Manjaro 26 "Anh-Linh" is now available, bringing Plasma 6.5 and GNOME 49 with Wayland as the default session.

Today, Manjaro Linux has officially pushed a new stable update, marking the release of Manjaro 26, code-named Anh-Linh. The headline change is the move to Plasma 6.5 and GNOME 49, both now configured to use Wayland by default.

Users who still rely on X11 sessions, particularly for legacy workflows or hardware, are advised to review the project’s known issues before rebooting. For systems that require continued X11 support, the XFCE edition remains the recommended option.

Graphics support is another major area affected by this release. Manjaro now ships NVIDIA driver version 590.48.01, which drops support for older Pascal and Maxwell GPUs. Only Turing-class hardware and newer are supported by the 590xx series.