Garuda Linux is a rolling release distro based on Arch Linux, which ensures always getting the latest software updates. It deploys a Linux Zen kernel, designed to be optimized for desktop, multimedia and gaming.
Besides the Arch official repositories, the project uses 2 extra repositories, the Chaotic AUR and Garuda Linux repository.
Garuda Linux offers various GUI tools for managing system settings out of the box to make your jump-start easier.
Minimum system requirements:
30 GB storage space
4 GB RAM
Video card with OpenGL 3.3 or better
64-bit system
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | KDE Plasma |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | Pacman |
| Release Model: | Rolling |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | garudalinux.org |
| Developer: | SGS, Shrinivas Vishnu Kumbhar (Librewish), tbg, dr460nf1r3 (Nico), Yorper, Naman Garg, Filo, TNE, Πέτρος (Petsam), Dalto, Zoeruda, Eduard Tolosa, Ankur Kumar |
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Garuda impressed me with the time I spent with it but there are many unfinished and buggy aspects with it, its worth watching but I fear due to it being a relatively unknown distro it would seem that it will fade into obscurity rather than rising from the ashes which would be a real shame as the potential is there for it to be the best Arch based distro IMO.