We got btrfs and snapper tools rollbacks are easier now. I think a lot of breaking depends with what you do, and I don’t do much. Nvidia, well , you know what torvalds said.
You have “default” metal.
My mind install Garuda Mokka or dr460nized. (look and feel is different special look)
Pls take a look here
With Btrfs + snapshot you stay more safe if you run in trouble.
How to install pls read here (perhaps you need a little bit more info reason nvidia dgpu)
That is the odd thing, Manjaro was reinstalled after the crash & only using Nouveau & it still broke on update. I have Solus now, it has been updated since install & it is fine.I instslled Mint, installed, did not boot. So, I am not sure. I am thinking about ditching Nvidia, I want A Battlemage, waiting for the 7xxs to come, I hope Intel doesn’t fail, they are in trouble.
Yada is right there is Snapper installed and if you chose the BTRFS during install you’ll have access to Snapshots on the Grub menu should you need to rollback. As for stability I find most issue that crop up during a update are the net hiccuped, ones power hiccupped. These instances simply rollback and redo the updates. In Garuda typically the known issues and known upcoming issues are addressed by the devs so you get the fixes when they’re needed. As for usability I just made a statement on one of the forums that I wish I had found Arch based distros first. Personally I think they’re much easier to fix when needed.
I went straight from Win10 to Garuda. Not. A. Hitch.
If u keep to actually listening/reading there will be very few problems. Friends that use linux for server purposes said: -”You started with Arch!? …Well why do it the easy way?” But the thing is, as long as you don´t do stupid shit it will work. Out-of-the-box Garuda worked with my nVidia RTX 4060 OC. (Fine, it´s not the gaming industrys BIS but it works) As long as u keep to rebooting after updates it will serve u right.
And to be honest, how many times, in windows, haven´t u been tweaking or fiddled with knobs or polished rods or whatever you do to make your game work/work better?
In Windows you might try to do a workaround, in Linux you do it.
Always good to have a backup to boot to if it breaks. . Long as I stay away from the AUR, I should be ok right? So, does the install make /home partition, so if I have to reinstall, I don’t need to start over completely? When I first put Manjaro on, it seems to not like me doing partion stuff. So I just put it all on my 1 TB drive. What ever, I have a RTX 3060Ti, that one is better.
Ukuu was the first tool that came to mind, I used it for quite some time while on Mint. It could very well be that there are baked in options these days. I wouldn’t know, since I went with Garuda at some point.
The AUR is fine as long as you check the file differences. As for backing up home that will have to be someone else who addresses that. I was going to attempt it with this last install, but opted just to reinstall everything after doing a fresh OS install.
No, Garuda will not create a /home partition. At least not in the traditional sense. However, it will create a BTRFS subvolume @home. You just need to regularly back up the important data in your home directory. You can simply copy the data manually to another location or drive. You can also do this using BTRFS tools or a special sync tool. You can also automate the whole process so that you don’t have to do any work with it in future.
All of this requires that you first figure out how you want it to work and then configure everything according to your preferences. Without learning how to use it, it won’t work, and no one else will do it for you.
The question is whether it’s worth the effort to learn how to use it so that you have a system that you can configure almost entirely the way you want it. The taskbar is too big, so I’ll just make it smaller. I don’t like the start menu, so I’ll change it until I like it. The login screen is boring, no problem, I’ll use a different one. If I need a tool for this or that, I’ll look at the countless alternatives available in my system’s repository. No searching the internet on questionable sites for questionable shareware or “freeware.” Linux is absolute freedom and real convenience, not just an argument put forward to spy on users.
Long story short, you’ll have to invest a few hours to familiarize yourself with it. If you’re not prepared to do that, an Arch based Linux isn’t the right OS for you.
Every good thing in life has its price.
There are occasional problems with Nvidia. However, these problems are not due to Garuda, but rather to Nvidia exclusively. There are seven different drivers for Nvidia cards for Linux, which is evident of this.
