Where can I find the latest ISO of Manjaro Cinnamon?

[ZaeNae]

Successfully installed! But what is next now? Should I pull the ISO image onto the application window? Or what?

[Aragorn]

No. Close ventoy, unplug the stick, and plug it back in. You will get a popup asking you whether you want to browse the stick. If you confirm, then it’ll open the stick in your file manager. Then copy the ISO into that folder.

You can put as many ISOs in there as the stick will hold. Just remember to safely unmount it before unplugging it again.

Then, you can reboot from the stick, and it will show you a menu with all of the ISOs. When you select one, it’ll show you another menu that will ask you to boot in normal mode or in GRUB mode. Choose “normal mode”.

[ZaeNae]

I safely removed the stick and plugged in again.
There was no popup, just simple opened a Ventoy window… Now, I am confused.

[Aragorn]

Isn’t there a notification popping up in your system tray about the stick being plugged in?

[ZaeNae]

No, nothing. But a Ventoy window is opened.

[Aragorn]

That’s not a Ventoy window, that’s your file manager. The folder itself is called “Ventoy”. That’s what you put the ISOs into.

[ZaeNae]

So, should I pull out and put it again? Maybe the Stohastic Gods will commiserate me?

[Aragorn]

@ZaeNae

So, should I pull out and put it again?

No, don’t do that. Just drop the ISOs into that folder, and let the copying finish — it will take some time because USB sticks are slow and the USB bus also has its limitations.

Once it has finished copying the ISOs, then you must safely unmount the stick — this too can take some time, because it may still be writing in the background. And then you can either unplug it or reboot into the USB.

[ZaeNae]

Okki… I do it.

[ZaeNae]

Thanks for all your kind help!
Now I have a brand new system, moreover it was updated. Fine.

I guess this is my last question in this topic:
How can I get back the old/standard look and feel of the desktop?

[linux-aarhus]

@ZaeNae

How can I get back the old/standard look and feel of the desktop?

@cscs has build from the official profile

Manjaro Cinnamon ISO - temporary volunteer release

The Manjaro Cinnamon edition has not had a proper release in some while and still uses the EOL 6.5 kernel. This means that besides being dated it may have trouble booting on some machines. Due to continued interest and need I have tried to help fill this gap by building more recent cinnamon ISOs. These use the upstream profile as found at the manjaro gitlab. Manjaro Cinnamon Stable (Full): manjaro-cinnamon-24.0.1-240602-linux66.iso

sha1

74c02c9a3c316aebb86e65646a23a1d114fac522

manjaro-cinnamo…

@Jim.B has a customized the layout

SbK Cinnamon 24.0.2

I am happy to announce the release of SbK Cinnamon 24.0.2. [SbK_Cinnamon-dock_24.0.2-A] The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not in the installed OS. [SbK_Cinnamon-dock_24.0.2-B] Cinnamon also has a minimal iso with a panel instead of a dock. [SbK_Cinnamon-dock_24.0.2-C] All iso’s in this release include: The 6.6.32 LTS kernel. The New KoraSpin-Tan5 icon theme with light and dark versions of the control icons. It is part of the KoraSpin-24.0.0 package The new SpinThemeDarkTan6 matching Gtk…

@DeLinuxCo also customize the layout

DeLinuxCo Workstation resurrected

New ISO available Download | DeLinuxCo [001] 23.0.3-231130 Change log… Removed kdenlive-appimage and switched to arch package. Added third panel on left of screen for more launcher space Support of auto detecting network and USB scanners, especially WSD devices Support for automatic printer detection Switched to Mint-L Icon set Upgraded to kernel 6.6 LTS

[ZaeNae]

Thank you. This all does mean cannot get the base/default desktop?

[linux-aarhus]

@ZaeNae

This all does mean cannot get the base/default desktop?

I don’t understand the sentence.

If you are referring to the default Manjaro settings for Cinnamon - you should use the version built by @cscs

If you are referring to the Linux Mint look and feel - you will have to use a Linux Mint theme.

