Manjaro Linux Fluxbox

Manjaro Linux Fluxbox is an open source distribution of Linux based on the well known Arch Linux operating system and built around the extremely lightweight Fluxbox window manager. It’s designed to be used on low-end computers.

Distributed as 32-bit and 64-bit Live DVDs

The project is distributed as two Live DVD ISO-hybrid images that can be deployed to USB flash drives using the UNetbootin application, or written on blank DVD discs with any CD/DVD burning software.

Boot options

While the boot medium can be used to start the live environment (with free drivers (default option) or with proprietary ones), run a memory test, view detailed information about the machine’s hardware components, as well as to boot the currently installed operating system.

Uses the minimalist Fluxbox window manager

As mentioned, the live session is powered by the very minimalistic Fluxbox window manager, which provides users with a clean desktop environment comprised of a panel located on the bottom edge of the screen.

The panel can only be used to quickly switch between virtual desktops, and interact with running applications and the system tray area. If you want to access the main menu and launch pre-installed applications, you’ll have to right-click anywhere on the desktop.

A nice feature of this Manjaro edition it the dock (application launcher) located on the left side of the screen. It allows users to launch their favorite applications, as well as to quickly access the main system functions (shutdown, restart, logout and lock).

Default applications

Default applications include the Claws Mail email client, Mozilla Firefox web browser, LXMusic audio player, VLC Media Player, AbiWord word processing app, Gnumeric spreadsheet software, Viewnior image viewer, Leafpad text editor, and Thunar file manager.

Bottom line

All in all, the Fluxbox flavor of Manjaro Linux is a nice addition to the user-friendly, Arch Linux-based operating system. It can be used to revive old and dusty desktop computers or laptops.

What is new in this release:

• Manjaro-Welcome
• Manjaro-Settings-Manager
• package manager: Pamac
• file manager: Pcmanfm
• Lxterminal
• internet browser: Palemoon
• Claws-Mail
• Hexchat
• Abiword, Mousepad, Nano
• Gnumeric, Galculator
• Pinta, Geeqie, Nitrogen wallpaper changer, Qpdfview
• Pulseaudio, Lxmusic, VLC media-player
• screenshooter Scrot with fb-screenshot
• Gparted
• Manjaro-Printer (CUPS), Simple-Scan
• Plank, advanced Fluxbox-menu with Fbmenugen and Dmenu-manjaro
• Clipit clipboard-tool
• Arandr for screen-configuration and multihead-support
• Numix-Reborn icon-, gtk-, Oblogout- and Plymouth-themes
• Compton compositor
• Yaourt and building environment for AUR packages
• Kernel 4.1 LTS

What is new in version 15.11:

• The new install media include the latest version of the advanced Fluxbox-menu with Regenerate menu function, and dmenu-manjaro 4.5.1.
• Packages of the Bellatrix 2015-11-01 update on the stable branch were used to produce the ISOs. The OpenRC version was adjusted to the latest package modifications and system updates.
• included software:
• Manjaro-Welcome
• Manjaro-Settings-Manager
• package manager: Pamac
• file manager: Pcmanfm
• Lxterminal
• internet browser: Palemoon
• Claws-Mail
• Hexchat
• Abiword, Mousepad, Nano
• Gnumeric, Galculator
• Pinta, Geeqie, Nitrogen wallpaper changer, Qpdfview
• Pulseaudio, Lxmusic, VLC media-player
• screenshooter Scrot with fb-screenshot
• Gparted
• Manjaro-Printer (CUPS), Simple-Scan
• Plank, advanced Fluxbox-menu with Fbmenugen and Dmenu-manjaro
• Clipit clipboard-tool
• Arandr for screen-configuration and multihead-support
• Numix-Reborn icon-, gtk-, Oblogout- and Plymouth-themes
• Compton compositor
• Yaourt and building environment for AUR packages
• Kernel 3.18 LTS
• available with init systems Systemd or OpenRC in 32 and 64bit

What is new in version 0.8.13.1:

• kernel 4.1
• Pamac
• Manjaro-Settings-Manager
• Pcmanfm
• Lxterminal
• Palemoon
• Claws-mail
• Hexchat
• Abiword, Mousepad, Nano
• Gnumeric, Galculator
• Pinta, Gpicview, Qpdfview
• Pulseaudio, Lxmusic, VLC media-player
• Scrot
• Gparted
• manjaro-printer
• Wbar, Fluxbox-Menu
• Clipit, Cbatticon, nm-applet, pa-applet, Oblogout with OutMok-theme
• Lxappearance, Nitrogen, AwOken-icon-theme, new custom ‘manjaro-flux'-theme, Compton
• yaourt, base-devel

What is new in version 0.8.10:

• Included in this release of Manjaro:
• Linux 3.12.20
• Mesa 10.1.4
• Xorg-Server 1.15.1
• Gstreamer 1.2.4
• LibreOffice 4.2.4
• MHWD 0.3.901
• libdrm 2.4.54
• Catalyst 14.04
• Nvidia 331.79
• New features in Thus - graphical installer:
• Fix lxdm for LXDE edition
• Fix keyboard and keymap placement before encrypt hook
• Fix filesystem and partition shrink operation
• Fix partitioning calls to consistently use MiB instead of mixing MiB and MB
• Fix ext2 mounting
• Fix issue with LUKS and LVM (optional home)
• Fix issue with LVM partition creation
• Fix issue with LVM partition removal
• Fix rsync issue reported by Demiray
• Fix issue we have when no plymouth was on install media
• Add support for plymouth
• Add support for sddm
• Add 1MB offset for ROOT size calculation
• Add swap to grub kernel parameters
• Add xfs freeze function to support grub installation on xfs
• Add automatic network driver installation routine to mhwd.sh
• Do not swapoff ZRAM
• Filter out empty strings from the list of swap partitions
• Move swap to the end of free space, and do not leave unused space
• Mount swap after manual partitioning
• Load_html_string is deprecated since webkitgtk 1.1.1
• Remove cairo coloring for check page
• Rework auto_partition.py
• Set_from_stock_name is deprecated since gtk 3.10
• Sort to_be_deleted and changelist in installation_advanced
• Using ‘encoding=utf8' prevents an exception to rise when using env vars in the command line
• Update DBusException in misc
• Simplify grub installation routine
• Use timeout to see if grub installation fails
• Do not use /mnt as temporary mount point
• Update translations