Philip Müller, principal developer of the Manjaro Project, announced the launch of Manjaro Linux 17.0 Gellivara, the latest stable version of Arch-based distribution.
The distribution Manjaro Linux 17.0 Gellivara KDE and Xfce are officially available as default desktops and in several community-developed "flavors" (Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, GNOME, i3, LXQt).
This version updates the KDE Plasma desktop to the 5.9.3 version:
“The KDE edition continues to deliver the powerful, mature and rich desktop environment with a unique appearance and feel, and with the perks of Manjaro's latest tools. The Plasma 5.9 desktop combined with the latest KDE 16.12 applications is a huge step forward for everything to play together smoothly which will give the user the experience and feel like the KDE 4 versions of the past. Manjaro Manager Settings provides an easy-to-use GUI for installing and uninstalling the many kernels we offer.”
Let's mention the new version Manjaro Linux 17.0 Gellivara comes with the installer update calamares, it wears the Linux Kernel 4.9 LTS, and more.
Read all of the official KDE release
Read all of the official announcement of the XFCE edition
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