Bodhi vs Garuda Linux

System requirements include 128 MB RAM, 2.5 GB hard disk space, and a 300 MHz processor.

The philosophy for the distribution is to provide a minimal base system so that users can populate it with the software they want. Thus, by default it only includes software that is essential to most Linux users, including file browsers (EFM), a web browser (Midori) and a terminal emulator (Terminology).

Bohdi Linux offers a few different profiles to choose from when first booting the OS.

Bohdi Linux has built in compositing. Users can choose a composited desktop upon first boot by choosing the fancy profile.

Uses vram, and a zen kernel.

The dr460nized KDE theme is awesome.

Filled to the brim with lots of quality-of-life changes and optimizations that are simple enough for long-time Windows, long-time Mac users, and Arch newbies to understand. Though, it also leads to bloat or not necessarily helpful extra software. If you're not into the "bloat" added in, try checking out the barebones version, you'll need to know a lot of things bout Arch to fully use barebones.

You already have most of the customization done for you out of the box.

It takes just a bit more RAM than Manjaro. Edit: This statement is only true if it helps the user and since this could be running on a low end machine this will not.