While I've ran benchmarks of the Arch-based Manjaro Linux distribution in the past and found it a convenient way to play with Arch and overall a nice distribution, it seems for users running it day in and day out aren't entirely satisfied with the update strategy of Manjaro.

Manjaro's stable repository isn't frequently updated but the developers strive to update it about bi-weekly and by default there's no continual flow of fresh packages from Manjaro. Right now though Manjaro's stable repository hasn't been updated in over one month -- since 25 October -- and that includes no security fixes.

This week I posted some OS X 10.10 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 benchmarks from a Haswell-based Apple MacBook Air. Ubuntu 14.10 out-of-the-box was largely performing better than Apple's latest OS X Yosemite release while today are some more Ubuntu OpenGL numbers tossed in for the graphics tests when upgrading against Intel's latest HD Graphics code for Linux.

Elive is a Linux distribution that uses Debian as a base and Enlightenment as the default desktop environment. It provides a different experience from what users might get in other operating systems and the developers have just updated the OS yet again.

Distro Astro 3.0 is a Linux operating system based on Ubuntu that is designed specifically for astronomers. It packs pretty much all of the most interesting applications regarding this field of study and it's probably the only one of its kind.