Manjaro Linux 25.0 has been released and the alpha release of Manjaro Summit has been presented.

      On April 15, 2025, the developers announced the release of a new release of Manjaro Linux 25.0, and also presented the first alpha version of the experimental edition of Manjaro Summit.

       Manjaro 25.0, dubbed Zetar, is especially suitable for beginners, as it offers a simple installation process, automatic hardware detection and installation of the necessary drivers.

       The distribution is released with GNOME, KDE Plasma and Xfce graphical environments, and also supports alternative versions with Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, LXQt and i3, which are created by the community.

       In the new version, the GNOME edition has been updated to version 48. Among the main innovations are HDR support, triple buffering, grouping notifications into stacks, as well as a new power—saving feature that limits battery power to 80% when connected to a network. GNOME 48 has also received notable improvements in performance and settings.

       The KDE-based edition now runs on Plasma 6.3 with updated Frameworks 6.12 and KDE Gear 24.12. In this version, fractional scaling has been improved, screen colors have become more accurate, and System Monitor now monitors processor usage more accurately and itself has become less demanding of resources. New options have also been added for configuring dashboards, automatically disabling the touchpad when typing, and randomly generating a password when creating an access point.

       The Thunar file manager now has the ability to set colors for individual files, a recursive search has been added, and the panel is now more precisely configured — the length is set in pixels. The Control Center has become more convenient and combines system settings in one window, expanding the possibilities of managing appearance, multi-monitor operation and context menus.

       Linux 6.14 is used as the default kernel. Versions 6.1 LTS and 6.6 LTS are available for compatibility with older hardware.

       What is the Manjaro Summit?

       Along with the main release, a new experimental edition of Manjaro Summit is presented. This is a system with a monolithic image that is updated entirely and operates in read-only mode. Currently, an alpha version with a 2 GB GNOME environment is available for the x86_64 architecture with mandatory UEFI support.

       The system image is generated based on the Arch Linux package database using the arkdep tool written in Bash. All updates are installed atomically by uploading a new image to a separate partition of the Btrfs file system. If something goes wrong, the system automatically rolls back to its last working state. New versions are released once a week.

       Additional programs can be installed via Flatpak or as separate layers. Working with containers is also supported thanks to the Distrobox tool and the BoxBuddy graphical shell. If necessary, you can disable restrictions on changing system files and use the usual package manager, but such changes will be reset after the next update.

       Meanwhile, Microsoft is offering its users to upgrade to Windows 11. Many older computers, especially those released before 2018, are not suitable for the new version of the system. Because of this, users of such devices are forced to either buy a new computer or continue using an outdated system, risking security.