Hi peeps, I’ve just done the transition and removed Windows and chose Garuda to be my flavor after having tried a lot of other ones first. Does anyone have any tips or must to-do’s right out of the box after a fresh install?
Hi peeps, I’ve just done the transition and removed Windows and chose Garuda to be my flavor after having tried a lot of other ones first. Does anyone have any tips or must to-do’s right out of the box after a fresh install?
I switched from windows to Garuda about a month ago and as others are saying it’s very usable out of the box, even stuff like steam and proton come pre installed.
That said, if you’re using multiple monitors you’re probably going to want to right click on the desktop of all non-main monitors and add (iirc) the default panel. Out of the box only the main monitor has the bar at the top of the screen that allows you to enlarge/close/move windows that are at full screen. I get the aesthetic choice there, but it was bad for my usability.
Other than that, if you’ve got an Nvidia graphics card make sure you’re using the right drivers for it otherwise sometimes it might go wonky (though I’m hoping my recent update fixed that).
Also, learn how to use AUR and terminal at your own pace, but don’t neglect it. As a new linux user there’s a lot more in terminal than I expected but the more I use it the less scary it is. Similarly there’s a lot that’s only available for Debian/Ubuntu or fedora based distros, but AUR often has an arch hack to it