Tried this out one one of my old laptops (a Sony VAIO Flip 15 SVF15N) I was impressed with the improvements I got in video playback I had a lot of issues getting 4k video to run smoothly on a variety of other distros, this machine has an oddball 2880x1620 resolution so you can't get the most out of the display with 1080p video playback.
I use Garuda myself on my second Laptop, if the DRM and Anti-Cheat issues can ever be resolved, it would be on my primary gaming machine also, beautifully realised distro, love it👍
@@asxnetnet valorant can't, Halo Infinite can't. I guess it all depends, I'd go to protonDB and look up games you play to see if they're supported, because some games (like Squad) run just fine after changing a couple of files, even though they have easy anti cheat etc.
@@Ky-vv8nj thnks man,cause valo is the game me and my homie can play together,as our age increased by time,only by listening their "Hi"s and "GG"s can resolve our distance,times do separate people but we always trying not to be strangers
Valve already solved the anticheat/battleeye issue and it's up to the developer whether I'll support their products or not. DRM I will steer clear of anyways even if I still used windows
I'm into forex and crypto trading. I'm impressed with Garuda but IV not yet installed it on my dell precision m6400. What is there for traders on arch Linux.
I have been searching for a substitute to Windows on my main PC for a long time, but never thought that I would find something that can truly replace it, at least in terms of performance. Boy was I wrong. Thank you for this wonderful introduction to Garuda, I have now found my new daily driver! Subscribed!
@@mycommentmyopinion I have moved out of the house with my PC, so I have unfortunately had to switch distros to Linux Mint (as that's the one that ran best on my budget laptop). However, the experience was indeed very nice while it lasted, but, as with many other rolling release distros, be prepared to run into issues which may even make your PC unusuable until you roll back a couple of updates. This, in the end, makes me want to settle for something less bleeding edge, like Manjaro or CachyOS, but at the same time something more modern, as some apps and features on Mint feel a little outdated. Nevertheless, what I can say is that the overall experience of switching to Linux has been one of the best choices I've ever made in my life. It's so liberating and somehow also really fun. I'd recommend everyone to give it a try, regardless of their knowledge of IT, cause punching commands into the terminal is not any more complex than having to edit the registry or access particular settings in the control panel on Windows, but it makes you feel like you know way more than others.
This thing is awesome tried it on my 5800X driven pc. I've plugged in 64GB or RAM and a 6800XT. Gee, I got blasted, Garuda is awesome and gaming performance is incredible. I like the comfort of the UI although I'm in Linux for over 10 years now xD
Nice review. I have been using Linux for years however I am lacking in computer skills for sure. This distro is a nice easy way to enjoy Arch's awesomeness. Even I can't f it up! This one is a keeper! Lol
Thanks DasGeek. I'll contrast the downer comments to say at least it is encouraging to see the possibilities that can be achieved on the Linux platform. Given its early stage, Garuda seems very promising and time will only tell how this exciting Distro/Spin will evolve. Cheers.
Installed Garuda a couple weeks ago and I just chuckled when you said HP OMEN was the best PC for this to work (I have an OMEN25L and it works like a dream)
I just switched from Manjaro to Garuda simply because my system stopped booting and I was frankly over Manjaro XFCE. I wound up on Garuda and boy, this is a pretty and fairly flexible system, albeit a bit obtuse at times to my tastes but I can fix that. Never used fish but I've heard enough to try it for a bit. Btrfs is cool! I'm really curious what impact the journaling might have on lifespan of my SSDs. It's not uncommon to see RAM usage get into the 3.5gb range though. However the KDE software suite feels really cohesive, pretty, and polished, but I think I'm gonna just install a window manager for when I'm not trying to run such a heavy DE that makes my 7850 drudge ever closer to its death. There was also a couple of crashes involving Latte dock. Gonna see how long I make it on this or if it's gonna make me give up and do my third triennial install of Mint.
