TNE
15 January 2026 14:22
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Hey everyone! This is the first ISO refresh of the year, I hope everyone had nice holidays and a good start to the year for those that partake.
Just going to get ahead of the “when release” questions: When it’s ready. Sorry! Hope this ISO refresh will be helpful to those new to the community though!
ISO releases like this one are refreshed versions of an existing “major” release, containing the latest versions of all packages, bug fixes and hardware compatibility improvements. It is not necessary to reinstall Garuda Linux to take advantage of any changes made in an updated ISO file. A normal garuda-update system update will suffice.
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Garuda Linux ISO releases are not “major” releases of Garuda Linux and generally not noteworthy events. Although not on a schedule, it is not abnormal for there to be multiple ISO releases in a month. For most Linux news outlets, reporting on an ISO release is not recommended for that reason. The editorial freedom lies with the publication, however (of course!).
Garuda Linux is a rolling release distribution, meaning any changes made to it will be immediately available to the general public without the need to wait for a major release. The same also applies for these rebuilt ISO files. In a sense, rebuilt ISOs, while technically part of the same release, contain the latest and greatest software available in the repositories at the time of creation.
This ISO release ships with the NVIDIA 590 drivers included, which have lost compatibility with the NVIDIA 1000 series. For the sake of ISO size, the 580 drivers are not included, but the Garuda Linux setup assistant will ask for your consent to install them from the repositories, if necessary.
Garuda Linux configuration files are now managed through garuda-config-agent , which will automatically apply .pacnew changes whenever possible.
Note: Changes not directly relevant to the ISO files (general changes) are not mentioned.
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I had a fatal error during dracut pre-mount hook (occurred ~1:06 minutes in, for this computer a previous iso the total time is ~3:20 minutes and continues from there). The pc just turns off.
System:
Kernel: 6.16.8-zen3-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
misobasedir=garuda root=miso:LABEL=GARUDA_DR460NIZED_BROADWING quiet
systemd.show_status=1 checksum=y driver=free nouveau.modeset=1
i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1 rdinit=/vtoy/vtoy
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.18.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: GT70 v: REV:1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: Micro-Star International type: 10
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-1762 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: E1762IMS.50T
date: 11/08/2012
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 34.9 Wh (58%) condition: 60.2/86.6 Wh (69.5%)
volts: 12.49 min: 11.1 model: NEC PC-VP-BP77 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
charging: status: charging cycles: N/A
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-3630QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1197 min/max: 1200/3400 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1197 2: 1197 3: 1197 4: 1197 5: 1197 6: 1197
7: 1197 8: 1197 bogomips: 38315
Flags-basic: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports:
active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-2,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GK104M [GeForce GTX 675MX] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: series: 470.xx+
status: legacy-active (EOL~2024-09-xx) arch: Kepler-2 code: GKxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-2018 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: none empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:11a7 class-ID: 0300 temp: 41.0 C
Device-3: Bison MSI Integrated Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 4-1.5:3 chip-ID: 5986:014c
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: crocus,nouveau gpu: i915
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Chi Mei Opto 0x1720 built: 2011 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2
size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus drv: nvidia nouveau platforms:
device: 0 drv: crocus device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus wayland: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 4.2 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.2.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB
GT2) device-ID: 8086:0166 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 5 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 25.2.4-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:0166 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.2.4-arch1.1 (LLVM
20.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GK104 HDMI Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0a
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.16.8-zen3-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.8 status: active 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: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: alx v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:e091 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0887
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless Transceiver driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 2-1.5:5
chip-ID: 8087:07da class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0
lmp-v: 6 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 832.79 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: A-Data model: XM14 128GB
size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2a scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD7500BPKT-22PK4T0 size: 698.64 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer size: 14.91 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.20 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 41.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.5 GiB used: 2.02 GiB (13.0%)
Processes: 252 Power: uptime: 6m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.16 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1248 libs: 311 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 default: fish v: 4.1.1 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
System install date: 2026-01-15
Garuda release: 251002
Last full system update: 2025-10-02
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut garuda-hardware-profile-standard
Windows dual boot: <superuser required>
Failed units:
--- System Health Check Report ---
21/24 checks run in 1.84 seconds ⌛
Powered by garuda-health 🦅
--- CRITICAL ---
- No (intended) kernels are installed in /boot (fix available)
--- HIGH ---
- System is outdated (last update more than 2 weeks ago) (fix available)
- Snapper snapshots directory is missing (fix available)
Run garuda-health --fix to apply fixes.
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This was run from the previous iso.
TNE
15 January 2026 15:43
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Hey. If you are using ventoy, please check the hash of the ISO file
Which iso file was this?
I retrieved this file via the link above:
╭─arclite @msi01 in ~/Documents
╭─arclite @msi01 in /run/media/arclite/Ventoy took 0s ╰─λ sha256sum garuda-dr460nized-linux-zen-260115.iso
my bad, it looks like the memory stick, good catch.