The Manjaro Linux development team today announced the availability of Manjaro Linux 20.2 as the second version for Manjaro Linux 20 series of GNU/Linux distribution based on Arch Linux.
Named “Nibia”, Manjaro Linux 20.2 brings all the latest GNU/Linux technologies and software open source.
Compared to Manjaro 20.1, Manjaro Linux 20.2 upgrades the KDE Plasma desktop from Plasma 5.19 to the latest Plasma 5.20.4 and the GNOME desktop from version 3.36 to the latest GNOME 3.38.2.
On the other hand, the new edition of Manjaro Linux also features the lightweight Xfce 4.14 desktop, as Xfce 4.16 is still in development and expected to be released in early 2021.
If you like the Cinnamon environment, you'll also find the latest version of Cinnamon 4.8 in software repositories.
The new Manjaro Nibia version runs the latest Linux 5.9 kernel series for better hardware support, use the program managementof Pamac packages which has been updated to version 9.5.12, and includes several other upstream updates.
If you want to install the Manjaro distribution on your computer, you can download the Xfce, GNOME and KDE Plasma images as ISO from official site. All three versions run on the long-term supported Linux 5.4 LTS kernel.
