Garuda Linux
Arch-derived Linux distribution
Garuda Linux is an Arch Linux-based Linux distribution targeted towards gaming. It offers multiple desktop environments, but the KDE Plasma version is the default. The distribution is named after Garuda, the divine eagle mount of the god Vishnu in Hinduism.
Garuda Linux features a rolling release update model using Pacman as its package manager.
01History
Garuda Linux was released on 26 March 2020 by Shrinivas Vishnu Kumbhar, a university student from India, and SGS from Germany.
02Features
The operating system provides GUIs for all operations, instead of focusing on the command line like Arch Linux. Garuda Linux installation process is done with Calamares, a graphical installer. The bootloader used is GRUB. The distribution uses the btrfs file system by default which supports snapshots. The snapshots can be accessed from the bootloader and support compression. Garuda includes Manjaro's pamac GUI frontend for Pacman that allows for the installation of packages from pacman, Snap, and Flatpak packages. Support for the AUR is provided by Chaotic-AUR. The command line can also be used. It also includes Garuda Settings Manager, a program for system settings such as the kernel, and Garuda Assistant for changing admin settings. The main theme of Garuda Linux is a custom KDE Plasma theme known as Dr460nized (dragonized) which resembles a stylized macOS.
Garuda Linux includes Garuda Gamer, a GUI offering easy installation of gaming related packages.
The rolling release model results in all system software components getting updated during normal software updates, instead of waiting for major operating system version updates.
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Garuda Linux Dr460nized, Bird of Prey.png by Garuda Linux Team, GPLv3
- Sample of the welcome application. From 14. August 2021.png by Garuda Linux Team, GPL
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