The Manjaro Linux team have announced the first round of testing for their new Manjaro Immutable version of the popular Linux distribution.
It’s built using Arkdep which is a “Toolkit for building, deploying and maintaining an immutable, atomic, btrfs-based system”. Along with also using Arkane Linux a “opinionated, immutable, atomic Arch-based distibution”.
The goal of this release is to gather community feedback on the technology powering Manjaro Immutable.
Note that this is only an experimental release and not representative of the final version, there is also no support guarantee, so hold off on installing it as your primary operating system, at least for now.
Manjaro Team
It’s probable this is what they’re using as the basis for Manjaro Gaming Edition, which is what will be shipping on their upcoming Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld. In fact, Manjaro’s own Philip Müller commented to mention how it’s “useful if you have devices like a gaming handheld or a business which wants to ease the maintenance efforts of their employees”.
Another developer also mentioned this is not intended to replace the standard Manjaro.
Anyone brave enough to give it a spin can see more details in the announcement.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
