Just a question : Where may i download a ‘testing’ iso ? (in order to install KDE 6)
I know developer images are based on unstable branch, but is there any iso/image based on testing branch ?
Thanks
Hi @ChrisCanyon,
Maybe this is what you’re looking for:
Edit:
I doubt it. I suspect you’ll have to build your own.
Also see
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ISO images use stable branch by default, but branch can be changed after installing
sudo pacman-mirrors --api --set-branch testing
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If you use the python script mentioned here [root tip] [Utility Script] Using python to download and verify a Manjaro ISO
get-iso -p plasma
Thank you @linux-aarhus.
What i did meanwhile is to download the latest developer kde image (generated last night around 2:30 am, but there is a issue with it.
Once on the desktop, i cannot run the installer, it does not launch at all with several errors in journactl.
Sure, I could also download a stable release but as Plasma 6 is a big update, if i change the update branch to get it, i i will probably end up with lot of orphans file (which would be logical anyway).
That’s why, i am interested with a ‘testing’ iso based on the testing branch. Apparently your script is made for stable or unstable.
So, i do not know what would be the best way to do it…
Just a question, in case you know : is it always mandatory to choose /boot/efi as mountpoint for EFI partition on a Manjaro installation ? On arch wiki, they now recommend /boot (i do no want that) or /efi (which replace /boot/efi)
Not as far as I know. I think @cscs mentioned his is different, so he might be able to offer more, better insight.
The script is created for the automated builds and the releases from website.
- default → stable
- -r → release review (more frequent builds from stable branch)
- -p → developer preview (unstable branch)
If you use Calamares installer - yes - because Manjaro uses Grub and grub only works with /boot/efi.
But if you install manually using systemd-boot you can use /efi or /boot as mountpoint.
If we look at the iso-profiles you may try the build-iso with the kde-dev profile
You can always uninstall/remove all orphans afterwards…
pamac remove --orphans
Not sure about that, this is the default path.
I mean grub.cfg is located inside /boot/grub
But grubx64.efi is located inside esp/EFI/GRUB/. esp could be /boot/efi but also /efi no ?
Yes - you are correct - still the grub efi stub is only recognized by grub if it is mounted to /boot/efi.
On the grub website i see :
On EFI systems for fixed disk install you have to mount EFI System Partition. If you mount it at /boot/efi then you don’t need any special arguments:
grub-install
Otherwise you need to specify where your EFI System partition is mounted:
grub-install --efi-directory=/mnt/efi
I know - technically it is possible - but for the Calamares installer Manjaro uses defaults to /boot/efi and your question was about the Manjaro ISO so there is that.
Perhaps grub has had changes - but as I recall it - the default is /boot/efi
The reason Manjaro uses grub is because it can be installed to both bios and efi system.
So while grub can take a different argument for the esp - the insaller on the Manjaro iso expects /boot/efi.
If you want to do it differently - by all means - go ahead … but don’t complain 
No no no, this is fine for me.
Now i understand better how things work.
Anyway, /efi or /boot/efi is kind of the same provided there is only grubx64.efi or bootx64.efi inside, which is the case.
Now, i understand /boot/efi is mandatory for Manjaro.
Look, yesterday, i installed Arch on en VM with archinstall. This is insane, you end up with your grub.cfg/grubenv, grub locales and theme inside your esp partition !!
I definitely do not want that, especially with luks or/and btrfs.
Thank you.
From download/.github/workflows/iso_build.yaml at master · manjaro-plasma/download · GitHub
strategy:
matrix:
EDITION: [kde-dev]
BRANCH: [unstable]
SCOPE: [minimal,full]
The preview you can get using the script mentioned is the unstable kde-dev profile
I wouldn’t either.
I recently experimented with a LUKS encrypted Manjaro using a verified boot with a single efi stub in $esp mount.
If you are interested you read about it [root tip] [Utility Script] Encrypted Manjaro Linux using Verified Boot - I have a Tuxedo laptop running this setup - flawless - removed all other signing certificates - not even Windows is allowed to boot - but is blocked by ‘Secure Boot’ 
It is an UKI or something ?
Yes - it is a unified image …
Interesting indeed, but i am so much attached to have my btrfs snapshots available in a bootloader.
I think only grub can do it with grub-btrfs
That is likely true - I did use btrfs - I speculate if this more safe as file system inside a LUKS container than ext4 is.
[nix@black ~]$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
nvme0n1 259:0 0 465,8G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 512M 0 part /efi
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 8G 0 part
│ └─swap 254:1 0 8G 0 crypt [SWAP]
├─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 256G 0 part
│ └─system 254:0 0 256G 0 crypt /home
│ /.snapshots
│ /
└─nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 201,3G 0 part /a/vmstore
[nix@black ~]$ ls /efi
loader main.efi
[nix@black ~]$ tree /efi
/efi
├── loader
│ └── random-seed
└── main.efi
2 directories, 2 files
[nix@black ~]$ ls -l /efi
total 63292
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 21 17:00 loader
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 64803960 Mar 15 08:54 main.efi