Manjaro Linux KDE

New in Manjaro Linux KDE 15.12 RC1 (December 7th, 2015)

What is new in version 15.12 / 16.06 Pre2:

• This is one of the biggest updates we did so far. Mostly due the C++ 11 ABI change within gcc. It is recommended to rebuild your AUR packages for this ABI. With this we finally dropping Plasma 4 for good. All users of this desktop should either switch over to Plasma 5 or any other maintained desktop, like LXQt.
• So what changed? We have now Plasma 5.5 with all its goodies, updated Mesa, LibreOffice 4 and 5 series. Firefox 43 is using now GTK3. You might need to check your themes if you have unwanted graphical issues due this change. However we fixed Menda, so you should be fine with that theme.
• Most of our kernels got updated to the latest point release. Kernel 4.2 gained extended stable support from Canonical. Bumblebee uses now the group ‘bumblebee' for the X-Server. Your user should been added to this group automatically. Wine got its 4th release candidate and is now pretty stable. We renewed some features of Manjaro-Settings-Manager and changed our profile structure of our manjaro-tools. Maintainers of Manjaro Install Medias should adopt to this new style.

What is new in version 15.12 / 16.06 Pre1:

• This is one of the biggest updates we did so far. Mostly due the C++ 11 ABI change within gcc. It is recommended to rebuild your AUR packages for this ABI. With this we finally dropping Plasma 4 for good. All users of this desktop should either switch over to Plasma 5 or any other maintained desktop, like LXQt.
• So what changed? We have now Plasma 5.5 with all its goodies, updated Mesa, LibreOffice 4 and 5 series. Firefox 43 is using now GTK3. You might need to check your themes if you have unwanted graphical issues due this change. However we fixed Menda, so you should be fine with that theme.
• Most of our kernels got updated to the latest point release. Kernel 4.2 gained extended stable support from Canonical. Bumblebee uses now the group ‘bumblebee' for the X-Server. Your user should been added to this group automatically. Wine got its 4th release candidate and is now pretty stable. We renewed some features of Manjaro-Settings-Manager and changed our profile structure of our manjaro-tools. Maintainers of Manjaro Install Medias should adopt to this new style.

What is new in version 15.09 / 15.12 RC1:

• Noteable Calamares changes are:
• we reworked our preview of all installation options
• some UEFI issues got fixed
• it is now possible to use the same password also for the root account
• bootloaders can now be optionally installed (BIOS mode)
• Noteable changes in our tools:
• kcm module of Manjaro-Settings got reworked
• several enhancements to Pamac and Octopi
• optimizations and fixes to Manjaro-Tools
• a lvm issue was fixed within Thus
• Notable changes in our packages:
• We managed to get Steam-Native running again, updated the kernel to 4.4-rc4, Mate to version 1.12.1, Virtualbox to 5.0.10, Systemd to 218, Wine to 1.8-rc3, SMplayer to 15.11, completed the transition to Deepin 2015 series and the regular upstream packages. For all friends of OpenRC. v0.19 is now in our repos.

What is new in version 15.09:

• Our KDE edition continues to deliver this powerful, mature and feature-rich desktop environment with a unique look-and-feel, and with the perks of Manjaro's latest tools. We ship now Plasma 5.4.1 desktop in combination with the latest KDE-Apps 15.08.1 and KDE-Framework 5.14. It was a huge step to get it all playing together smoothly and to give the user experience the same feeling as our KDE4 editions of the past.

