I’ve been using Linux for quite some time. All the way to back when opening a .doc or .xls file, playing a .mp3 or streaming a video in web browser were pipe dreams in Linux. Windows games on Linux at that time? Countless hours of compiling first iterations of wine from source and still 9/10 games didn’t work and the 1 that did ran poorly. Nvidia drivers, 3D acceleration in Linux? Don’t be silly.
Fast forward to 21st century and my how the tables turned. I’m aware what I want to showcase below is achievable on any Linux distro nowadays, but Garuda Dr460nized is the only distro I tried where everything worked pretty much out of the box (coincidentally my 1st ever experience with Arch and loving it), the only thing requiring manual intervention was installing EA Desktop in Lutris as there’s some breakage at the moment.
If Xbox Gamepass ran on Linux I would get rid of the Win11 dual-boot partition.
I’m using Dell G15, i7-11800H, RTX3060, 16G RAM.
System:
Kernel: 6.13.4-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=fd9b2a0b-0332-4450-a369-6931fedf036e rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 psi=1 splash ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: ERR-101 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Dell G15 5511 v: N/A serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0YC2KJ v: A00 serial: <filter> part-nu: 0A70
uuid: 4c4c4544-004e-5210-8042-b8c04f584633 UEFI: Dell v: 1.34.0
date: 12/16/2024
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 62.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 62.9/84.3 Wh (74.6%)
volts: 12.0 min: 11.4 model: BYD DELL M59JH15 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H socket: U3E1 bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x54
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 640 KiB desc: d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 10 MiB
desc: 8x1.2 MiB L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1895 min/max: 800/4600 base/boost: 2277/5000 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 0.7 V ext-clock: 100 MHz
cores: 1: 1895 2: 1895 3: 1895 4: 1895 5: 1895 6: 1895 7: 1895 8: 1895
9: 1895 10: 1895 11: 1895 12: 1895 13: 1895 14: 1895 15: 1895 16: 1895
bogomips: 73728
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a60
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell
driver: nvidia v: 570.86.16 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: none
empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2560 class-ID: 0300
Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 24.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26")
s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0xae8b built: 2020 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 165 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: surfaceless: drv: swrast
x11: drv: iris inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
device-ID: 8086:9a60 memory: 7.5 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 10 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:9a60
surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX
3060 Laptop GPU driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2560 surfaces: xcb,xlib
device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: N/A
device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Dell
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs,
snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.13.4-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:43f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek Killer E2600 GbE vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 2e:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:2600 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp46s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: wg0-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd,
wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-14:2 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.6 TiB used: 839.85 GiB (51.2%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P3SSD8
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P9CR30A temp: 39.9 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 372d 23h cycles: 747
read-units: 103,174,769 [52.8 TB] written-units: 90,838,128 [46.5 TB]
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Samsung model: PM991a NVMe 512GB
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 26304039 temp: 40.9 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 88d 10h cycles: 2,796
read-units: 91,451,586 [46.8 TB] written-units: 46,844,035 [23.9 TB]
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SanDisk 3.2 Gen1
size: 233.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: DL17 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 146.48 GiB size: 146.48 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.09 GiB (47.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p8
maj-min: 259:12
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 250 MiB size: 246 MiB (98.40%)
used: 99 MiB (40.3%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
maj-min: 259:5
ID-3: /home raw-size: 146.48 GiB size: 146.48 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.09 GiB (47.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p8
maj-min: 259:12
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 146.48 GiB size: 146.48 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.09 GiB (47.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p8
maj-min: 259:12
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 146.48 GiB size: 146.48 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.09 GiB (47.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p8
maj-min: 259:12
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.35 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: 40.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.35 GiB used: 5.11 GiB (33.3%)
igpu: 60 MiB
Processes: 425 Power: uptime: 14m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
image: 6.05 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon,
upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 2272 libs: 593
tools: octopi,pacseek,paru pm: rpm pkgs: 0 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7
gcc: 14.2.1 alt: 13 Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
System install date: 2024-04-20
Last full system update: 2025-02-27
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: Yes
Failed units:
Total system updates: 1046
--> Updates per week: 23
Now for some screenshots/benchmarks/videos 
Some benchmarks in both OS:
for w/e reason the seq write is slow in Win, I ran the bench 3 times.
Videos (all from Garuda, MangoHUD included) recorded with gpu-screen-recoder:
AC Valhalla via Ubisoft Connect
Cyberpunk 2077 via Steam, RTX on
Cyberpunk 2077 via Steam, RTX off
Dead Space Remake via EA Desktop, RTX on
None of that would be possible >20 years ago.
So, on behalf of this old guy still addicted to games, a heartfelt 
thanks to everyone who makes Garuda what it is!