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Garuda Linux


Last Update: 2026-01-15 18:58 UTC


Garuda Linux is a rolling distribution based on the Arch Linux operating system. Unlike Arch Linux, Garuda Linux comes with a graphical installer (Calamares) for easy installation, and other advanced graphical tools for managing your system. Garuda is a performance-oriented distro with many performance enhancing tweaks. Some of the many tweaks include using zram, a performance CPU governor, along with custom memory management software. Garuda Linux has striven to provide system stability by including the Timeshift backup utility.

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Average visitor rating: 8.5/10 from 279 review(s).


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Distribution Garuda Linux
Home Page https://garudalinux.org/
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 • 2025-03-08: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 250308
 • 2024-04-29: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 240428
 • 2023-10-30: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 231029
 • 2023-03-06: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 230305
 • 2020-10-10: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 201007
 • 2020-09-01: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 200831
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Feature 260115 251103 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205 Feature
Release Date 2026-01-15 2025-11-03 2024-04-28 2023-10-29 2022-10-19 2021-11-28 2020-12-06 Release Date
End Of Life               End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 2800-4600 2700-4700 1600-5000 1600-5000 1600-5000 1600-5000 1600-5000 Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares Installation
Default Desktop Cinnamon, GNOME, Hyprland, i3, KDE Plasma, Mokka, Sway, Xfce Cinnamon, GNOME, Hyprland, i3, KDE Plasma, Mokka, Sway, Xfce Cinnamon, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, Qtile, Sway, Xfce Cinnamon, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, Qtile, Sway, Xfce bspwm, Cinnamon, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, LXQt, Qtile, Sway, Wayfire, Xfce bspwm, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, LXQt, Qtile, Sway, Wayfire, Xfce bspwm, Cinnamon, Deepin, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, RecBox, UKUI, Wayfire, Xfce Default Desktop
Default Browser               Default Browser
Package Management Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual en en en en en en en Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 260115 251103 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205 Full Package List
Package 260115 251103 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.15.2 1.2.14 1.2.11 1.2.10 1.2.7.2 1.2.5.1 1.2.4 alsa-lib (1.2.15.3)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 25.0.0 25.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.0.0 apparmor (4.1.3)
apt (3.1.13) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.1.13)
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.17) 9.20.17 9.20.15 9.18.26 9.18.19 9.18.7 9.16.23 9.16.8 bind (9.20.17)
chromium (144.0.7559.59) -- -- -- -- -- 96.0.4664.45 -- chromium (144.0.7559.59)
cinnamon (6.6.5) 6.6.4 6.4.13 6.0.4 5.8.4 5.4.12 -- 4.8.0 cinnamon (6.6.5)
cups (2.4.16) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.3.3 cups (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.3 1.47.3 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.6 e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
ffmpeg (8.0.1) 8.0.1 8.0 6.1.1 6.0 5.1.2 4.4.1 4.3.1 ffmpeg (8.0.1)
firefox (147.0.1) 147.0 144.0.2 125.0.2 119.0 106.0 94.0.2 83.0 firefox (147.0.1)
flatpak (1.16.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.9.2 flatpak (1.16.2)
freetype (2.14.1) 2.14.1 2.14.1 2.13.2 2.13.2 2.12.1 2.11.0 2.10.4 freetype (2.14.1)
gcc (15.2.0) 15.2.1 15.2.1 13.2.1 13.2.1 12.2.0 11.1.0 10.2.0 gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.0.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.10.22 gimp (3.0.6)
git (2.52.0) 2.52.0 2.51.2 2.44.0 2.42.0 2.38.0 2.34.1 2.29.2 git (2.52.0)
glibc (2.42) 2.42 2.42 2.39 2.38 2.36 2.33 2.32 glibc (2.42)
gnome-shell (49.2) 49.2 49.0 46.1 45.0 42.5 41.1 3.38.2 gnome-shell (49.2)
grub (2.14) 2.14rc1 2.14rc1 2.12 2.12rc1 2.06 2.06 2.04 grub (2.14)
gtk (4.20.3) 4.20.3 4.20.2 4.14.3 4.12.3 4.8.1 4.4.1 3.24.23 gtk (4.20.3)
httpd (2.4.66) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4.46 httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.0.1 inkscape (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 32 31 30 29 27 kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.14) -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.4.1 krita (5.2.14)
LibreOffice (25.8.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.0.3 LibreOffice (25.8.4)
Package 260115 251103 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205 Package
libselinux (3.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libselinux (3.9)
linux (6.18.5) 6.18.5 6.17.6 6.6.29 6.1.60 6.0.2 5.12.3 5.9.12 linux (6.18.5)
mariadb (12.1.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.1.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- 1.26.0 -- 1.24.1 mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.3.3) 25.3.3 25.2.6 24.0.5 23.2.1 22.2.1 21.2.5 20.2.3 mesa (25.3.3)
mysql (9.5.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.5.0)
nautilus (49.3) 49.3 49.1 46.1 -- 42.2 41.1 3.38.2 nautilus (49.3)
NVIDIA (590.48.01) -- -- 550.76.3 525.60.11 520.56.06 495.44 -- NVIDIA (590.48.01)
openjdk (25) -- -- 22.0.1 21u35 18.0.2.1 17.0.1 14.0.2 openjdk (25)
openssh (10.2p1) 10.2p1 10.2p1 9.7p1 9.5p1 9.0p1 8.8p1 8.4p1 openssh (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.0) 3.6.0 3.6.0 3.2.1 3.1.4 1.1.1q 1.1.1l 1.1.1h openssl (3.6.0)
perl (5.42.0) 5.42.0 5.42.0 5.38.2 5.38.0 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.32.0 perl (5.42.0)
php (8.5.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.2)
plasma-desktop (6.5.5) 6.5.5 6.4.5 6.0.4 5.27.9 5.26.1 5.23.3 5.20.4 plasma-desktop (6.5.5)
postfix (3.10.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.10.7)
postgresql (18.1) -- -- -- -- -- 13.4 -- postgresql (18.1)
Python (3.14.2) 3.14.2 3.13.7 3.12.3 3.11.5 3.10.8 3.9.9 3.9.0 Python (3.14.2)
qt (6.10.1) 6.10.1 6.10.0 6.7.0 6.6.0 6.4.0 5.15.2 5.15.2 qt (6.10.1)
samba (4.23.4) 4.23.4 4.23.2 4.20.0 4.19.2 4.17.0 4.15.2 4.13.2 samba (4.23.4)
systemd (259) 259 258.1 255.5 254.5 251.6 249.7 247.1 systemd (259)
thunderbird (147.0) 145.0 144.0.1 115.10.1 115.4.1 102.3.3 -- 78.4.3 thunderbird (147.0)
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0 8.2 8.2 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.21 3.0.21 3.0.20 3.0.19 3.0.17.4 -- 3.0.11.1 vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.24.0) 1.24.0 1.24.0 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.19.0 1.18.0 wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.20.1 4.20.1 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.16.1 4.16.0 4.14.3 xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.21 21.1.20 21.1.13 21.1.9 21.1.4 21.1.1 1.20.10 xorg-server (21.1.21)

