[9][10] Some reviewers find appeal in the large range of contributed software available in the AUR, which has a reputation for being kept up to date from upstream resources.

[9] Others highlight the wide selection of official and community editions with different desktop environments.

[16] Manjaro 15.09, codenamed Bellatrix and formerly known as 0.9.0, was released on 27 September 2015 with the new Calamares installer and updated packages.

[20] Manjaro also has official editions for devices with ARM processors, such as single-board computers or Pinebook notebooks.

[24] Manjaro includes its own GUI settings manager where options like language, drivers, and kernel version can be configured.

[73] The Sonar GNU/Linux project[74] was aimed at providing a barrier-free Linux to people who required assistive technology for computer use, with support for GNOME and MATE desktop.

Manjaro with Plasma Mobile desktop environment is the default operating system on PinePhone, an ARM-based smartphone released by Pine64.

[78][79] Over the years, Manjaro Linux has been recognized as a desktop easy to set up and use, suitable for both beginners and experienced users.

[9][10] Some reviewers find appeal in the large range of contributed software available in the AUR, which has a reputation for being kept up to date from upstream resources.

[9] Others highlight the wide selection of official and community editions with different desktop environments.

The distribution is not only easy to set up, but it has a friendly feel, complete with a nice graphical package manager, quality system installer and helpful welcome screen.

[9] He went on to extol some of the notable features as part of his conclusion: "I found Manjaro's Xfce edition to be very fast and unusually light on memory.