I recently had so many issues with other distros and I would have probably previously ever thought about installing this distro. All that said this distro has been the best user experience for me.
On a more serious note, Zorin OS is for beginners, and especially non-technical people who don't want to bother with learning the inner details of the OS. The paid version is good, for say, our grandma or aunt, since she can call them when there's a problem, in case you can't be so much available to help. Yeah, their "faster and whatever" marketing note is just their way of capitalizing on the fact that Linux is faster than Windows. Gaming isn't the main focus.
Well, I'll offer an opposite take. I'm a happy Zorin OS user that migrated directly off of Windows. Just like mint, Zorin is Ubuntu-based with a sleek Gnome theme and some tweaks to the OS to make Windows apps more accessible with Wine utilities pre-installed. To me, it's a robust and polished distro. I've already installed it on three machines and I plan on making it my default operating system going forward. It's surreal watching so many people rag on Zorin when it's been nothing but excellent for me. Honestly, to say Zorin is trash would be the same as saying Ubuntu or Mint are also trash. They all have the same abilities. If Zorin for some reason was discontinued, I'd probably migrate easily to Mint with hardly any difference.
@@BlueSparkzVideos It's about ethics though, but I get not everyone wants to jump through multiple hoops to be ethical all the time. Life is taxing enough by itself.
I think I like this distro. My main reason for liking it is that it seems so close to windows. I have an older friend that I want to set up a laptop for. i think this will serve nicely as it should be familar to him and it looks like you whould have to work to mess things up. I have only tinkered with Zorinna bit but I think I will continue to explore it.
To me, Zorin is a great install-and forget distro for those coming from windows and do casual stuff. E.g Browsing, office stuff, media consumption, maybe some light games. Their GNOME adaptation is similar to that of Win10 imo. So easier for win users to adapt. Otherwise, might consider others such as Pop, Nobara, Cachy as they have newer, some are more optimized kernel. Latest drivers, more frequent updates, etc, etc.
Zorin is not my distro, but I think it is a perfect distro for people who are migrating from windows to linux. It's perfect distro for that purpose. Other topic: If you want a elegant mac-like linux distro, I would recommend elementaryOS. I was using it on my previous notebook as a dayli driver os for programming, office work, video and music entertaiment. Unfortunatelly I can't use the current version of elementary os on my newer notebook :( some hard hardware issues...
Zorin: we are the best distro to transition from Windows to Linux, we've made several windows-exact lookalike desktop themes, for different windows versions, if you're confortable with Windows, you'll feel so at home using Zorin OS A1RM4X: Zorin OS, the MacOS of Linux Zorin: are we the bad guys ? Did we do something wrong ?
I used Zorin for a couple months, but now I have to reinstall it to another drive. But now I'm thinking of installing plain Ubuntu, is there a much of difference? I'm actually not using dash to panel, but rather dash to dock.
Hi A1RM4X, I recently noticed something with Gnome and fractional scaling (which is set to 125% by default on my screen with Ubuntu-based systems). I lose a lot of performance. If I disable it, I get the same performance on Zorin as on an Arch KDE. So what I do now is increase the font size instead of setting it to 125%.
Yo Cardiac! Interesting point to take in consideration! For extra clarity I checked the stream VOD and my scaling during those tests was at 100%. So no impact on the benchs / reviews results. Thanks for the info!
Tried it before and the big con you mentioned is exactly why I left this distro and I think you are right that if they could have a more flexible approach to the free vs pro, that would be a win-win for everyone. That being said, it's still cheaper than buying a system76 pc or laptop for being a "true" pop_os! User. XD
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What I actively dislike about Zorin isn't even how they try to approach doing Linux, at least they're trying to make it seem like they're competing with windows and macos on their website. It's them taking FOSS apps you can freely download and use without a subscription or payment in any other distro and putting a price tag on it and limit you, while making you think how great of a value it is. It's scammy.
@@Ziomal645 I think it depends on the licenses. I've never actually checked because I personally don't care about Zorin, but I'm assuming they're allowed to do that by those softwares' licenses
@@LinuxAficionado that extra being what? Pre-installing OBS, Krita, Blender... Or Them taking free extensions and packaging them as "premium desktop layouts"? The only thing they did was add nice frontend that activates/deactivates them. Or the fact they gutted ArcMenu for some other "premium desktop menus"?
@@LinuxAficionado and as I said, no problem with what's free, I have a problem that they're misleading people with the PRO offering, when you give them the doubt of having proper agreements, imo unlikely. Since their main selling point of pro is the apps, not donating. And if you assume no agreements, then stealing other people's hard work by repackaging as Zorin App and selling it as PRO.
I mean do they stop you from manually installing the packages and doing it yourself? I always looked at it as a donation of $50 where they do a little bit of work setting these things up for you. It's a matter of perspective
Btw I use Arch - User mentality of complex analysis and criticizing capacities. Typical "Btw I use Arch" hater - pay for system, break it, write an e-mail to os support. Take it with ease, I have no means to offend you. Move on, learn and try to understand his point of view instead of writing a non-sense comment. EDIT: I forgot to say that I use Arch btw.
