November 19th, 2012· The default kernel series has been changed to 3.4-longterm for better upstream support
· LXDE got updated to 0.5.5
· Gnome Package Kit has been replaced with the Kalu upgrade notifier, and – exclusively for Manjaro – a user-friendly interface for pacman (the pacman-gui)
· Comes with an installation guide for beginners
· The CLI installer has been enhanced with additional language support, optional network configuration, hard disk encryption, and several bug fixes
· A 'Testing Installer' option has been added with support for new advanced features including btrfs, nilfs, luks, lvn, gpt, efi, and software-raid
· Plymouth – and its related bugs – have been removed
· Numerous bug fixes have been made, including the Resume/hibernate bugs affecting laptops