Manjaro Cinnamon Bootable DVD
Discover the Manjaro Linux experience delivered straight to your door on a bootable DVD. This disc provides a convenient way to explore or install Manjaro with the popular Cinnamon desktop environment, offering a blend of modern power and traditional usability. Simply insert the DVD into your computer’s drive, boot from it, and you are ready to either try Manjaro without installation or proceed to set it up on your hard drive. Get a complete and ready-to-use operating system out of the box.
Manjaro Cinnamon is ideal for anyone looking for a Linux distribution that balances cutting-edge software with stability and ease of use. It’s perfect for both newcomers transitioning from other operating systems and experienced Linux users who appreciate a well-curated system that requires less manual configuration than its upstream base. Enjoy a reliable and intuitive computing platform.
Manjaro is based on Arch Linux, renowned for being lightweight, fast, and having access to the very latest software. However, Manjaro distinguishes itself by focusing on user-friendliness and accessibility. It achieves this by providing easy-to-use installation and configuration tools, thoroughly tested software updates via its own repositories, and excellent hardware detection.
The Manjaro philosophy centers on providing a curated and accessible Arch-based experience. While it inherits the power and flexibility of Arch, Manjaro makes it significantly easier to install and maintain. Updates are released to stable branches only after being thoroughly tested, ensuring a more robust and stable system than a direct Arch installation might initially provide, without sacrificing access to recent software versions.
Key benefits of choosing Manjaro include:
- Rolling Release Model: Unlike distributions with fixed annual or bi-annual releases, Manjaro uses a rolling release model. This means you install it once and receive continuous updates, providing access to the latest software versions and security patches as soon as they are ready and tested for the stable branches.
- Optimised Performance: Manjaro is designed to be fast and resource-efficient, providing a smooth experience even on older hardware.
- Excellent Hardware Support: Manjaro boasts automatic hardware detection and support for a wide range of graphics cards, including proprietary drivers, making installation and setup straightforward on most systems.
- User-Friendly Tools: Comes with graphical tools for system settings, kernel management, driver installation, and more, simplifying common tasks that might be command-line heavy in other Arch-based systems.
The desktop environment featured is Cinnamon. It provides a familiar and intuitive layout reminiscent of traditional operating systems, making it easy to navigate for users new to Linux. With a classic panel, start menu, and window management, it feels comfortable from the start. Cinnamon is also highly customizable, allowing you to tweak themes, applets, desklets, and extensions to personalize your workspace to your liking, offering both aesthetic appeal and functional flexibility.
Manjaro utilizes Pacman as its package manager, a powerful and fast tool for managing software. Additionally, it offers easy access to the Arch User Repository (AUR), allowing users to easily install a vast amount of software contributed by the community, providing access to a vast software library beyond the official repositories. Pacman makes installing, removing, and updating software efficient and straightforward, contributing to the system’s powerful package management capabilities.
This bootable DVD comes with essential software pre-installed, ensuring you can get started with common computing tasks right away. This typically includes a web browser, an office suite (like LibreOffice), multimedia players, image viewers, and various utility applications. You’ll find that Manjaro Cinnamon is ready for everyday tasks straight after installation or even when running directly from the DVD in live mode.
Regarding support, Manjaro follows a rolling release model with different branches (stable, testing, unstable). Software updates are rigorously tested in the testing and unstable branches before being released to the stable branch, which is what users on this DVD will be configured to use. This system provides continuous updates and improvements without the need for major version upgrades, ensuring your system is always up-to-date. While there aren’t fixed support “end dates” like traditional LTS releases, the rolling nature means the system is always supported as long as you apply the regular updates available on the stable branch. The focus is on providing a continuous flow of stable improvements.
