[Stable Update] 2026-05-27 - Kernels, NVIDIA, Firefox, Thunderbird, Mesa, Blender

[scotty65]

@FiveEyeTea

one linux-firmware-meta package was listed as an alien package

[Testing Update] 2026-05-26 - Kernels, Thunderbird, Firefox, Pipewire, Gstreamer

Manjaro previously had linux-firmware package overlays to support older kernels. That is no longer necessary, so they were dropped in favor of the original Arch packages. linux-firmware is just a meta package to pull in all the firmware packages, so it can either be installed manually to replace linux-firmware-meta or the latter can be removed. To mark the package(s) you want to keep as explicitly installed, use the Mark as explicitly installed button in Add/Remove Software or via CLI: sudo…

@FiveEyeTea

during the removal of AUR packages prior to the update

Which is why I prefer to remove foreign packages after, not before, an update:

@scotty65

removing foreign packages before an update can cause issues if they have become foreign only due to a name change or another package replacing them. It could result in a vital system package being removed, and due to its removal before the update, the system won’t automatically install the replacement package.