SbK Manjaro Cinnamon 525

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I am happy to announce the release of SbK Cinnamon 525.

SbK_Manjaro_Cinnamon_525-A
SbK_Manjaro_Cinnamon_525-A1600×900 300 KB

The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not in the installed OS.
SbK_Manjaro_Cinnamon_525-B
SbK_Manjaro_Cinnamon_525-B1600×900 297 KB

Cinnamon also has a minimal iso with a panel instead of a dock.
SbK_Manjaro_Cinnamon_525-C
SbK_Manjaro_Cinnamon_525-C1600×900 332 KB

All iso’s in this release include:

  1. The 6.12.25 LTS kernel.
  2. The New KoraSpin-Blue18 icon theme with light and dark versions of the control icons. It is part of the KoraSpin-525 package
  3. The new SpinThemeDarBlue23 matching Gtk and Kvantum themes in one package.
  4. The new Usplash-525 desktop wallpapers. One of them is the background for the grub, desktop, and login screen backgrounds. The wallapaer used was created by me.
  5. The Blue23 Cinnamon theme in the panel iso included a faded panel and menu.
  6. The iso’s are up to date as of 5/15/2025.
  7. An optional Firefox theme, SbK Dark Blue23, that matches the color scheme is available here, Firefox Themes just click on the image in Firefox to install it.

All iso’s also contain the standard SbK features.

  1. The latest LTS kernel.
  2. A 100% Manjaro stable install.
  3. The AUR is available in pamac. Please read the AUR section of the SbK Best Practices page before using the AUR. AUR packages are not supported by Arch or Manjaro.
  4. It is multiarch by default to make running wine games and other 32bit software you may run easier.
  5. The Spins by Kilz signed repository is enabled for SbK project packages.
  6. A signed iso. For information on checking signed iso’s visit Check ISO
  7. Bloatware has been removed (HP printer software and others).
  8. Flat packs and snaps are not installed. The back ends are also not installed but can be installed by the user.
  9. All SbK iso’s contain Manjaro Architect script in case you want to do a custom install. To get any SbK packages like themes, icons, and other goodies you will have to add the SbK Repository after install.
  10. Timeshift autosnap installed. It takes a snapshot before upgrading so any bad upgrades can be easily reversed.
  11. A basic Conly with matching color theme.

A full and very minimal iso’s can be found here.

As always comments, suggestions and questions are welcome.

Jim

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I tried it out.

Is the resolution fixed to XGA?

It’s fixed to XGA even after the installation is complete.

I feel like I’ve missed something, but I decided to hold off until the next challenge. My NVMe disk is already full, so I don’t have any room.

I’ve also tried GNOME and KDE with the latest manjaro ISO.
If it’s a bother, please ignore it.

Click 
 4330168320 2025-05-15 18:09 manjaro-gnome-25.0.1-250508-linux612.iso
        107 2025-05-15 18:02 manjaro-gnome-25.0.1-250508-linux612.iso.sha256
        438 2025-05-15 18:09 manjaro-gnome-25.0.1-250508-linux612.iso.sig
 4481851392 2025-05-15 18:02 manjaro-kde-25.0.1-250508-linux612.iso
        105 2025-05-15 17:55 manjaro-kde-25.0.1-250508-linux612.iso.sha256
        438 2025-05-15 18:02 manjaro-kde-25.0.1-250508-linux612.iso.sig
 2651525120 2025-05-17 08:49 sbk-manjaro-cinnamon-dock-525-stable-full-x86_64.iso
        119 2025-05-17 08:35 sbk-manjaro-cinnamon-dock-525-stable-full-x86_64.iso.sha256
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One difference between SbK spins and normal Manjaro releases is that the install media only contains open source drivers. You may need to use the Manjaro Settings Manager to install proprietary graphics drivers once installed.

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I forgot to give it a proper title and take notes, but this is probably inxi. Please try it if it’s useful. If not, forget about it.
Basically, the monitor is set to unknown.

Thank you.

inxi

Another notable feature is that a PCIe bandwidth splitter card is used to add NVMe. I think the rest of the configuration is normal.

https://0x0.st/8wzo.txt

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I am unable to open that link, it errors out.
I also recieved a message from you with this info

 inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX
    470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,radeonsi,swrast
    platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device

This line shows that the proprietary AMD driver isnt loaded. I have bolded the important part.

loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz

I suggest you try and install the driver with this command
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300

Additionally this page may be helpful if you continue to have problems. You may need to uninstall the radeonsi (a driver for a different AMD series) driver to force the os to use the amdgpu driver after reinstalling the amdgpu driver.

As a side note, I have a Rx 570 in my machine, I know the card works with the spins and Manjaro.

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