Garuda – The Best Arch Distro?

22 thoughts on “Garuda – The Best Arch Distro?”

• I love Garuda

• you need to defrag linux?

• Made in 🇮🇳 🎉🎉🎉

• I find Garuda a bit too fancy I prefer Manjaro

• 0:34: 🔍 Garuda Linux is an arch-based distribution that aims to overcome the difficulties of installing and using Arch.
  3:49: 🖥️ The video discusses the Calamar installer for the Calaris operating system, highlighting its features and ease of use.
  7:21: 🔍 The video discusses the use of a CRX instance for searching and the unique features of the browser.
  10:37: 💻 The video discusses a software application that allows users to reset config files and customize system components on the fly.
  14:15: 🎮 The Garuda gamer option offers a variety of emulators and games for gamers to enjoy.
  18:03: 🔧 The speaker encountered a package conflict issue after updating their production machine, and the system requires manual deletion of the obsolete package to resolve the conflict.
  21:10: 👍 The speaker recommends Garuda Linux over Endeavor OS for a new Arch system due to its extra configuration options.
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• I'm fond of Garuda, but I've encountered some issues with the Linux kernel at times. Even with a Linux LTS kernel installed as a backup on my main PC, I faced booting problems about a year ago. However, about 14 days ago, I decided to give it another try, as you can see here. I still believe it's one of the best operating systems for gaming.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LYliNy6rNs

• In missing options, you say there is no gui add software option, yet in the Garuda Welcome window, there is an "Add/Remove Software" icon.

• Garuda is just way too bloated and flashy for my tastes.

  Also, I recall hearing from DT and Xero that Garuda tends to go changing things and doing things that could cause conflicts and reduce compatibility with pure Arch, which could cause problems with the AUR. I remember Garuda removed the Latte dock claiming that it was being discontinued and too hard to maintain, while the creator of XeroLinux continues to use it and blasted the devs of Garuda for being lazy.

  Whatever the specifics are, Garuda just feels too slow and heavy to me, and its excessive graphical effects are only part of the reason. Not a fan.

• Garuda linux was my first entry into the Linux community. To me it’s hands down the best beginner arch choice. The dragonized gamer is extremely bloated imo but the regular dragonized is just fine I’d install it and add what I wanted post install

• EndeavourOS is the best Arch distro

• Garuda definitely looks nice for sure. If I wasn't already happy on my hyprland setup w/ CachyOS I'd maybe take a look at their spin.

• Great video!

  I tried pure Arch a few years ago and didn't enjoy the experience, and lived with Debian up til a year or so ago when I decided I wanted a rolling release (found Sparky after everything I'm going to tell you). Casting around for Arch derivatives that would be more beginner-friendly, I tried EndeavourOS, didn't click with it, and moved to BigLinux, which is a very nice Brazilian distro. Then I tried Garuda Dragonized and fell in love.

  Everything you've admired here really impressed me too, but ultimately I went back to Debian because of one particular needed Windows writing program that runs in Wine, but which requires (as of now) specific hoop-jumping that only works under Debian. Believe me, I've tried. I was almost truly sad to not be able to stay with Garuda for my main writing machine.

  Good news is I've found another FOSS program to replace that Windows program, so I'm getting several SSD's on the Black Friday sales and I'm dedicating one to Garuda to place in one of the lot of Lenovo laptops I got for experimentation purposes. I'm looking forward to it! I LOVE trying out distros, and Garuda is a fantastic one to try.

• Garuda dr460nized on my main desktop for about 2 years now. Love it. Other than like 2 bad updates that broke some stuff, its been a real enjoyable experience. I use Manjaro on my laptop mainly for the known stability. After being a debian guy for ever, I can say I'm officially an Arch snob. The AUR is just too hard to beat when you need that odd piece of software.

• I have used Garuda Linux before. I liked it but was unable to continue using because I find myself necessitating a "sudo pacman -Syu" every two weeks or so; It's not a problem per-se, but based on your workflow, it will be more of a hassle than anything. As someone who is in a full time job, it's something that I would not have time to do so. I have since switched over to Debian.

• Excellent video. Thank you so much for posting this video.

• atm looking for a Linux based replacement for Windows, basically if I can make it feel like I'm working with Win XP or 7, and play any games I've played over the past 25 years I'm sold, this does seem like it comes closest to what I'm looking for

• I'm not an expert, this is the longest I've been on a distro and Gaia keeps going strong even with my lack of sense and desdain. Yet it's been a great experience for what I need.

• Garuda let's you also limit the number of snapshots. That may be an option for your disk space worries.

• If you went through the setup assistant on Garuda, it would allow you to select another kernel.

• Garuda Code of Conduct indicates their community is Wokeville!

• I installed it just 2 days ago onto my external SSD for my Steam Deck. After updating, I restarted and it failed to boot back up. TTY screen said Zen-kernel and below that it said RAM Disk fail, or something like that. I gave it the benefit of the doubt and tried again. Same thing. Perhaps changing kernels might be a good thing for me in this case.

• Garuda Hyprland is amazing

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