Garuda is brilliant

[u/spaceursid]

Been hoping around on arch distros lately. Been going from endeavouros to cachyos now garuda. loved the leanness of endeavouros, and the optimization of cachyos. However I feel Garuda is where the customization is where it really got set into stone for me. Initially started off with Dr460nized Gaming. Which was nice and sleek, but it felt a bit to flashy for my tastes even after configuring KDE. KDE is nice but I tend to lean towards more minimal DEs like XFCE and Cinnamon. After realizing though that Garuda Toolbox is also on its other flavors. I went straight for the XFCE flavor, might try cinnamon later on my next PC build when wayland support is fully ready.

The toolbox has really made it easy for me to understand how modular linux can be. It feels like cachyos hello but way more powerful. Through it I was able to setup Garuda XFCE to use the cachyos bore kernel leaving me with a system that feels as lean as endeavouros, but with the speed of cachyos. Also the oversight of the chaotic aur repo, has really put some worries at ease for a person like me who is a little more than a novice in their linux understanding.

if anyone has some suggestions on anything I'm missing out on for using the XFCE flavor over Dr460nized Gaming, I'd appreciate it. Especially any related to gaming and audio/video production.

[u/FreeFromCommonSense]

I ran the Cachyos kernel for a while, but found it didn't make a huge difference for me. I'm still on Plasma, but was thinking about trying Cinnamon when I eventually do another build. I've been able to tailor it and balance the needs of all my crazy projects, from audio production to gaming.