Garuda broke itself. I had never daily driven KDE and I really like what KDE presents in the Garuda spin, but latte dock crashed a lot and I am not used to the DE being that flaky. I wish it worked for me. SDDM is also weird about which screen you login on if you have a multi screen system. The garuda software installer for gaming programs and stuff was also hit or miss, mostly miss. Other than that, I would probably set my system up with most of this software, and just retheme it. I also really like the implementation of btrfs and timeshift and will be using this rather than rsync going forward. EndeavourOS/Manjaro are still the ways to go for easy Arch.
I am going to try Garuda on my I5 8gb laptop with Intel/Nvidia, hoping it will deal with both, and do some gaming. The laptop is a used Dell Latitude..
I am just switching from Windows to Linux after watching many videos I downloaded several distros, I started with PopOS, hated it. Then wanted to try Manjaro, wifi would not work. Then moved to Garuda Dragonized. I did have problems with a conflict with pipewire which I am not going to use so got help from the forum and removed it. I have an older refubiished Dell optiplex 790 with an older GT 1030 graphics card. It has been my favorite distro. I tried to be open and each distro I tried I would run for a week or so. Sticking wtih Garuda and will probably install on Husband's gaming laptop. I think it will be the most user friendly for him in switching from windows. He is the gamer, I am the researcher. My desktop is the oldest we own and all the others are more recent hardware.
I have to agree with you, DASGeek. Garuda is a very tweaked Distro. Choice's of Kernals and other very useful tools - Garuda is a very good recommendation to install. I unforrtunatley, got fed-up with the stock theme and ended up 'wrecking' my desktop. Running wise, I had no problems and yes - Garuda is a great Distro to promote 👍
The nice thing about Garuda is that if you wreck Latte or the desktop or anything else the Garuda settings manager can be used to set it back to default - and there's control over which specific things you want back to default. Impressive tool.
Hey Ryan, are you still on Garuda now one year later? I am looking to stay on KDE with all the same features as Manjoro and Garuda seems to fit the bill and so much more. I hope you and your family are well my friend, I miss seeing you and the crew. Take care brother!
I just switched today. I can't say performance is blowing my mind, but it's ok. I think the main trouble is that I'm forced to use the LTS kernel, due to an incompatibility with my NVMe drives & Linux kernels past 5.17 (they're non-compliant and cause duplicate UUIDs in later kernels) =/ Very impressed otherwise. This is also my first experience with Arch, coming from a background in Debian-based & Gentoo!
In search of lightness, beauty and performance, I installed Garuda LXQt. It's a amazing system as long as you don't try to install most recently proprietary nvidia drivers. On my LG A560-T notebook with GT-640M, I used the automatic driver installer itself, but the display always loses the original 1920x1080p setting and goes to a maximum of 960x540... a disaster! I was lucky to have resorted to Timeshift.
At boot it shows initializing a ram disk. Bravo Garuda. What I can't do is find display setting. I'm on 2160P and I need 300% scaling to read what's on the screen. HELP!
the zen kernel is known to drain battery life and take more RAM. if you want even better performance go to a different kernel and only install what you need.
I am thinking about switching. However, I am using Endeavor OS right now. I am wondering whether it is a good thing to switch, even though Endeavor is working well for me.
Hey Im kinda new so my knowledge is weak whats the difference between the different types of gurada. There are several gurada which one do you choose? Gnome and dragonized look the same🤷
It’s a little confusing so great question. There are the different desktop environments like Gnome, KDE etc to choose from which at a high level are just going to give you different looking interfaces, menus. Some are designed to be very customizable like KDE. Other are designed to be out of your way like Gnome and there are hybrids like Xfce. Stick to one of those 3. The next options under each DE like Dragonized, Gaming, or BlackArch come with different types of preinstalled apps. You can still install the apps included in any of these variations no matter which you choose. Go with Dragonized or Gaming. BlackArch is for pen testing. I chose KDE / Gaming edition. There are pics and small descriptions below each via this link garudalinux.org/downloads.html
@Christoph3 I just use the Nvidia graphics fulltime. If you want to switch you should be able to just install the Nvidia driver through Garuda Hardware Configuration under Garuda Settings. Then sudo pacman -S optimus-manager optimus-manager-qt Then add optimus-manger-qt to autostart.
