<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
that	O
has	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
user-friendliness	B-General_Concept
and	O
accessibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
mid	O
2013	O
,	O
It	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
beta	O
stage	O
,	O
though	O
key	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
system	O
had	O
all	O
been	O
implemented	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
installer	O
(	O
then	O
an	O
Antergos	O
installer	O
fork	O
)	O
;	O
a	O
package	O
manager	O
(	O
Pacman	O
)	O
with	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
frontends	O
;	O
Pamac	O
(	O
GTK	B-Application
)	O
for	O
Xfce	B-Language
desktop	O
and	O
Octopi	O
(	O
Qt	B-Language
)	O
for	O
its	O
Openbox	B-Language
edition	O
;	O
MHWD	O
(	O
Manjaro	B-Application
Hardware	O
Detection	O
,	O
for	O
detection	O
of	O
free	B-Application
&	O
proprietary	B-Application
video	O
drivers	B-Application
)	O
;	O
and	O
Manjaro	B-Application
Settings	O
Manager	O
(	O
for	O
system-wide	O
settings	O
,	O
user	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
graphics	O
driver	O
installation	O
and	O
management	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Shell	I-Language
support	O
was	O
dropped	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
0.8.3	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
efforts	O
within	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
made	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
restart	O
the	O
Cinnamon/GNOME	O
edition	O
as	O
a	O
community	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
official	O
release	O
offering	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
was	O
reinstated	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Manjaro	B-Application
0.9.0	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
switch	O
to	O
year	O
and	O
month	O
designations	O
for	O
Manjaro	B-Application
's	O
version	O
scheme	O
instead	O
of	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
15.09	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Bellatrix	O
and	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
0.9.0	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
27	O
September	O
2015	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
Calamares	B-Language
installer	O
and	O
updated	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
Manjaro	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
support	O
for	O
i686	B-Device
architecture	I-Device
would	O
be	O
dropped	O
because	O
"	O
popularity	O
of	O
this	O
architecture	O
is	O
decreasing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
November	O
2017	O
a	O
semi-official	O
community	O
project	O
"	O
manjaro32	O
"	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
archlinux32	O
,	O
continued	O
i686	B-Device
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Manjaro	B-Application
GmbH	O
&	O
Co	O
.	O
KG	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
FOSS	B-License
website	O
stated	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
formed	O
'	O
...	O
to	O
effectively	O
engage	O
in	O
commercial	O
agreements	O
,	O
form	O
partnerships	O
,	O
and	O
offer	O
professional	O
services	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
Xfce	B-Language
,	O
featuring	O
Manjaro	B-Application
's	O
own	O
dark	O
theme	O
and	O
the	O
Xfce	B-Language
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
KDE	O
,	O
featuring	O
Manjaro	B-Application
's	O
own	O
dark	O
Plasma	O
theme	O
and	O
the	O
latest	O
KDE	B-Language
Plasma	I-Language
5	I-Language
,	O
apps	O
and	O
frameworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
GNOME	B-Application
became	O
the	O
third	O
official	O
version	O
with	O
the	O
Gellivara	O
release	O
;	O
it	O
offers	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
with	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Manjaro	B-Application
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
official	O
releases	O
,	O
Manjaro	B-Application
Community	O
Editions	O
are	O
maintained	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Manjaro	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
offer	O
additional	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
over	O
the	O
official	O
releases	O
,	O
including	O
Budgie	B-Language
,	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
,	O
Deepin	B-Application
,	O
i3	B-Language
,	O
MATE	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Sway	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
also	O
has	O
editions	O
for	O
devices	O
with	O
ARM	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
,	O
such	O
as	O
single-board	B-Device
computers	I-Device
or	O
Pinebook	B-Device
notebooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
both	O
a	O
CLI	B-Application
and	O
a	O
graphical	O
installer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Package	O
management	O
is	O
handled	O
by	O
Pacman	O
via	O
the	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
(	O
terminal	O
)	O
and	O
via	O
front-end	O
GUI	B-Application
package	O
manager	O
tools	O
like	O
the	O
pre-installed	O
Pamac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
configured	O
as	O
either	O
a	O
stable	O
system	O
(	O
default	O
)	O
or	O
bleeding	B-Application
edge	I-Application
,	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
Arch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
repositories	B-Application
are	O
managed	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
tool	O
,	O
BoxIt	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
designed	O
like	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
includes	O
its	O
own	O
GUI	B-Application
settings	O
manager	O
where	O
options	O
like	O
language	O
,	O
drivers	B-Application
,	O
and	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
version	O
can	O
be	O
configured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
commonly	O
used	O
Arch	O
utilities	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Arch	O
Build	O
System	O
(	O
ABS	O
)	O
,	O
are	O
available	O
but	O
have	O
alternate	O
implementations	O
in	O
Manjaro	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
Architect	O
is	O
a	O
