Manjaro ( ) is a
free and open-source
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Linux distribution
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based on the
Arch Linux
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operating system
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that has a focus on
user-friendliness
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and accessibility. It uses a
rolling release
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update model and
Pacman
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as its package manager.
It is developed mainly in Austria, France and Germany.
History
Manjaro was first released on July 10, 2011.
[ By mid 2013, Manjaro was in the beta stage, though key elements of the final system had all been implemented such as: a GUI installer (then an ]Antergos
Antergos is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It includes the GNOME desktop environment by default but it could also employ the Cinnamon, MATE, KDE Plasma 5, Deepin, and Xfce desktops. It was first released in July 2012 as ...
installer fork); a package manager (Pacman) with its choice of frontends; Pamac (GTK
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) for Xfce desktop and Octopi ( Qt) for its Openbox edition; MHWD (Manjaro Hardware Detection, for detection of free &