I don’t have an Nvidia card in my system, so I can’t offer reliable advice. As far as I know, though, selecting the free driver during Garuda installation and then installing the appropriate proprietary driver afterwards works well. You can read all about this process in the Arch Wiki.
We also have real experts here who can help you remove the unnecessary driver and install the new one. There are a few things to keep in mind.
Ultimately, NVIDIA is responsible if a driver breaks the system. No one can guarantee that this won’t happen. All distributions have to deal with this. Garuda has an easy-to-use rollback system and other helpful tools under the hood of Garuda Rani to make life easier for users.
Therefore, the risk of having to tinker with a broken system is relatively low.
Just asking, I had Manjaro until 1 update made KDE unbootable, no inbuilt snapshot sys, reinstalled even the opensource Nvidia driver broke it on update, but Gnome updated fine & it seemed that meant it wasn’t Nvidia *the open ource one anyway). I don’t have any info to add to that though.
Hi friend. i have been using Garuda for around 4 years and nvidia can be a real problem if your machine causes trouble not otherwise. Also make sure your bios is the latest.
i have a RTX4080 and at times i have to roll back an update and miss a few before things are fine again. It is not Garuda so much as the nvidia drivers themselves it seems. However there are a list of things you can do to fix the problem. i have not have to do without Garuda, or the ability to game. Though at times it did take some time to figure out what to do.
i love Garuda it is by far the best Linux Distro around and has an awesome community supporting members.
i’ll give you my list of nvidia goodies. Use as you need them because your graphic drivers will not compile rightly not otherwise. The clue to look for is that the dkms modules of the nvidia drivers compile rightly during an update, and to fix the update if it does not, before you reboot. Also i always use the Lts kernel version, along with the Zen kernel, and also like using Cachyos for there are specific proton drivers to make window games work better for that particular kernel. You can down load them through an app called ProtonUp-qt
If you have a “older” drive (you have many ports) connect this to your system, download the live iso (what you preferred) and install there a garuda os, why not ?
Only to know…arch based distro = rolling distro and garuda is not archlinux.
With help here (forum, arch wiki, great www) and the willingness to learn should succeed.
Trial - Error → find solution is the default way. This applies to everyone who uses Arch Linux.
I came here from Manjaro a couple years ago. I’ve had better stability and better performance ever since. If you don’t go fiddling around, you should be fine. Every now and again, you get some bleeding edge growing pains with weird bugs. Things don’t really break, they just get a little janky. If you don’t want that, go with a Fedora or Debian based distro.
Fedora based distros aren’t quite as bleeding edge, but still get updates fairly quickly.
Debian based distros are normally very stable, but don’t update quickly.
You have to decide where your balance is on new features and jank vs. slow updates and consistency.
I do have to use the terminal occasionally on Garuda, but it’s all simple stuff (unless I go digging around). If you don’t want to use the terminal, go with something that isn’t Arch based.
I came to Garuda from Manjaro one year ago. I’m still using the same install of Garuda, which I didn’t think would happen. My experience is similar to Gquirt and yourself. On Manjaro I started with Gnome and didn’t have a single DE issue until I moved to KDE, and then I got unusable system stuff, having to roll-back and reinstall a number of times. Then I came to Garuda (KDE), and to my surprise, other than not having the GUI Pamac, everything was easier because Garuda has the biggest amount of useful features and installable desktop system tools I’ve seen on any distro, all at the touch of a mouse. So yeah the terminal is your friend but you can do so much on Garuda without it that many other distros can’t do.
rollbacks are easier now. I think a lot of breaking depends with what you do, and I don’t do much. Nvidia, well , you know what torvalds said.
Long as I stay away from the AUR, I should be ok right? So, does the install make /home partition, so if I have to reinstall, I don’t need to start over completely? When I first put Manjaro on, it seems to not like me doing partion stuff. So I just put it all on my 1 TB drive. What ever, I have a RTX 3060Ti, that one is better.