No wobbly windows??? That is a requirement in order to use Plasma. 😉😁 I reviewed it a few months ago. It is a decent distro. The theme reminds me of the Moksha desktop from Bodhi. It is based on the Enlightenment Desktop. Btrfs snapshots are a nice feature especially for a Arch based distro, where you are one update away from distaster. I found that the package install and removal was slow due it running a snapshot each time. This functionality may have changed since I used it. All of the utilities they provide is a nice added feature. It is a nice distro, though I don't like Arch based distros. I do wish the Garuda devs continued success.
Depends on your machine but with the Zen Kernel you can definitely gain some FPS if your hardware is well supported (Ex: AMD, Intel). How much depends heavily on what's inside your machine.
Arch Linux is a rolling release distribution, meaning there are no major releases, you constantly get updates to the system. In practice this means you never have to re install, just update your system and you’re on the latest version. However, updates must be done frequently, or things can break. Most people try not to go more than a week or two between updates.
Most distros work out of the box on AMD hardware, their drivers are built into the kernel, unlike nvidia. Does that laptop have any weird features? I installed it on a ‘16 razer blade and the touchscreen, trackpad and everything work except it goes into weird sleep/wake cycles. But that issue is documented about my model, and it happened in Arch too, not just Garuda, so I can’t blame it on them.
Hi! Wonderful video, I've seen this distro for the past 6 months and want badly to try it however I cant' get Etcher to work and for whatever reason, their documentation states not to use RUFUS, any advice? When I use Etcher it 'broke' my usb stick [got it working again but I want to avoid that headache again, this happened twice! D: ] Tried Lili USB creator which I don't think has been updated in a while and Garuda didn't like that. Am I one of the unlucky few? I think I tried with 2 different USBsticks but it's been a while. Thanks again for this review!
Hi Carla, try to install ventoy on usb and download garuda’s iso in the new folder called« ventoy » on your usb. It’s pretty easy and you can try many distro with just one usb.
@@coulonalban35 Once it's on Ventoy it runs, But that's not my current issue. Garuda has not successfully installed on the system the 5 times I tried. I was hoping to install it on my mom's PC rather than Windows but each time was met with an error. [can't recall the error but I took a screenshot of it which I'd need to go digging for]
@@dasgeek I installed Garuda Gnome during the interview this past Sunday on another laptop, then tried XFCE and then KDE plasma. ( just can't use plasma anymore and I do not know why.) Gnome 40 is okay but I honestly think they put it out too soon. Thinks still need to be fixed and extensions need to be updated. Not sure if Garuda will be a keeper but it is interesting and I am amazed at how much work they have put into it.
It's a personal opinion but this distro seems incredibly bloated to me, I guess I have zero tolerance with these distros after using Gentoo and CRUX as my main distros and adopting the minimal philosophy, thanks for the hard work DASGeek :)
throw everything even under the kitchen sink and you get Garuda Linux, a mished-mashed of tweaks and features that does almost nothing deterministic but just to fill up a blog or some pages.
The tweaks not only allow for it to work on a wider range of hardware but also demonstrate incredible performance gain. Additionally the approachable and simple interfaces the devs created allow users to get setup and running immediately.
@@dasgeek "performance" and yet use btrfs by default, which by feature, has more performance overhead than just ext4 for example. This why i've said its a mished mashed, even the icons are from someone else's work.
I installed Garuda early this morning really beautiful distro but works like a piece of crap reboots every other mouse click Too bad, I really like the look.
I felt that way about a DE. I ended up giving it a try for 30 days just to see what I was missing. Ended up really enjoying it. Perhaps give Garuda a try for a few weeks and see if your perspective changes.
Not trying to make light of abuse victims, but in a small way I'm like an abuse victim who is finding it hard to leave their abuser. I want to leave Windows completely. I have Pop OS already installed and I'm considering Garuda. However, I just can't bring myself to drop Windows. I've been that way for 15 years or so.
