Manjaro 0.8 Preview 1 released for internal testing

We are getting closer to our next public release of Manjaro Linux an arch-based rolling linux distribution using well tested snapshots plus custom packages to create a easy to be used linux system for beginners and advanced users.

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As with release 0.1.4 we support Nvidia's Optimus Technology using nouveau/intel or nvidia/intel drivers. Manjaro hardware detection tool will configure your graphic-cards automatically and with help of bumblebee/bbswitch it is possible to switch to your desired graphic mode.

Since release 0.1.2 we ship Manjaro Linux in different flavours. There will be our standard XFCE desktop and Gnome or KDE to choose from. All our images are created by manjaroiso, a fork of archiso. With manjaroiso you can create a set of install medias each with a different DE on top. All versions have the same base and drivers stack.

How do we get our Codenames:

Manjaro 0.8 is tagged as "Ascella" which is a star system in the Star Trek Universe. It is also known as Sagittarius system. The primary star is known as Ascella. In this system there are 5 stars with Sagittarius IV - the home world of the Sagitta, a humanoid, warpable species which is a foderation member since the 24th century.

Followed features we offer with this release:

• XFCE 4.10
• KDE 4.8.4
• Gnome 3.4.2
• Language support for english, french and german (optional languages installable from our repositories)
• minimal XFCE CD image you can build your desktop on
• a nice KDE DVD image with selected applications
• a nice Gnome DVD image with selected applications
• systemd as our native initsystem (no initscripts needed)
• Kernel 3.4.5 (3.2.23 optional)
• Phil's CLI Installer 0.7.91
• Manjaro Hardware Detection 0.1.7

Changes in 0.7.91:

• first testbuild to find issues before 0.8 gets released to the public
• based on Arch-Sync 2012.07.1
• /usr/lib move completed
• updated catalyst drivers and mhwd-configs
• kernel updated to 3.4.5
• kde updated to 4.8.4
• better gnome dvd edition
• small changes in xfce edition so it still fits on a CD
• small cli installer improvements

Todo before 0.8 can be released:

• finish boxit our server management system
• finish our gui-installer and compare it with our cli-installer
• implement some missing functions in mhwd and add vga_switcheroo support for nvidia and amd cards
• adjust bascule to work with the new vga_switcheroo implementation
• test the iso-images internal before release them to the public

Please test all our flavours and report back your findings.

Download 0.7.91