Garuda Linux

Garuda Linux was released on the 26 March 2020. Garuda Linux is developed by developers around the world. Founded by Shrinivas Vishnu Kumbhar (India) and SGS (Germany).

The term Garuda, originates from Hinduism, which is defined as a divine eagle-like sun bird and the king of birds.

• Garuda Linux KDE comes in three variants; Dragonized, Dragonized Gaming and Dragonized BlackArch.
• Garuda Linux GNOME features Garuda Linux's own customized dark theme and light theme of GNOME.
• Garuda Linux Xfce, which features Garuda Linux's own dark theme and light theme of Xfce.
• Garuda Linux LXQt-kwin, which features Garuda Linux's own dark theme and light theme of LXQt-kwin.
• Garuda Linux Wayfire, which features Garuda Linux's own dark theme and light theme of Wayfire.
• Garuda Linux Qtile, which features Garuda Linux's own dark theme and light theme of Qtile.
• Garuda Linux i3wm, which features Garuda Linux's own dark theme and light theme of i3wm.
• Garuda Linux Sway, which features Garuda Linux's own dark theme and light theme of Sway.
• Community Editions of Garuda Linux as Garuda Linux Mate & Garuda Linux Cinnamon also exists.

Garuda Linux comes with an option called Barebones for advanced users. It's meant for users who do not want extra software and functionalities. Barebones KDE and GNOME have minimum packages that allow the Operating System to run simple functionalities. Garuda Linux does not provide any support for Barebone users, as the user has the liberty to control their Linux distribution. Garuda Linux provides multiple environments, but the ISO's are packed with either one of the environments only. Others can be installed manually.

30 GB storage

4 GB RAM

40 GB storage

8GB RAM

Garuda Linux also requires a thumbdrive that contains 4GB space for their standard versions. Gaming Desktop Environments require a thumbdrive with 8GB storage space available.

The official Garuda Linux website supplies ISO images that can be run using a USB which contains 4GB/8GB of storage space, depending on the ISO image chosen. After the user has their partitions and formats set up on their drive, they can insert the thumbdrive and boot into it from the BIOS. Calamares will begin its process and present the user with a GUI installer.

Garuda Linux uses a rolling release update model in which new packages are supplied throughout the day. Pacman, the package manager, allows users to easily update their system.

Garuda Linux installation process is done with Calamares, a graphical installer. The rolling release model means that the user does not need to upgrade/reinstall the whole operating system to keep it up-to-date inline with the latest release. Package management is handled by Pacman via command line, and front-end UI package manager tools such as the pre-installed Pamac. It can be configured as either a stable system (default) or bleeding edge in line with Arch. Garuda Linux includes colorized UI which comes in various options, with the option to further customize the user preferences.