User-Friendly
Garuda Linux offers a user-friendly experience with a focus on ease of use. Its installation process is simplified with Calamares, and the desktop environments are configured for a smooth out-of-the-box experience.
Performance
Optimized for performance, Garuda Linux includes the Linux-zen kernel, which aims to provide a quicker and smoother responsiveness compared to standard kernels.
Customizability
Garuda Linux offers a high degree of customizability, allowing users to tweak their system settings and appearance to their liking with various customization tools and preconfigured settings.
Arch-Based
Being an Arch-based distribution, Garuda Linux benefits from the Arch User Repository (AUR) and the latest, rolling-release updates, ensuring that users have access to cutting-edge software and features.
Pre-Installed Tools
Garuda Linux comes with a range of pre-installed tools and applications designed to make system management, gaming, and daily tasks easier for users.
BTRFS Filesystem
The default use of the BTRFS filesystem with automatic snapshots provides enhanced reliability, data integrity, and easier recovery options.
Gaming
Garuda Linux is tailored for gamers with pre-installed gaming tools, drivers, and optimizations designed to enhance gaming performance and experience.
Garuda linux boots superfast on my laptop, is very userfriendly both in daily work and maintenance. You can find and install a vast amount of software and apps. It is stable and aesthetically pleasing.
I'd suggest trying Nobara and/or Garuda - both are absolutely easymode to install from a USB stick, and are specifically configured for gaming, but have a pretty different look and feel. Nobara is a very plain, kind of old fashioned, plain feeling UI (it rather reminds me of Windows 2000 in some ways, although it's much more advanced of course) while Garuda showcases just how fancy your desktop can look. Source: over 1 year ago
Garuda (Arch based, use a Desktop environment with small memory prints like XFCE or lxqt). Source: over 1 year ago
Personally, I feel like rolling release distros 'should' include a properly configured (GRUB-)Btrfs+Timeshit/Snapper by default. This will enable the user to rollback to a working system whenever a breakage occurs; even from the GRUB-menu. As the 'unadulterated' Arch is a blank slate upon which you 'should' tinker to your heart's content, it doesn't do this by default. However, you're highly encouraged to set it... Source: over 1 year ago
Personal recommendation would be Garuda Linux. Like Manjaro it is 'opinionated'; sets up (GRUB-)Btrfs+Timeshift/Snapper, comes with a bunch of very useful GUI-tools etc. Source: over 1 year ago
Yes... Most Linux Distro's the sound doesn't work... Garuda Linux is the only one I found that everything works. Source: over 1 year ago
If you like to have access to at least a 'safety-net' of sorts, then consider setting up (GRUB-)Btrfs+Timeshift/Snapper or pick a distro that has it set up for you (like Siduction, Garuda Linux or openSUSE Tumbleweed). Source: over 1 year ago
Arch: "The wet-dream of the minimalist and/or tinkerer". Huge community. Best documentation. Expects the user to be knowledgeable or at least (very) eager to learn. Tends to be less stable\1]) than the other two, though in general the user is to blame. 'Derivatives' like EndeavourOS and Garuda Linux do a decent job at offering 'relatively' easy installers (even for Nvidia drivers). Source: over 1 year ago
Unfortunately Manjaro's trackrecord leaves a lot to be desired. Is there any particular reason why you'd recommend it over the likes of EndeavourOS or Garuda Linux? I am genuinely curious, btw*. Source: over 1 year ago
However, you might instead prefer a 'head start' by using a 'derivative' that already has done (some of) the work for you. Note that this comes at the cost of support, stability and polish. If you're still interested, then perhaps consider one of the following 'gaming-distros': Garuda Linux, Nobara, Regata OS and PikaOS (which is the odd one out for being based on Ubuntu). Source: over 1 year ago
Garuda Linux works well on my 1st gen 360 pro. Source: over 1 year ago
But..., if you want to try out an Arch-based distro, then my personal recommendation would be Garuda Linux. I'm aware that it's generally advertised as a distro for gamers, but beyond that it's (to my knowledge) the biggest Arch-based distro with (Grub-)Btrfs+Timeshift/Snapper enabled out of the box. Which is a huge plus for its stability. Source: over 1 year ago
I recommend using Ventoy, and drag in the top general distro (Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Zorin, Manjaro) and the top distro for gaming (Nobara, PopOS, Garuda). If you want to have a user experience similar to SteamOS Desktop Mode, use the KDE version of the distro (Kubuntu, Nobara KDE, Manjaro KDE, Garuda Dragonfire). Source: over 1 year ago
I use https://garudalinux.org/ for this. Install the regular version, not the gaming version (it just has some extra packages but some people are reporting issues with that iso). Source: over 1 year ago
Distros that are advertised as gaming distros\1]) (in alphabetical order): CachyOS, Garuda Linux, Nobara, PikaOS, Regata OS. Source: almost 2 years ago
I recently picked up a new developer + light gaming laptop and have been disto hopping (and kernel hopping) quite a bit the last few weeks. I ended up sticking with https://garudalinux.org/ just based on smoothness of desktop and those extra few frames per second in gaming benchmarks. Source: almost 2 years ago
If you just want access to gaming related optimizations/tweaks out-of-the-box, perhaps consider Garuda Linux. Source: almost 2 years ago
I would put (in alphabetical order) CachyOS, Garuda Linux, PikaOS and Regata OS in the same ballpark as Nobara. Perhaps you should take a look at them and see which one of these you'd prefer. Source: almost 2 years ago
I tried so many Fedora, Linux mint, Ubuntu, Manjaro, Debian, Arch Linux, Opensuse Tumbleweed . And so on actually pretty much everything off Distro watch, YouTube , and any others I head about. And I found something I liked by each version. I'm kind thinking sticking with Manjaro, tumbleweed, Linux mint, Ubuntu, or Fedora. So honestly I can give opinions on each distribution. But you want a Kde plasma. A lot of... Source: almost 2 years ago
Other than that, I'd say try surfing some different Desktop Environments on youtube and see what floats your aesthetic boat, and pick distro based on that; but if we're talking strictly gaming distros the three that comes to mind are Nobara Project ,Garuda Linux and PikaOS. Source: almost 2 years ago
A good example: When Garuda Linux (https://garudalinux.org/) first started gaining traction, many people were excited by its new look and wanted to switch to it. Source: almost 2 years ago
Test drive Linux to see for yourself how your games run. Get a USB thumb drive, write a flavor of Linux onto it, boot it up, open Steam, and see for yourself what works. Source: almost 2 years ago
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