A long shot, anyone use the Arch-based Distro Garuda Linux?
A long shot, anyone use the Arch-based Distro Garuda Linux?
They are assembling TKG PKGBUILDS from the Chaotic AUR, sending items that suggest gaming, and applying nearly every performance adjustment they can find on the Arch Wiki. It feels like a large, cluttered project with a team that seems uncertain about their tasks—I wouldn’t advise using it. Possibly the NVIDIA driver is causing issues, Garuda relies on TKG’s BMQ Kernel which requires a patched NVIDIA Module. https://aur.chaotic.cx/ https://github.com/chaotic-aur/nvidia-tkg It might also stem from Wayland compatibility problems with KDE and NVIDIA; however, I don’t believe SDDM supports Wayland, so if autologin isn’t enabled, it should load properly to choose a X session.
Don't go Garuda if you're coming straight from Debian, Garuda is the Ubuntu or Mint of the Arch family, meaning it looks simple, however unlike all Deb distros, it's still Arch underneath, it's relatively easy to setup as a main easiest Arch setup I've done, just be careful, or you're gonna be using timeshift & reinstalling like I did a lot, as the upkeep has a learning curve, keep away from AUR and/or Community anything, software, drivers etc, and stick to Official repositories, as far as drivers go, Go official, and install the NVidia control center program, and if you're gaming keep it on an Internal drive. I use it as my only OS it replaced Windows, as when everything is right, there's not a better OS out there, Windows, Linux or Mac, but when its messed up, you're gonna be ripping your hair out. Also during setup, when it gives you options for post Install programs, pick the bare minimum, and if you're Gnome only pick those programs, if youre Dra60nized, stick to KDE/Plasma etc, Because it's Pacman it has all Arch Distros programs at it's disposal, not just Garuda, and not all are install and go programs if compatible at all with Garuda's setup.