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Manjaro 19.0 Preview Images For KDE + GNOME Available For Testing

Written by Michael Larabel in Arch Linux on 7 January 2020 at 08:00 PM EST. 15 Comments

For fans of the easy-to-use Arch-based Manjaro Linux distribution, 19.0 preview images as the first test builds have begun to surface.

These first preview builds of Manjaro 19.0 are based on the Linux 5.4 kernel, introduce NVIDIA PRIME support paired with their latest proprietary driver, theme updates, Oracle VM VirtualBox support fixes, and many other package updates for this Arch Linux based platform.

As of writing, available so far for the Manjaro 19.0 preview builds are the GNOME and KDE spins.

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