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Garuda Linux


Last Update: 2026-08-31 18:26 UTC


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Garuda Linux is a rolling-release distribution based on Arch Linux. It is designed for ease of use and is favored by gamers and performance enthusiasts. The distribution uses highly distinctive themes and styling, and it also ships with the Garuda Toolbox utility, a custom application for managing all facets of a Garuda installation, including system snapshots for bulletproof reliability.

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Average visitor rating: 8.5/10 from 294 review(s).


Garuda Summary
Distribution Garuda Linux
Home Page https://garudalinux.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://forum.garudalinux.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://garudalinux.org/installation
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Download Mirrors https://garudalinux.org/editions
Bug Tracker https://gitlab.com/groups/garuda-linux/-/issues
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2026-08-20: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 260819
 • 2025-03-08: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 250308
 • 2024-04-29: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 240428
 • 2023-10-30: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 231029
 • 2023-03-06: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 230305
 • 2020-10-10: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 201007
 • 2020-09-01: Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 200831
 • More Garuda releases...

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Feature 260819 251103 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205 Feature
Release Date 2026-08-19 2025-11-03 2024-04-28 2023-10-29 2022-10-19 2021-11-28 2020-12-06 Release Date
End Of Life               End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 2100-4800 2700-4700 1600-5000 1600-5000 1600-5000 1600-5000 1600-5000 Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares Calamares Installation
Default Desktop Cinnamon, GNOME, Hyprland, i3, KDE Plasma, Mokka, SwayFX, Xfce Cinnamon, GNOME, Hyprland, i3, KDE Plasma, Mokka, SwayFX, Xfce Cinnamon, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, Qtile, SwayFX, Xfce Cinnamon, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, Qtile, Sway, Xfce bspwm, Cinnamon, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, LXQt, Qtile, Sway, Wayfire, Xfce bspwm, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, LXQt, Qtile, Sway, Wayfire, Xfce bspwm, Cinnamon, Deepin, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, RecBox, UKUI, Wayfire, Xfce Default Desktop
Default Browser Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Firefox Default Browser
Package Format pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg pkg Package Format
Package Management pacman pacman pacman pacman pacman pacman pacman Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Rolling Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual en en en en en en en Multilingual
Full Package List 260819 251103 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205 Full Package List
Package 260819 251103 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.16.1) 1.2.16.1 1.2.14 1.2.11 1.2.10 1.2.7.2 1.2.5.1 1.2.4 alsa-lib (1.2.16.1)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 25.0.0 25.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (5.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.0.0 apparmor (5.0.2)
apt (3.3.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.3.3)
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.29) 9.20.27 9.20.15 9.18.26 9.18.19 9.18.7 9.16.23 9.16.8 bind (9.20.29)
chromium (154.0.8037.57) -- -- -- -- -- 96.0.4664.45 -- chromium (154.0.8037.57)
cinnamon (6.6.9) 6.6.9 6.4.13 6.0.4 5.8.4 5.4.12 -- 4.8.0 cinnamon (6.6.9)
cups (2.4.19) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.3.3 cups (2.4.19)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.4 1.47.3 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.4 1.45.6 e2fsprogs (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (9.0.2) 9.0.1 8.0 6.1.1 6.0 5.1.2 4.4.1 4.3.1 ffmpeg (9.0.2)
firefox (157.0) 154.0 144.0.2 125.0.2 119.0 106.0 94.0.2 83.0 firefox (157.0)
flatpak (1.18.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.9.2 flatpak (1.18.4)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.3 2.14.1 2.13.2 2.13.2 2.12.1 2.11.0 2.10.4 freetype (2.14.3)
gcc (16.2.0) 16.2.1 15.2.1 13.2.1 13.2.1 12.2.0 11.1.0 10.2.0 gcc (16.2.0)
gimp (3.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.10.22 gimp (3.2.6)
git (2.55.0) 2.55.0 2.51.2 2.44.0 2.42.0 2.38.0 2.34.1 2.29.2 git (2.55.0)
glibc (2.44) 2.44 2.42 2.39 2.38 2.36 2.33 2.32 glibc (2.44)
gnome-shell (51.0) 50.4 49.0 46.1 45.0 42.5 41.1 3.38.2 gnome-shell (51.0)
grub (2.16) 2.14 2.14rc1 2.12 2.12rc1 2.06 2.06 2.04 grub (2.16)
gtk (4.24.0) 4.22.4 4.20.2 4.14.3 4.12.3 4.8.1 4.4.1 3.24.23 gtk (4.24.0)
httpd (2.4.68) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4.46 httpd (2.4.68)
hyprland (0.56.2) 0.56.2 0.51.1 -- -- -- -- -- hyprland (0.56.2)
inkscape (1.4.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.0.1 inkscape (1.4.4)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 32 31 30 29 27 kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.4.1 krita (6.0.4)
Package 260819 251103 240428 231029 221019 211128 201205 Package
LibreOffice (26.8.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.0.3 LibreOffice (26.8.0)
libselinux (3.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libselinux (3.11)
linux (7.2.8) 7.2 6.17.6 6.6.29 6.1.60 6.0.2 5.12.3 5.9.12 linux (7.2.8)
mariadb (13.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (13.0.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- 1.26.0 -- 1.24.1 mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.2.3) 26.1.7 25.2.6 24.0.5 23.2.1 22.2.1 21.2.5 20.2.3 mesa (26.2.3)
nautilus (51.0.1) 50.2.2 49.1 46.1 -- 42.2 41.1 3.38.2 nautilus (51.0.1)
NVIDIA (615.71.09) -- -- 550.76.3 525.60.11 520.56.06 495.44 -- NVIDIA (615.71.09)
openjdk (27) -- -- 22.0.1 21u35 18.0.2.1 17.0.1 14.0.2 openjdk (27)
openssh (10.5p1) 10.5p1 10.2p1 9.7p1 9.5p1 9.0p1 8.8p1 8.4p1 openssh (10.5p1)
openssl (4.0.2) 3.6.3 3.6.0 3.2.1 3.1.4 1.1.1q 1.1.1l 1.1.1h openssl (4.0.2)
perl (5.44.0) 5.42.2 5.42.0 5.38.2 5.38.0 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.32.0 perl (5.44.0)
php (8.5.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.11)
plasma-desktop (6.7.5) 6.7.4 6.4.5 6.0.4 5.27.9 5.26.1 5.23.3 5.20.4 plasma-desktop (6.7.5)
postfix (3.11.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.11.7)
postgresql (18.6) -- -- -- -- -- 13.4 -- postgresql (18.6)
Python (3.14.7) 3.14.7 3.13.7 3.12.3 3.11.5 3.10.8 3.9.9 3.9.0 Python (3.14.7)
qt (6.11.2) 6.11.1 6.10.0 6.7.0 6.6.0 6.4.0 5.15.2 5.15.2 qt (6.11.2)
samba (4.25.0) 4.24.6 4.23.2 4.20.0 4.19.2 4.17.0 4.15.2 4.13.2 samba (4.25.0)
systemd (262) 261.2 258.1 255.5 254.5 251.6 249.7 247.1 systemd (262)
thunderbird (156.0.1) 153.0.2 144.0.1 115.10.1 115.4.1 102.3.3 -- 78.4.3 thunderbird (156.0.1)
vim (9.2) 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0 8.2 8.2 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.24) -- 3.0.21 3.0.20 3.0.19 3.0.17.4 -- 3.0.11.1 vlc (3.0.24)
wayland (1.26.0) 1.24.0 1.24.0 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 1.19.0 1.18.0 wayland (1.26.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.2) 4.20.2 4.20.1 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.16.1 4.16.0 4.14.3 xfdesktop (4.20.2)
xorg-server (21.1.24) 21.1.24 21.1.20 21.1.13 21.1.9 21.1.4 21.1.1 1.20.10 xorg-server (21.1.24)

