generation KDE Plasma 5.2.2, and includes KDE Frameworks 5.8.0 and KDE Applications 14.12.3.

"After one week of development we are proud to present to you our first preview of our next stable release, Manjaro 0.8.13," says Philip Müller. "This time we ship XFCE 4.12 tweaked and patched to have the best XFCE experience possible and Plasma 5.2.2, KDE Frameworks 5.8.0, and latest KDE Apps 14.12.3."

Manjaro Linux 0.8.13 will be the last update of the 0.8 series

In addition to the above, this version includes an updated Thus installer, which contains numerous new features and improvements, which you can read in the official announcement.

Manjaro Linux 0.8.13 will be the last maintenance release of the 0.8 series of the Arch Linux-based distribution, as the next major version will be Manjaro 0.9.0, which is currently in development.

These Pre1 Live CD ISO images of Manjaro Linux 0.8.13 were created using the testing branch. All dedicated Manjaro users are urged to download them, give them a try (even in a virtual machine, such as VirtualBox and VMWare), and report any issues with the release.

Download Manjaro Linux 0.8.13 Pre1 Xfce and Manjaro Linux 0.8.13 Pre1 KDE right now via Softpedia or directly from the official website of the distribution. Please keep in mind though that this is a development release that might contain unresolved issues. Thus, it's not recommended for production machines.