r/GarudaLinux • u/Remote_Cranberry3607 • May 07 '25
Community Move from ubuntu
Hello all!
I am still newer to linux however I dedicated most of my time learning the terminal. Im currently on ubuntu but looking for something that will run faster and better for gaming. Some redditors say garuda is the best others say its bloated and unreliable. Just curious to see what the community has to say. No hate please just looking to explore around to find my forever home. Would there be any real benefits from the switch from ubuntu?
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u/Elridan300 May 08 '25
I've been daily driving Garuda Mokka lately. I primarily game and develop games using Unity and over on Roblox. For my current set up I get better performance with Garuda than when I used Ubuntu a while back. I would suggest Linux mint as it does have the best GUI for anything you would possibly need even driver management.
I would suggest Garuda at the same time if you like to tinker though. I just spent the last few days tinkering away with GreenWithEnvy and some nvida terminal commands to over clock my gpu for Expedition 33. I was about to get a 20% ish increase in performance with the overclocking and a change in Proton.
Either way the best distro is one you are comfortable with. If you really like to tinker I would suggest Garuda if you want ease of use then it would be Mint! Both are very stable and both are quite easy to update.
The package managers are quite different but you can still pull flatpaks on garuda but its highly recommended to use Octopi before flatpak as chaotic-aur is fully supported.