IN BRIEF
Another entry on the growing list of distros based on Arch Linux, Garuda puts in a lot of effort to tame the rolling release distro and make it suitable for the average desktop user. It pays special attention to maximise performance, and to ship with attractive-looking desktops.
SPECS
Minimum
CPU: Any 64-bit CPU
Memory: 4GB
HDD: 30GB
Build: Separate 64-bit builds for the various desktops
Garuda Linux is a fairly new distribution that started out as a custom Manjaro build with several changes, such as performance enhancements.
The distro puts out over a dozen ISOs, each based on different desktops. The interesting thing is that all of them have been tweaked and customised to make them more inviting to first-time users. The first edition listed on the downloads page is KDE Dr460nized, which is a highly tweaked KDE edition that, according to the release notes of the latest release, is also one of the most popular editions.
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