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Tried this out one one of my old laptops (a Sony VAIO Flip 15 SVF15N) I was impressed with the improvements I got in video playback I had a lot of issues getting 4k video to run smoothly on a variety of other distros, this machine has an oddball 2880x1620 resolution so you can't get the most out of the display with 1080p video playback.
Played with Garuda Linux and loved it, they have everything already installed for gaming, and stand behind the project
I have Gruda,,,but dont know
I use Garuda myself on my second Laptop, if the DRM and Anti-Cheat issues can ever be resolved, it would be on my primary gaming machine also, beautifully realised distro, love it👍
means tht games with additional anti-cheat cant run,like say valorant?or im missing something
@@asxnetnet valorant can't, Halo Infinite can't.
I guess it all depends, I'd go to protonDB and look up games you play to see if they're supported, because some games (like Squad) run just fine after changing a couple of files, even though they have easy anti cheat etc.
@@Ky-vv8nj thnks man,cause valo is the game me and my homie can play together,as our age increased by time,only by listening their "Hi"s and "GG"s can resolve our distance,times do separate people but we always trying not to be strangers
Valve already solved the anticheat/battleeye issue and it's up to the developer whether I'll support their products or not. DRM I will steer clear of anyways even if I still used windows
I'm into forex and crypto trading. I'm impressed with Garuda but IV not yet installed it on my dell precision m6400. What is there for traders on arch Linux.
I have been searching for a substitute to Windows on my main PC for a long time, but never thought that I would find something that can truly replace it, at least in terms of performance. Boy was I wrong.
Thank you for this wonderful introduction to Garuda, I have now found my new daily driver! Subscribed!
How is it going so far?
@@mycommentmyopinion I have moved out of the house with my PC, so I have unfortunately had to switch distros to Linux Mint (as that's the one that ran best on my budget laptop).
However, the experience was indeed very nice while it lasted, but, as with many other rolling release distros, be prepared to run into issues which may even make your PC unusuable until you roll back a couple of updates.
This, in the end, makes me want to settle for something less bleeding edge, like Manjaro or CachyOS, but at the same time something more modern, as some apps and features on Mint feel a little outdated.
Nevertheless, what I can say is that the overall experience of switching to Linux has been one of the best choices I've ever made in my life. It's so liberating and somehow also really fun. I'd recommend everyone to give it a try, regardless of their knowledge of IT, cause punching commands into the terminal is not any more complex than having to edit the registry or access particular settings in the control panel on Windows, but it makes you feel like you know way more than others.
This thing is awesome tried it on my 5800X driven pc. I've plugged in 64GB or RAM and a 6800XT.
Gee, I got blasted, Garuda is awesome and gaming performance is incredible. I like the comfort of the UI although I'm in Linux for over 10 years now xD
you commented this on like 3 Garuda vids. just admit you're paid, bro. it's sad.
Hi Bruce. Help! How do I change display setting to up the scaling to 3X? thanks, max
Nice review. I have been using Linux for years however I am lacking in computer skills for sure. This distro is a nice easy way to enjoy Arch's awesomeness. Even I can't f it up! This one is a keeper! Lol
Thanks DasGeek. I'll contrast the downer comments to say at least it is encouraging to see the possibilities that can be achieved on the Linux platform. Given its early stage, Garuda seems very promising and time will only tell how this exciting Distro/Spin will evolve. Cheers.
Garuda Arch Linux is the only Linux distro I've installed on my dell 2015 dell XPS 13 that just WORKS out of the box.
Installed Garuda a couple weeks ago and I just chuckled when you said HP OMEN was the best PC for this to work (I have an OMEN25L and it works like a dream)
Just installed Garuda on my MSI laptop, boy, it's beautiful coming from Ubuntu.