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Version: 260819
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-09-12
Country: Italy
Votes: 12


Garuda ÃĻ una delle Migliori derivate di ARCH Linux, la utilizzo ormai da circa tre anni ÃĻ non ho mai avuto problemi, poi il Garuda toolbox ÃĻ un meraviglioso strumento per mantenere il sistema in ottime condizioni di utilizzo, spero che questa Distro continui nel suo percorso di validità e stabilità nel tempo, la consiglio a priori a chi si vuole avvicinare al mondo ARCH in maniera graduale senza brutte sorprese, poi la consiglio anche perchÃĻ dispone in maniera nativa degli Snapshot che ti permettono di rientrare a regime in caso di guasto, in sintesi Garuda Linux concentra tutte le tecnologia disponibili a portata di mano.


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Version: 260309
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-07-30
Country: New Zealand
Votes: 39


Been running this for a year and has been very stable!

Easy to use out of the box, has all the gaming stuff I could possibly need! I use this for light gaming and mostly daily drive for programming Java, administrative functions & daily tasks.

I was surprised how little I needed to use the terminal, yet still do out of habit.

The Garuda forum is a friendly place if you do have issues, the folks there are very knowledgeable and helpful.

I would highly recommend a Garuda distribution for anyone who needs or enjoys having up to date software, and for new Linux users who don't mind doing a little learning. The Garuda team have obviously put in a lot of time and effort into making their distributions incredibly beautiful while making an Arch distro's stable and easy to use.

Hats off to the Garuda team, keep up the great work!


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Version: 260309
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-07-23
Country: Azerbaijan
Votes: 36


After four months of using CachyOS, I made the switch to Garuda Linux, and it has been a significantly better experience. I previously encountered frequent Nvidia driver issues that forced me to roll back to earlier system snapshots. Since moving to Garuda, I haven't experienced any of those issues, and I've even noticed a welcome increase in gaming FPS.

Additionally, the Garuda Toolbox has been immensely helpful for proactively identifying potential issues before they cause trouble. Overall, Garuda has proven to be a much more stable distribution for my workflow.


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