Manjaro 16.10 Fringilla is now released with many improvements

The new version of Manjaro is now available for download. This is the new Manjaro 16.10 Fringilla, a professional, easy to use Linux desktop for everyone. The Manjaro 16.10 flagship comes with the new Xfce desktop version 4.12. The developer says they focused on polishing the user experience on the Desktop. And the did it right. I have downloaded this new Manjaro and test it on my ThinkPad T450 series via Live USB. You may want to read how to create Manjaro Live USB as well.

Manjaro 16.10 Review

Slightly you won't find any radical changes or updates to this new Manjaro 16.10. But under the hood, there are many important updates have been added to this version. Manjaro Fringilla is very fast, responsive, and lightweight. Even I run this distro from a USB Thumb Drive, I don't feel any lags or any problems. Its very stable.

Manjaro 16.10 is very easy to use and it comes with bunch software installed by default. This distro is designed for real end users that needs a ready to use Operating System without having to configure it deeper. It includes the Vertex-Maia icon and theme which is simple and beautiful. There are also some new wallpapers added to the system.

Like any other Manjaro versions, adding or removing software is very easy. The updated Pamac software manager is more responsive and it still the best softwae manager on Linux.

What's new on Manjaro 16.10

Manjaro 16.10 comes with the following features or updates:

Xfce version 4.12 (Xfce edition)
Plasma 5.8 (KDE edition)
Firefox 49.0
LibreOffice 5.1.6
Systemd 231
Octopi 0.8.5
Nvidia 370.28
Calamares 2.4.3

Also, it includes the following bug fixes:

fixed user creation so it obeys the list of default groups for new users
added Deepin support to the displaymanager module
fixed an issue which could cause a failed install with LUKS if other LUKS partitions are already present
improved system requirements configuration checking
fixed case-insensitive path handling when installing GRUB on VFAT filesystems
fixed an issue which could cause a failed install when resolv.conf is a broken symlink in the target rootfs
added support for disabling LUKS-related UI elements
fixed an issue in the summary page, which caused the target root partition to be mislabeled in the UI
fixed how the timezone setting is applied, so certain environments like KDE Plasma always obey the setting on first boot
fixed timezone selector behavior, so that a timezone changes affect the live system immediately
improved partition scanner code so it always excludes ISO9660 volumes (to avoid showing the live USB stick or optical disk in the devices list)
countless other bug fixes