What is new in version 0.8.13 / 15.09 RC4:

• Our KDE edition continues to deliver this powerful, mature and feature-rich desktop environment with a unique look-and-feel, and with the perks of Manjaro's latest tools. We ship now Plasma 5.4 desktop in combination with the latest KDE-Apps 15.08. It was a huge step to get all playing together smoothly to give the user experience the same feeling as we did with our KDE4 editions in the past.
• The Linux kernel used on the 15.09 installation media is the 4.1 (LTS) series. This series of kernel has been selected for it's blend of stability, long-term viability and modern features & hardware support.
• Our graphical installer Thus (default graphical installer) aswell as the CLI installer have been thoroughly tested to meet a huge variety of system and encryption environments. Additionally we added Calamares as an alternative graphical installer to try out.
• Within Plasma 5 we updated our theme Maia, created by David Linares (mcder3). It includes a slick icon theme and nicely put out green-based look and feel. Take a look and get wowed!
• Relative to the last installation media release, our tools have been improved and polished.
• The Manjaro Settings Manager now provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for installing and removing the many series of kernels we offer. Manjaro's selection of readily available kernels remains the most extensive of all Linux distribution we know of. At the time of this 15.09 release, nine series of kernel are available directly from our binary repositories, ranging from the mature & rock-solid 3.10 series to the latest 4.2 release. Such a wide array of available kernel options results in extensive hardware support, getting the most out of your system for you, be it old or new.
• Manjaro Settings Manager now also includes friendly graphical interfaces for adjusting system date/time settings and for customising notifications for available kernel & language pack updates. Additonally we created a kcm module to integrate Manjaro Settings Manager seamlessly into System-Settings of Plasma 5.
• Both our graphical package management tools have received important updates.
• Our Qt package management tool, Octopi, is now at version 0.7.1 bringing many improvements and bug-fixes, and shipped using Qt5 for the main interface. Alternate to the generic updates notifier, a notifier package with KDE Frameworks 5 support is also available.
• Steam is now provided with two launcher choices, one for using the native system libraries and one for using the Steam compatibility libraries, in an effort to offer the best compatibility and performance for different Steam games.
• Although the main installation medias continue to utilise systemd, Manjaro now optionally offers extensive support for the OpenRC init system, giving you the power of choice for your init system, something rarely readily offered in Linux distributions nowadays.

What is new in version 0.8.13 / 0.9.0 Pre5:

• With this new release of Plasma 5 providing a visually updated core desktop experience that is easy to use and familiar to the user. Changes under the hood of KDE include the migration to a new, fully hardware-accelerated graphics stack centered around an OpenGL(ES) scenegraph. Plasma is built using Qt 5 and Frameworks 5. Plasma 5.3 introduces a new major version of KDE's workspace offering. The Manjaro Art Team has forked the new KDE Breeze set and named it Maia to follow in line with the rest of our visually appealing desktops, this artwork concept introduces cleaner visuals and improved readability. Most of the known errors within KDE5 are now fixed.
• Changes in Thus:
• We worked also hard to improve our graphical installer Thus and our system tools to make the installation and usage of Manjaro as easy and smooth as possible. With this install medias we now support Manjaro to be installed on MMC/SD-Cards aswell. This will some of you to install our distribution to smaller devices without hard drives. Also this install media fixes the issue we had with RAID0 and ext4.
• Fix disk size calculation for LVM and luks
• Fix double "us" keyboard layout
• When creating lvm partition with sgdisk, use "all available space".
• Add fstab module from calamares
• Add support for luks in fstab generation
• Fix ssd detection for MMC devices
• Remove uneeded mkdir_p function, remove run()
• Show root StateBox, refractor, move some comments to docstrings
• Fixes for gummiboot and luks
• Clean and "pepify" bootloader.py
• Remove debug output line in chroot.py, clean up a little
• Some cleanup of process.py
• Cleaned advanced partitioning mountpoints check code
• Ignore some devices in partition-module (propers mmc support)
• Simplify creating directories
• Use platform.machine instead of os.uname to get architecture
• Create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d if necessary before writing the keyboard configuration
• Setting the LANG variable in /etc/environemnt is not needed
• Move console and X11 keyboard configuration closer together
• Services are enabled in buildiso
• Always add "us" as second keyboard language.
• Change advanced partition requirements depending if using gummiboot or grub2
• vmlinuz, initramfs and fallback is provided now directly with thus.conf
• Don't look for internet connection endless if none is available
• Use google.de for ping
• Adjust ping url in misc
• Smaller efi partition
• Don't unmount root (done on final step)
• More logging when unmounting
• Simplify mounting/unmounting code and try to fix unmounting problems
• Each gummiboot entry has its own file, or will only show the last one
• Fix vmlinuz and initramfs strings for Manjaro kernels.
• Efi partition only exist with efi and grub2
• Fix gummiboot automatic partitioning
• Remove hdparm and keyboardctl bits
• Changes from Antergos/Cnchi@aef279f
• We don't support separate /usr by default
• Refractor chroot.py, unmount dirs in reverse, more debug logging
• Bootloader, install grub efi in a chroot
• Mount special dirs at the start of configure_system functions
• Fix mounting special dirs
• Fix bootloader checking logic
• Slice the efi_path correctly
• Remove -verbose flag when installing grub-install
• Use default value when creating last partition with sgdisk
• Remove useless code
• Call grub-install with verbose option, for debugging
• Pass efi path in automatic mode
• Calculate partition sizes using integer divisions
• Use correct device partition number in automatic partitioning
• Round up swap size in automatic installation
• Fix validation in user_info
• Make sure part sizes are ints
• Mount boot (/boot) before efi (/boot/efi) partition
• Don't mount/unmount within mkinitcpio
• Fix grub-install call
• Add efi partition size when calculating root partition size
• Fix some typos in slides
• Add gtk 3.16 compatibility
• Fix bootloader crash
• More efi fixing
• Fix double-installation attempt of bootloader
• Fix broken creation of /home folder for user
• Fix issue with wrong ssd options in /etc/fstab
• Remove pulseaudio-ctl call
• Fix crash when detecting ssd
• Efi partition is /boot/efi
• Add more translation strings
• Fix forward labeling issue
• Fix slide order in check
• Fix translation issues
• Added new slides by David Linares
• LUKS support in advanced mode (manual partitioning)
• Bootloader installation is now optional in all modes
• PEPified code
• Tweaked UI
• Update translations
• Changes in CLI-Installer
• Adopt syslinux changes
• Adopt initramfs/vmlinuz renaming
• Try to fix pacman configuration
• Add option for x11 keyboard config

What is new in version 0.8.12 / 0.9.0 Pre2:

• This release is predominantly a maintenance release and includes very few changes to system defaults relative to the previous 0.8.11 ISOs, with some notable exceptions, such as out-of-the-box support for the exFAT file system and the change to pacman 4.2. Otherwise all the usual upstream updates are included, along with the latest from the Xfce 4.11 development series and the KDE 4.14 series.

What is new in version 0.8.11:

• Spearheaded by the Turkish Manjaro community, our KDE4 edition continues to deliver this powerful, mature and feature-rich desktop environment with a unique look-and-feel, and with the perks of Manjaro's latest tools. Additionally, there's much interest in KDE Plasma 5 within the team, so keep an eye out for upcoming KDE5 offerings, for which early development testing images are already available.

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

What is new in version 0.8.9:

• The KDE edition, featuring KDE 4.12, was designed to give all Windows users a new home here at Manjaro. We gave this edition a sleek new look to match the look and feel to our other editions, featuring artwork from Tulliana and KFaenza icons to match the XFCE edition. We've also added KDE connect, so that now you can share all your files, and even control your desktop entirely with only your phone. Turbulence is also on this release, as a post install tool to help you customize your desktop even more. Everything you expect from KDE can be found on this install media.
• New features of Pamac 0.9.7:
• Enable/disable AUR support
• Change pamac-tray refresh period
• Remove unrequired deps (recurse option: -Rs)
• Edit settings via pamac-manager/updater GUI
• Add a ‘view history' entry in pamac-manager menu
• Add AUR support to pamac-install script (if enabled in pamac.conf)
• New features in MHWD:
• Support for network cards
• New features in Thus - graphical installer:
• code cleanup and restructure
• added home dir to automatic mode
• fixed resizing in language slide
• fixed parted issues in advanced mode
• added a logging message when an unknown exception is thrown in installation_process
• added encfs for home-dir encryption: pam_encfs is needed
• fixed GUID partition table creation in advanced
• fixed UEFI support
• luks and lvm in automatic mode is now enabled
• removed backported chroot code from live-installer (old python2 code)
• modified grub installation
• reordered slides: language > location > check > timezone > keymap > ask > (automatic, alongside, advanced) > user_info > slides
• fixed swap partition detection in advanced mode
• fixed swapoff in advanced mode
• mount source squashfs only when not already mounted
• fixed myhomepath in partition_module
• fixed verbose error messages
• use ‘sudo -E' directly in thus script
• some strings got updated
• keyboard layout generator added
• code optimizations
• advanced mode should detect now all supported filesystems properly
• proper btrfs support
• updated translations
• New features in Manjaro Settings Manager:
• MHWD support
• added translation support
• Turbulence 0.3.3;
• Provides information about Manjaro
• Process detection method to provide different configuration methods for what process you currently have running
• Allows users to select what home folders they would like to use now in multiple languages
• Allows users to select what theme they would like for KWin (KDE)
• Allows users to select what position they want for Tint 2 (OpenBox)
• Allows users to select what wallpapers they want (KDE/OpenBox)
• Allows users to select what packages they want or don't want (OpenBox)
• Allows users to access their system settings panel or open manjaro.org in their browser
• ManjaroISO:
• use stable branch
• use linux310
• Package Updates:
• Linux 3.10.30
• Mesa 10.0.3
• Xorg-Server 1.14.5
• Gstreamer 1.2.3
• LibreOffice 4.1.5
• MHWD 0.3.3
• libdrm 2.4.52
• Catalyst 13.12
• Nvidia 331.38

What is new in version 0.8.9 Pre2:

• Some of it's features are:
• Sleak gray graphical layout
• Provides information of Manjaro to new users
• Can allow the user to easily select which Folders he wants in his home directory
• Allows users to select which theme they want for Kwin (KDE)
• Allows users to select which wallpaper they want (KDE/Openbox)
• Allows users to chose where to place your tint2 panel (Openbox)
• Can also allow people to open system settings after they've ran through everything else to set any last minute details
• New features of Pamac 0.9.6:
• Proper AUR support
• Cleanup
• Bugfixes
• New features in Manjaro Settings Manager:
• MHWD support
• added translation support
• translated to: English, Asturian, Catalan, Czech, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Spanish, Turkish
• New features in MHWD:
• Support for network cards
• New features in Thus - graphical installer:
• code cleanup and restructure
• added home dir to automatic mode
• fixed resizing in language slide
• fixed parted issues in advanced mode
• added a logging message when an unknown exception is thrown in installation_process
• added encfs for home-dir encryption: pam_encfs is needed
• fixed GUID partition table creation in advanced
• fixed UEFI support
• luks and lvm in automatic mode is now enabled
• removed backported chroot code from live-installer (old python2 code)
• modified grub installation
• reordered slides: language > location > check > timezone > keymap > ask > (automatic, alongside, advanced) > user_info > slides
• fixed swap partition detection in advanced mode
• fixed swapoff in advanced mode
• mount source squashfs only when not already mounted
• fixed myhomepath in partition_module
• fixed verbose error messages
• use ‘sudo -E' directly in thus script
• some strings got updated
• keyboard layout generator added
• code optimizations
• advanced mode should detect now all supported filesystems properly
• proper btrfs support
• updated translations

What is new in version 0.8.5.2:

• now we ship with our own dark theming
• you find razor-qt as an alternative desktop
• kdebase-workspace 4.10.2
• linux38 3.8.11-1
• manjaro-settings-manager 0.1.1-1
• mhwd 0.2.7-2
• octopi 0.1.0422-1
• pamac 0.7.3-1
• systemd 202-2
• xorg-server 1.14.1-1