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Version: 251103
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-01-13
Votes: 0


I really enjoy Garuda on my gaming PC its the linux distro for the gamer that just wants to pick up and go. If you want the Windows simplicity with a slight learning curve you can definitely handle this Operating System. Ive seen some complain about the Chaotic-AUR. So im saying it now it came with it. The only real downside is it does take awhile to get used to the window management especially if your not used to MAC.

Pros
- easy install
- Will pick up and run right out the box
- Has a Garuda maintenance GUI for updates and cleaning
- Community support
- Arch Linux
- Snapshots (awesome if new)

Cons
- Arch Linux
- Over opinionated Desktop (not my con but most people who hate it this is why)
- Chaotic-AUR (same as above once again not my issue)
- Learning curve (if new)
- sucks in VM (for testing)


If you do find that the desktop is too cyberpunk for you try the other versions first I think CachyOS will always top Garuda in speed but not convenience. EndeavourOS is the better everyday Operating system overall.


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Version: 251103
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-01-05
Votes: 0


I have been running a version of Garuda for a few years now on my G14 laptop with only minor issues. The mokka edition has a chill vibe to counter the dr460nized gaming edition. The gaming is getting better all the time, protondb makes it easy to see what games are compatable and the community gives tweaks. I love arch based distros as fixes for things tend to happen very quickly. After ditching windows 11 I was distro hopping; bazzite, nobara, pop os, manjaro, ubunto, fedora, etc. but settling upon Garuda was the answer. Everything just worked.


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Version: 251103
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-12-23
Votes: 9


Great performance with graphical utilities that provide ease of use. Arch based rolling release schedule means Garuda stays on the bleeding edge and stays compatible with new hardware. The Chaotic AUR makes software procurement convenient and dead simple. I've been using Linux for 25 years and daily driving Garuda dr460nized gaming edition for about 5 years now and the high gaming performance paired with a visually stunning KDE Plasma desktop environment and convenient graphical tools makes this my distro of choice.


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