I just switched from Manjaro to Garuda simply because my system stopped booting and I was frankly over Manjaro XFCE. I wound up on Garuda and boy, this is a pretty and fairly flexible system, albeit a bit obtuse at times to my tastes but I can fix that. Never used fish but I've heard enough to try it for a bit. Btrfs is cool! I'm really curious what impact the journaling might have on lifespan of my SSDs. It's not uncommon to see RAM usage get into the 3.5gb range though. However the KDE software suite feels really cohesive, pretty, and polished, but I think I'm gonna just install a window manager for when I'm not trying to run such a heavy DE that makes my 7850 drudge ever closer to its death. There was also a couple of crashes involving Latte dock. Gonna see how long I make it on this or if it's gonna make me give up and do my third triennial install of Mint.
Garuda broke itself. I had never daily driven KDE and I really like what KDE presents in the Garuda spin, but latte dock crashed a lot and I am not used to the DE being that flaky. I wish it worked for me. SDDM is also weird about which screen you login on if you have a multi screen system. The garuda software installer for gaming programs and stuff was also hit or miss, mostly miss. Other than that, I would probably set my system up with most of this software, and just retheme it. I also really like the implementation of btrfs and timeshift and will be using this rather than rsync going forward. EndeavourOS/Manjaro are still the ways to go for easy Arch.
Just downloaded it to my Acer predator can't wait to dive into it
Have been using it as my daily driver and love it so far!
I am proud that this product is made in India. Really awesome Distro.
Watching this on Garuda Linux! 😉😁 Surely, Garuda boasts performance! 🔥🔥🔥 Amazing Video Man!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I am going to try Garuda on my I5 8gb laptop with Intel/Nvidia, hoping it will deal with both, and do some gaming. The laptop is a used Dell Latitude..
I am so going to dual boot this beauty with Windows 10/11.
I am just switching from Windows to Linux after watching many videos I downloaded several distros, I started with PopOS, hated it. Then wanted to try Manjaro, wifi would not work. Then moved to Garuda Dragonized. I did have problems with a conflict with pipewire which I am not going to use so got help from the forum and removed it. I have an older refubiished Dell optiplex 790 with an older GT 1030 graphics card. It has been my favorite distro. I tried to be open and each distro I tried I would run for a week or so. Sticking wtih Garuda and will probably install on Husband's gaming laptop. I think it will be the most user friendly for him in switching from windows. He is the gamer, I am the researcher. My desktop is the oldest we own and all the others are more recent hardware.
I have to agree with you, DASGeek. Garuda is a very tweaked Distro. Choice's of Kernals and other very useful tools - Garuda is a very good recommendation to install.
I unforrtunatley, got fed-up with the stock theme and ended up 'wrecking' my desktop.
Running wise, I had no problems and yes - Garuda is a great Distro to promote 👍
Did you change your theme?
@@pinglocalhost Yes and a few other bit's, icons etc. It just became unusable 😖
The nice thing about Garuda is that if you wreck Latte or the desktop or anything else the Garuda settings manager can be used to set it back to default - and there's control over which specific things you want back to default. Impressive tool.
Guruda is an awesome distro... its beautiful fast easy to set up.
Hey Ryan, are you still on Garuda now one year later? I am looking to stay on KDE with all the same features as Manjoro and Garuda seems to fit the bill and so much more. I hope you and your family are well my friend, I miss seeing you and the crew. Take care brother!
I just switched today. I can't say performance is blowing my mind, but it's ok. I think the main trouble is that I'm forced to use the LTS kernel, due to an incompatibility with my NVMe drives & Linux kernels past 5.17 (they're non-compliant and cause duplicate UUIDs in later kernels) =/
Very impressed otherwise. This is also my first experience with Arch, coming from a background in Debian-based & Gentoo!
In search of lightness, beauty and performance, I installed Garuda LXQt. It's a amazing system as long as you don't try to install most recently proprietary nvidia drivers.
On my LG A560-T notebook with GT-640M, I used the automatic driver installer itself, but the display always loses the original 1920x1080p setting and goes to a maximum of 960x540... a disaster!
I was lucky to have resorted to Timeshift.
I installed it and wow how fast and stable it is.
That's the cleanest linux distro ui that I've seen.
