Manjaro, the Arch Linux-based distribution known for pairing Arch's rolling-release package base with a more curated, beginner-friendly installation and update experience, shipped version 26.1.1 on August 24 as the first point release in its 26.1 "Bian-May" series. The update bundles Linux kernel 7.2 as a newly supported option alongside the existing 7.1 branch and several long-term-support kernel lines, along with KDE Frameworks 6.29, Mesa 26.1.7 for graphics, QEMU 11.1 for virtualization, VirtualBox 7.2.16, and updated Firefox and Thunderbird builds. The kernel bump is the most consequential change: Manjaro's developers say it likely resolves AMDGPU driver regressions that had been affecting some users on earlier kernels, while the distribution is simultaneously retiring support for older 6.16, 6.17, 6.19, and 7.0 kernel branches and pushing users toward 7.1 or a maintained LTS line. The release also moves Manjaro onto Nvidia's 590 proprietary driver series, which has a real practical consequence: it drops support for Pascal-generation GeForce GTX 10-series cards and older Nvidia GPUs, so anyone running that older hardware needs to deliberately switch to the legacy 580xx driver package to keep proprietary graphics working after upgrading. For developers and sysadmins who use Manjaro as a daily driver or as a rolling-release testbed, this release is also a downstream checkpoint on Python 3.14, a transition Manjaro made recently, meaning locally built AUR packages that install into Python's site-packages directory or link against the older libpython3.13 may need to be rebuilt after upgrading. As a widely used rolling-release distribution built on Arch's package base, Manjaro's point releases are a reasonable proxy for what is landing across the broader Arch-adjacent Linux ecosystem this month.