CLI	B-Application
net	O
installer	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
choose	O
their	O
own	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
versions	O
,	O
drivers	B-Application
,	O
and	O
desktop	O
environments	O
during	O
the	O
install	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
GUI-based	O
installations	O
,	O
Manjaro	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
installer	O
Calamares	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
0.8.x	O
series	O
releases	O
were	O
the	O
last	O
versions	O
of	O
Manjaro	B-Application
to	O
use	O
a	O
version	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
typically	O
includes	O
the	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
supported	O
desktop	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Release	O
date	O
Codename	O
Kernel	B-Operating_System
Notes	O
2011-07-10	O
2012-08-20Askella	O
3.4.9	O
Only	O
Xfce	B-Language
and	O
KDE	B-Language
Plasma	I-Language
editions	O
2012-09-21	O
3.4.x	O
2012-11-10	O
3.4.x	O
2012-12-24	O
3.4.x	O
2013-02-25	O
3.7.x	O
2013-04-13	O
3.8.5	O
2013-06-02	O
3.9.x	O
2013-08-26	O
3.4.59	O
LTS	O
2013-11-24	O
3.10.20	O
2014-02-23	O
3.10.30Support	O
for	O
LUKS	O
and	O
LVM	B-Application
partition	O
encryption	O
,	O
improved	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
support	O
,	O
improved	O
filesystem	O
detection	O
and	O
handling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2014-06-09	O
3.12.20	O
2014-12-01	O
2015-02-06	O
2015-06-14	O
2015-09-27	O
Bellatrix4.2.0	O
2015-12-22	O
Capella	B-Application
2016-06-06	O
Daniella	O
2016-06-11	O
2016-08-31	O
Ellada	O
2016-10-31	O
Fringilla	O
2017-03-07	O
Gellivara	O
4.9	O
LTS	O
First	O
official	O
version	O
with	O
GNOME	B-Application
2017-12-31	O
Hakoila	O
4.14	O
LTS	O
First	O
made	O
available	O
pre-installed	O
on	O
the	O
Manjaro	B-Application
Notebook	O
from	O
Station	O
X	O
,	O
the	O
Spitfire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2018-10-30	O
Illyria	O
4.19	O
LTS	O
2019-09-12	O
Juhraya	O
4.19	O
LTS	O
Choice	O
between	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
and	O
FreeOffice	B-Application
during	O
installation	O
2020-02-25	O
Kyria	O
5.4	O
LTS	O
2020-04-26	O
Lysia	O
5.6.7	O
2020-09-11	O
Mikah	O
5.8Manjaro	O
Architect	O
edition	O
now	O
supports	O
ZFS	O
installations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
difference	O
compared	O
to	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
repositories	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
uses	O
three	O
sets	O
of	O
repositories	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Unstable	O
:	O
contains	O
the	O
most	O
up	O
to	O
date	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Testing	O
:	O
contains	O
packages	O
from	O
the	O
unstable	O
repositories	B-Application
after	O
they	O
have	O
been	O
tested	O
by	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
package	O
updates	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
stable	O
branch	O
to	O
the	O
Manjaro	B-Application
stable	O
branch	O
typically	O
have	O
a	O
lag	O
of	O
a	O
few	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netrunner	B-Application
Rolling	I-Application
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
Netrunner	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
Debian-based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Netrunner	B-Application
Rolling	I-Application
was	O
2014.04	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Manjaro	B-Application
0.8.9	O
KDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
released	O
version	O
was	O
Netrunner	B-Application
Rolling	I-Application
2019.04	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sonar	O
GNU/Linux	B-Application
project	O
was	O
aimed	O
at	O
providing	O
a	O
barrier-free	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
to	O
people	O
who	O
required	O
assistive	O
technology	O
for	O
computer	O
use	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
GNOME	B-Application
and	O
MATE	B-Language
desktop	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Manjaro	B-Application
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
most	O
systems	O
,	O
some	O
vendors	O
sell	O
computers	O
with	O
Manjaro	B-Application
pre-installed	O
on	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suppliers	O
of	O
computers	O
pre-installed	O
with	O
Manjaro	B-Application
include	O
StarLabs	O
Systems	O
,	O
Tuxedo	O
Computers	O
,	O
manjarocomputer.eu	O
and	O
Pine64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
with	O
Plasma	B-Language
Mobile	I-Language
desktop	I-Language
environment	I-Language
is	O
the	O
default	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
on	O
PinePhone	B-Application
,	O
an	O
ARM-based	O
smartphone	O
released	O
by	O
Pine64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
Manjaro	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
was	O
recognized	O
as	O
a	O
desktop	O
easy	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
and	O
use	O
,	O
suitable	O
for	O
both	O
beginners	O
and	O
experienced	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Very	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
Manjaro	B-Application
had	O
a	O
reputation	O
for	O
crashing	O
and	O
for	O
installation	O
difficulties	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
reported	O
to	O
have	O
improved	O
with	O
later	O
versions	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
2014	O
was	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Jesse	O
Smith	O
of	O
DistroWatch	O
,	O
"	O
proving	O
to	O
be	O
probably	O
the	O
most	O
polished	O
child	O
of	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
I	O
have	O
used	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manjaro	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
lots	O
of	O
useful	O
software	O
and	O
multimedia	O
support.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Smith	O
did	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
Manjaro	B-Application
17.0.2	O
Xfce	B-Language
in	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
observed	O
that	O
it	O
did	O
"	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
things	O
well	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