At boot it shows initializing a ram disk. Bravo Garuda. What I can't do is find display setting. I'm on 2160P and I need 300% scaling to read what's on the screen. HELP!
Being new to the linux world. What's the best way to learn the command line on G linux
SteamOS 3.0 will be arch based I wonder if they'll use similar tweak from garuda to get it going on their steam decks.
did you test lutris and mangohud becacuse it did not work for me
the zen kernel is known to drain battery life and take more RAM. if you want even better performance go to a different kernel and only install what you need.
I am thinking about switching. However, I am using Endeavor OS right now. I am wondering whether it is a good thing to switch, even though Endeavor is working well for me.
thanks for the info, can i install it on laptop with window 10 ?
You can, however, please backup your files first just in case anything goes wrong. You can always reinstall Windows and/or Garuda
Using it on metal. Hp omen 15. Runs well.
Could you give us an update/impressions of having used Garuda for the last 9-10 months (assuming you are still using it, and if not, why).
Hey Im kinda new so my knowledge is weak whats the difference between the different types of gurada. There are several gurada which one do you choose? Gnome and dragonized look the same🤷
It’s a little confusing so great question. There are the different desktop environments like Gnome, KDE etc to choose from which at a high level are just going to give you different looking interfaces, menus. Some are designed to be very customizable like KDE. Other are designed to be out of your way like Gnome and there are hybrids like Xfce. Stick to one of those 3. The next options under each DE like Dragonized, Gaming, or BlackArch come with different types of preinstalled apps. You can still install the apps included in any of these variations no matter which you choose. Go with Dragonized or Gaming. BlackArch is for pen testing. I chose KDE / Gaming edition. There are pics and small descriptions below each via this link garudalinux.org/downloads.html
@@dasgeek Thanks, I subscribed. Awesome content thanks for the help
Ryan, are you using the gamer edition in this video?
I am
@Christoph3 I just use the Nvidia graphics fulltime. If you want to switch you should be able to just install the Nvidia driver through Garuda Hardware Configuration under Garuda Settings. Then sudo pacman -S optimus-manager optimus-manager-qt
Then add optimus-manger-qt to autostart.
@Christoph3 Was it easy to set up? I thought I saw in another review that Garuda detected and automatically set up hybrid mode.
No wobbly windows??? That is a requirement in order to use Plasma. 😉😁 I reviewed it a few months ago. It is a decent distro. The theme reminds me of the Moksha desktop from Bodhi. It is based on the Enlightenment Desktop.
Btrfs snapshots are a nice feature especially for a Arch based distro, where you are one update away from distaster. I found that the package install and removal was slow due it running a snapshot each time. This functionality may have changed since I used it.
All of the utilities they provide is a nice added feature.
It is a nice distro, though I don't like Arch based distros. I do wish the Garuda devs continued success.
But does it run Games any faster than manjaro?
Do I get 4-5 fps more on avg compared to Manjaro or is it all just hype?
Depends on your machine but with the Zen Kernel you can definitely gain some FPS if your hardware is well supported (Ex: AMD, Intel). How much depends heavily on what's inside your machine.
beenm useing xfce after issues with wayfire version love it . what was the kde ram usage like?
Can we upgrade from one major release to another ?
Arch Linux is a rolling release distribution, meaning there are no major releases, you constantly get updates to the system. In practice this means you never have to re install, just update your system and you’re on the latest version. However, updates must be done frequently, or things can break. Most people try not to go more than a week or two between updates.
@@tylerdean980 Thanks
Would it smoothly install and work as-is on ASUS G513QY Advantage Edition with ALL-AMD hardware?
Most distros work out of the box on AMD hardware, their drivers are built into the kernel, unlike nvidia. Does that laptop have any weird features? I installed it on a ‘16 razer blade and the touchscreen, trackpad and everything work except it goes into weird sleep/wake cycles. But that issue is documented about my model, and it happened in Arch too, not just Garuda, so I can’t blame it on them.
