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Garuda Linux


Last Update: 2024-04-29 00:50 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: 8.39/10 from 244 review(s).


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  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 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 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205
Release Date 2024-04-28 2023-10-29 2022-10-19 2021-11-28 2020-12-06
End Of Life          
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1600-5000 1600-5000 1600-5000 1600-5000 1600-5000
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop 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
Package Management Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman Pacman
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling
Office Suite -- -- -- -- LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4 Btrfs, ext4
Multilingual -- -- -- -- --
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- --
Full Package List 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205
Package 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.4
alsa-lib (1.2.12) 1.2.11 1.2.10 1.2.7.2 1.2.5.1 1.2.4
amdgpu (23.0.0) 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0
bash (5.2.37) 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0
bind (9.20.2) 9.18.26 9.18.19 9.18.7 9.16.23 9.16.8
chromium (129.0.6668.89) -- -- -- 96.0.4664.45 --
cups (2.4.11) -- -- -- -- 2.3.3
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) -- -- -- 4.4.2-P1 4.4.2
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.6
firefox (131.0) 125.0.2 119.0 106.0 94.0.2 83.0
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.2 2.13.2 2.12.1 2.11.0 2.10.4
gcc (14.2.0) 13.2.1 13.2.1 12.2.0 11.1.0 10.2.0
gimp (2.10.38) -- -- -- -- 2.10.22
glibc (2.40) 2.39 2.38 2.36 2.33 2.32
gnome-shell (47.0) 46.1 45.0 42.5 41.1 3.38.2
gnucash (5.9) -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.57) -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.12rc1 2.06 2.06 2.04
gtk (4.16.3) 4.14.3 4.12.3 4.8.1 4.4.1 3.24.23
httpd (2.4.62) -- -- -- -- 2.4.46
inkscape (1.3.2) -- -- -- -- 1.0.1
k3b (24.08.1) -- -- -- -- 20.08.3
kmod (33) 32 31 30 29 27
krita (5.2.6) -- -- -- -- 4.4.1
LibreOffice (24.8.2) -- -- -- -- 7.0.3
linux (6.11.2) 6.6.29 6.1.60 6.0.2 5.12.3 5.9.12
Package 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- --
mariadb (11.4.3) -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- 1.26.0 -- 1.24.1
mesa (24.2.4) 24.0.5 23.2.1 22.2.1 21.2.5 20.2.3
mysql (9.0.1) -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (47.0) 46.1 -- 42.2 41.1 3.38.2
NVIDIA (560.35.03) 550.76.3 525.60.11 520.56.06 495.44 --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- 3.6.1
openjdk (23) 22.0.1 21u35 18.0.2.1 17.0.1 14.0.2
openssh (9.9p1) 9.7p1 9.5p1 9.0p1 8.8p1 8.4p1
openssl (3.3.2) 3.2.1 3.1.4 1.1.1q 1.1.1l 1.1.1h
perl (5.40.0) 5.38.2 5.38.0 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.32.0
php (8.3.12) -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.1.5) 6.0.4 5.27.9 5.26.1 5.23.3 5.20.4
postfix (3.9.0) -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (17.0) -- -- -- 13.4 --
Python (3.12.7) 3.12.3 3.11.5 3.10.8 3.9.9 3.9.0
qt (6.7.3) 6.7.0 6.6.0 6.4.0 5.15.2 5.15.2
samba (4.21.0) 4.20.0 4.19.2 4.17.0 4.15.2 4.13.2
systemd (256.6) 255.5 254.5 251.6 249.7 247.1
thunderbird (131.0) 115.10.1 115.4.1 102.3.3 -- 78.4.3
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.0 9.0 8.2 8.2
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.20 3.0.19 3.0.17.4 -- 3.0.11.1
wayland (1.23.1) 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.19.0 1.18.0
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.16.1 4.16.0 4.14.3
xorg-server (21.1.13) 21.1.13 21.1.9 21.1.4 21.1.1 1.20.10

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Version: 240428
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-10-03
Votes: 0


When I got a "new" used laptop I thought, will I install Bunsenlabs on it like I had on my old one, or will I use the opportunity to distro-hop? Well, distro-hopping it was. I went looking for a /beautiful/ linux distro and obviously Garuda Linux, DR460NIZED edition, made it to the top of the shortlist. As I set about installing it, I was amazed at how everything just seemed to work out of the box. Nice point and click interfaces for setting everything up - I didn't even need to go into the command line or dig through oodles of text config files in order to get it up and running. It really is an operating system as it should be: it just works. I mean, I do like to fiddle around with stuff (I've been casually using Linux since the mid 1990s) but for the most part, I want my electronics to just work without /needing/ to faff around with it a lot just to keep it working. In other words: in my world, faffing about should be consensual. And somehow the Garuda folks have managed to wrestle Arch Linux, a notoriously faffy distro, into an "it just works" package with sleek neon graphics. I never give a 10/10 because there's always room for improvement, so the next best ting it is: 9/10.


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Version: 240428
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-09-04
Votes: 2


Amazing distro. Providing a unique feel and with Pacman, making many programs available in a simple, fast setup is a god send. The only 2 things that I see as an issue: 1) KDEWallet always popping up. There is a work around by downloading and installing the KDEWallet manager. But that leads to the other issue 2) The default package installer needs a bit of help. On initial setup it is broken on many devices and must be fixed via terminal. From there everything seems to be pretty sound. Love the layout and the interface, and how easy it is to get many programs working with little effort.


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Version: 240428
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-21
Votes: 15


I've been using Garuda off and on for a few years and I really like it. Of course I could just run the Base Arch distro but Garuda has enough things on first load and configs to where there's less tinkering to get back into Steam and whatever games you want to play.

Installation is fairly easy and usage is easy as well. They've really done a great job at a stable Arch Distro.

Most of the games that I play (Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen, State of Decay 2 and Tribes 3 Rivals) works flawlessly pretty much out of the box with minimal tweaking. Always check protondb to see if there is any special tweaks you need for your game.


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