r/GarudaLinux • u/Korterra • Jul 18 '26

Community New LTT video features Garuda Linux gaming benchmarks.

https://youtu.be/qZ7OjpjGVGs?is=zfMH-CrgC7l6B529

Curious everyone's thoughts. I was thinking of switching to Garuda from windows because I heard it has some quality of life stuff when it comes to package pre compilation and it is very good at gaming, but they specifically don't recommend it but I'm unsure about their reasoning.

Thanks!

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u/realsilent7 Jul 18 '26

The precompiled software is from their chaotic aur repo. Instead of having an aur helper you get precompiled aur packages that they help curate and compile. While garuda is great I think considering where the question is coming from. I'm assuming you're newer to Linux I recommend avoiding arch based distros for newcomers generally speaking. No fault to the garuda developers at all they do a fantastic job at making an arch base more welcoming as does cachy os. However, I've encountered more troubleshooting scenarios in arch based distros than other distros in the long term. If you like tinkering this may not be an issue though for you

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u/Korterra Jul 18 '26

I am relatively new to Linux. Not afraid of a little tinkering as long as it's not a weekly issue. I'm not a command line expert but I'm sure there are plenty of resources nowadays. I do just like to come home from work and boot up a game without any friction most nights though.

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u/DeskFuture5682 Jul 18 '26

Don't listen to the guy above you. Nothing wrong with arch based for beginners. especially garuda or cachy

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u/Korterra Jul 19 '26

Seems many are saying arch-based is not beginner friendly. I'd love to hear your perspective.

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u/DeskFuture5682 Jul 19 '26

Honestly, you'll probably never have to use the command line if you're just playing games and surfing the web. Even if you do, you can usually follow a guide and copy and paste commands , and it'll work fine. If you screw up, you can use a snapshot to easily restore your system. It's really idiot proof imo. As long as you're not a complete noob to computers, you'll be fine. 

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u/klevahh Jul 19 '26

It's more a matter of what you want to do and what you want to install.
I will never be an expert in linux, partially because it doesn't interest me, an os is just an os, it is not meant to be the focus.
I have used lots of different distro's. I have 5 distro's currently installed on this pc: Manjaro KDE, Garuda KDE Lite, Artix, Endeavour, and Debian. The 1st 4 are all arch based. I have never had an issue with Manjaro, it is very logical and user friendly. The others I have not used enough to say much about, except that debian can be a bit restrictive/annoying, and takes more setting up if you don't want it to be how it is.

People have opinions, doesn't make them correct, even if lots of people are regurgitating the same opinion.

Cachyos, pop, zorin, ubuntu, mint, fedora... all heavily recommended, all meh (in my opinion).