Which is lighter, Xfce or LXQT-Kwin? I want to try it on my low end laptop
I believe LXQT is considering lighter than Xfce but they’re both quite light options.
Is garuda is good for blender?
Without a doubt.
@@dasgeek thanks 👍🏻
I wonder if this would work on my Asus G14 Zephyrus 2021 AMD 5900 GTX 3060. Gotta try it.
what's a GTX 3060? NVidia get confused or just decided to make up stuff?
Hi! Wonderful video, I've seen this distro for the past 6 months and want badly to try it however I cant' get Etcher to work and for whatever reason, their documentation states not to use RUFUS, any advice?
When I use Etcher it 'broke' my usb stick [got it working again but I want to avoid that headache again, this happened twice! D: ] Tried Lili USB creator which I don't think has been updated in a while and Garuda didn't like that. Am I one of the unlucky few? I think I tried with 2 different USBsticks but it's been a while.
Thanks again for this review!
Hi Carla, try to install ventoy on usb and download garuda’s iso in the new folder called« ventoy » on your usb. It’s pretty easy and you can try many distro with just one usb.
@@coulonalban35 Once it's on Ventoy it runs, But that's not my current issue. Garuda has not successfully installed on the system the 5 times I tried. I was hoping to install it on my mom's PC rather than Windows but each time was met with an error. [can't recall the error but I took a screenshot of it which I'd need to go digging for]
Anyone done a Garuda vs Windows comparison? See what the difference is in gaming.
So why did you choose KDE instead of Gnome?
Hey Walt, just trying something new. I did Xfce on another install which I quite like with Garuda as well.
@@dasgeek I installed Garuda Gnome during the interview this past Sunday on another laptop, then tried XFCE and then KDE plasma. ( just can't use plasma anymore and I do not know why.) Gnome 40 is okay but I honestly think they put it out too soon. Thinks still need to be fixed and extensions need to be updated. Not sure if Garuda will be a keeper but it is interesting and I am amazed at how much work they have put into it.
I hope Garuda will support nvidia driver
wobbly windows aint your thing? whats wrong with you? :) good review.
Dude said "from a fan" lmao
can we play valorant,apex ledgends on this?
I tried to install Garuda on a couple of laptops but the live usb wouldn't connect to the wifi. I don't remember the last time that has happened.
Usually if something like this happens and you have Android you can use USB tether.
It's a personal opinion but this distro seems incredibly bloated to me, I guess I have zero tolerance with these distros after using Gentoo and CRUX as my main distros and adopting the minimal philosophy, thanks for the hard work DASGeek :)
@randy s bs
throw everything even under the kitchen sink and you get Garuda Linux, a mished-mashed of tweaks and features that does almost nothing deterministic but just to fill up a blog or some pages.
The tweaks not only allow for it to work on a wider range of hardware but also demonstrate incredible performance gain. Additionally the approachable and simple interfaces the devs created allow users to get setup and running immediately.
@@dasgeek "performance" and yet use btrfs by default, which by feature, has more performance overhead than just ext4 for example. This why i've said its a mished mashed, even the icons are from someone else's work.
I installed Garuda early this morning really beautiful distro but works like a piece of crap reboots every other mouse click Too bad, I really like the look.
I really must be out of touch, so many reviewers like this distro. Nothing about it appeals to me.
I felt that way about a DE. I ended up giving it a try for 30 days just to see what I was missing. Ended up really enjoying it. Perhaps give Garuda a try for a few weeks and see if your perspective changes.
your pc spects
Not trying to make light of abuse victims, but in a small way I'm like an abuse victim who is finding it hard to leave their abuser. I want to leave Windows completely. I have Pop OS already installed and I'm considering Garuda. However, I just can't bring myself to drop Windows. I've been that way for 15 years or so.
No issue with using both. Limit Windows use until you're fully prepared or keep using both for another 15. Everyone has their own needs and workflow.
I'm sorry to say but that theme looks terrible...
It's definitely a personal preference thing. Good news is that themes can be changed in a few clicks. What's under the hood is what's important.