New Manjaro 0.8.2 for Linux: Opportunities and Stakes for Users and Developers

For those who unfamiliar, Manjaro Linux is a Linux Distribution. The goal here is to create a light Linux distribution which is simple, Up to date, Fast, User friendly and which aims to follow the K.I.S.S principle.

 

As new features provided: support for Steam gaming, automatic desktop notifications for new system updates, and developed exclusively for Manjaro, a user-friendly graphical interface to easily manage and maintain the system. Experienced users can also take advantage of support for new features, including the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), B-Tree File System (btrfs), and Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage system.

The major improvements in the 0.8.2 release:

• The default kernel series has been changed to 3.4-longterm for better upstream support
• Steam gaming is now supported (beta)
• Gnome Package Kit has been replaced with the Kalu upgrade notifier, and exclusively for Manjaro ,a user-friendly interface for pacman (the pacman-gui)
• A new Brazilian server is online
• Each flavour of Manjaro comes with an installation guide for beginners
• The CLI installer has been enhanced with additional language support, optional network configuration, hard disk encryption, and several bug fixes
• A 'Testing Installer' option has been added with support for new advanced features including btrfs, nilfs, luks, lvn, gpt, efi, and software-raid
• Plymouth and its related bugs, have been removed …

Get more information about Manjaro 0.8.2 developments via changelog.