Manjaro Announces Alpha Release of Summit, a New Semi-Immutable Variant of Arch Linux

The Manjaro Linux team has announced the public alpha release of Manjaro Summit, a new semi-immutable variant of the popular Arch-based distribution. This release positions itself alongside other innovative distributions such as Fedora Silverblue and openSUSE Aeon.

Manjaro Summit introduces an atomic update system, allowing updates to be performed as pre-made disk images. The distribution leverages Arkane Linux’s Arkdep immutability tools, enhancing its reliability and stability.

Currently, the alpha version supports the GNOME desktop environment, while other environments such as KDE Plasma, Xfce, and COSMIC remain untested. The future direction of Manjaro Summit has not been finalized, leaving open the possibility of evolving into either a stable rolling workstation distribution or an always-moving release.

For those interested in exploring Manjaro Summit or seeking additional information about this new release, further details can be found on Manjaro.org.

Source: Phoronix.