[ZaeNae]

I would like to get the the default desktop look and feel that comes with the official Manjaro Cinnamon installation. My question was related to that. Can I get that when I use the SbK Cinnamon or cannot?

[linux-aarhus]

@ZaeNae

I would like to get the the default desktop look and feel that comes with the official Manjaro Cinnamon installation

Then use the ISO build by @cscs

@ZaeNae

Can I get that when I use the SbK Cinnamon or cannot?

The Sbk and DeLinuxCo are spins with a custom repository and they are unsupported.

You can get something close to - but you will have to manually install the relevant theming packages - then apply those using the Settings Manager.

[ZaeNae]

Oh… This seems to me isn’t so flexible.
Well, the only way (easy way) to download and install the ISO build by @cscs.
Thank you for your efforts.

Anyway, the link where you directed me doesn’t contain any ISO image.
So, where are the images?

Edit:
I must to correct myself. There is an image, just that happened the download was failed five times. The sixth now works.

[zhongsiu]

The first partition is FAT32, the tiny one. The second is exfat, at least on my Ventoy stick. The partition where the ISOs end up. I was experimenting with XCP-NG and it couldn’t read the 2nd partition, kernel had no support for exfat. Some old 4.19 kernel.

Regarding the USB-stick writing on this thread. Some people do a sync command, others do 3. I do:

sync; spd-say “Done, my man”

Once the syncing is done, PC says that line so I know when it is done. Then safely remove.

[soundofthunder]

More about Ventoy…

@VENTOY USB

The beauty of using a Ventoy USB is that nothing else is needed. Simply copy/drag any ISO to the Ventoy USB, and you’re done.

Boot with a Ventoy USB, and ISO files are automatically listed in the Ventoy menu, and can be booted directly. A 32GB capacity USB should allow ample space to store several ISOs of your choice; an 8GB capacity USB might hold one, or two ISO’s; do the math.

Ventoy is available from the official Manjaro extra repository:

sudo pacman -S ventoy

Ventoy Usage:

Type ventoy (without arguments) to see usage information:

Usage:  Ventoy2Disk.sh CMD [ OPTION ] /dev/sdX  
 CMD:  
  -i  install Ventoy to sdX (fails if disk already installed with Ventoy)  
  -I  force install Ventoy to sdX (no matter if installed or not)  
  -u  update Ventoy in sdX  
  -l  list Ventoy information in sdX  
  
 OPTION: (optional)  
  -r SIZE_MB  preserve some space at the bottom of the disk (only for install)  
  -s/-S       enable/disable secure boot support (default is enabled)  
  -g          use GPT partition style, default is MBR (only for install)  
  -L          Label of the 1st exfat partition (default is Ventoy)  
  -n          try non-destructive installation (only for install)

Creating the Ventoy USB:

Write the Ventoy system to an empty USB drive;
use /dev/sdX to target the device itself, and not a partition:

sudo sh ventoy -i -r 100 -S -g -L VOLUME /dev/sdX

• Enable -s or disable -S Secure Boot.
• Substitute VOLUME for a volume label name to use.
• Substitute /dev/sdX for the location of your USB device.
• Preserve some space on the target device (example allows 100mb).

Updating the Ventoy USB:

Update the Ventoy system on an existing Ventoy USB;
ensure the updated Ventoy version is available in Manjaro; and then:

sudo ventoy -u /dev/sdX

• The Ventoy USB update process is non-destructive.

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See also: Ventoy (GitHub);

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[Aragorn]

@zhongsiu

The first partition is FAT32, the tiny one.

Correct. That’s the one holding the ventoy boot loader itself.

@zhongsiu

The second is exfat, at least on my Ventoy stick.

Yes, that is probably correct.

@zhongsiu

kernel had no support for exfat. Some old 4.19 kernel.

Yes, that kernel is already too old to support exfat. I always advise an LTS kernel. I’ve been running 6.1 for ages now, and it’s an exquisite kernel.