kojack Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I am looking at running garuda linux on a dual book with my workstation and laptop. Anyone have any experience with it? Sure does look cool, that's for sure. Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted April 28 Author Share Posted April 28 No one has ever used it here? Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linux Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 It's Arch with KDE and very vibrant themes. It offers a lot of automated processes for streamling fiddly Arch updating. It's my backup distro, my main is TuxedoOS. 1 2017 Clevo Laptop, TuxedoOS/Win11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 Ok. perfect. I was reading about Arch and all the "fiddling" that was needed. I guess garuda fixed that so it can be used by the non techie. Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 Oh, what about the gaming emulators. How easy are they to use? Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linux Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 The Dragonized edition comes with a bunch of pre-installed emus covering every need. I guess, that every edition of Garuda will be easy to use with emus. I have already great experience with Steam and Lutris. 1 2017 Clevo Laptop, TuxedoOS/Win11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 I went to install garuda on my laptop, and it would not load no matter what I tried. Windows on my old SSD kept C*@Kblocking it. Did I miss a step? I downloaded the ISO then pushed it through balena. Was there anything else I needed to do? Do I extract the ISO? Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 Update. it was windows 11 on my old drive blocking the install (go figure). I took another system I have here that had an old deepin copy on it and garuda fired right up. it's almost completely loaded here now and I can't wait to fart around with it. The system it's on is my old acer s3 391. Super low spec, but at least I can try the functionality of it. If I like it I will format the old drive I have here and give it a whirl on my new system. Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted Sunday at 02:29 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 02:29 PM I have tested the Garuda OS on the old system and whilte it looks fantastic, I don't get alot of it. Like if I download a app, it does not show up in apps. Where did it go? I need some help configuring it I guess. Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted 9 hours ago Author Share Posted 9 hours ago I'm giving garuda another go today. Doing 420 updates now and trying tk get the apps to show when I install them Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted 8 hours ago Author Share Posted 8 hours ago Got everything up to date on garuda. Now that I know how to install software, It's great. I love the look of the OS. Will be a daily driver for me I am not sure as some of the inner workings are wonky. But overall, I like it alot. It always comes back to ease of use. No linux distro is as easy to use as Windows. Moreso for someone who has special needs. That's why windows continues to win out for us. Even after all the crap MS is pumping into it, it's just easy. Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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