"Btw I use Arch" is code for I think I'm smarter than everyone else because I like to tinker with my computer endlessly in moms basement. I've used arch plenty and its a fun toy. Thats it. Grownups like their computers OS to just work and not break after each update.
I recently had so many issues with other distros and I would have probably previously ever thought about installing this distro. All that said this distro has been the best user experience for me.
On a more serious note, Zorin OS is for beginners, and especially non-technical people who don't want to bother with learning the inner details of the OS. The paid version is good, for say, our grandma or aunt, since she can call them when there's a problem, in case you can't be so much available to help. Yeah, their "faster and whatever" marketing note is just their way of capitalizing on the fact that Linux is faster than Windows. Gaming isn't the main focus.
Well, I'll offer an opposite take. I'm a happy Zorin OS user that migrated directly off of Windows. Just like mint, Zorin is Ubuntu-based with a sleek Gnome theme and some tweaks to the OS to make Windows apps more accessible with Wine utilities pre-installed. To me, it's a robust and polished distro. I've already installed it on three machines and I plan on making it my default operating system going forward. It's surreal watching so many people rag on Zorin when it's been nothing but excellent for me. Honestly, to say Zorin is trash would be the same as saying Ubuntu or Mint are also trash. They all have the same abilities. If Zorin for some reason was discontinued, I'd probably migrate easily to Mint with hardly any difference.
@@BlueSparkzVideos It's about ethics though, but I get not everyone wants to jump through multiple hoops to be ethical all the time. Life is taxing enough by itself.
Zorin is the best Linux distro I've ever used and I've been using Linux since 2005. The only other distro that comes close is Mint.
I think I like this distro. My main reason for liking it is that it seems so close to windows. I have an older friend that I want to set up a laptop for. i think this will serve nicely as it should be familar to him and it looks like you whould have to work to mess things up.
I have only tinkered with Zorinna bit but I think I will continue to explore it.
I like Zorin because it is probably best distro for old machine of your parents so they can use browser on old machine.
For older machines Zorin Lite. Is Xfce desktop.
To me, Zorin is a great install-and forget distro for those coming from windows and do casual stuff. E.g Browsing, office stuff, media consumption, maybe some light games. Their GNOME adaptation is similar to that of Win10 imo. So easier for win users to adapt. Otherwise, might consider others such as Pop, Nobara, Cachy as they have newer, some are more optimized kernel. Latest drivers, more frequent updates, etc, etc.
better than that, use linux mint for that windows like exp.
Zorin is not my distro, but I think it is a perfect distro for people who are migrating from windows to linux. It's perfect distro for that purpose.
Other topic: If you want a elegant mac-like linux distro, I would recommend elementaryOS. I was using it on my previous notebook as a dayli driver os for programming, office work, video and music entertaiment. Unfortunatelly I can't use the current version of elementary os on my newer notebook :( some hard hardware issues...
Why Zorin?
No need to mess with the terminal too much and it does have a Windows feel.
Zorin: we are the best distro to transition from Windows to Linux, we've made several windows-exact lookalike desktop themes, for different windows versions, if you're confortable with Windows, you'll feel so at home using Zorin OS
A1RM4X: Zorin OS, the MacOS of Linux
Zorin: are we the bad guys ? Did we do something wrong ?
Zorin OS is basically Ubuntu, but with modified Arc Menu and Dash to panel extensions. But it's great for a new user coming from Windows.
I used Zorin for a couple months, but now I have to reinstall it to another drive. But now I'm thinking of installing plain Ubuntu, is there a much of difference? I'm actually not using dash to panel, but rather dash to dock.
Ubuntu has a more Gnome default look, but also weird error messages. Try out Ubuntu live version to see if you like it.
I tried Zorin in the past, because I came from Windows 7.
I think Mac users would be more familiar with Elementary OS, but I haven't tried that one.
No, Elementary OS sucks and MacOS is FAR better than any Linux distro...its not even close. Zorin OS is solid.
Hi A1RM4X, I recently noticed something with Gnome and fractional scaling (which is set to 125% by default on my screen with Ubuntu-based systems). I lose a lot of performance. If I disable it, I get the same performance on Zorin as on an Arch KDE. So what I do now is increase the font size instead of setting it to 125%.
Yo Cardiac! Interesting point to take in consideration! For extra clarity I checked the stream VOD and my scaling during those tests was at 100%. So no impact on the benchs / reviews results. Thanks for the info!
Does Zorin compare with Fedora and Debian?
was waiting for this lol
Hello A1RM4X, what's your opinion on the arch based distro, "BlendOS", for gaming? Thanks and keep up the great work👍
Tried it before and the big con you mentioned is exactly why I left this distro and I think you are right that if they could have a more flexible approach to the free vs pro, that would be a win-win for everyone. That being said, it's still cheaper than buying a system76 pc or laptop for being a "true" pop_os! User. XD
Je vais t'offrir une salière pour Noël 🤣 Et faire l'auto promo au milieu de la vidéo j'ai toujours trouvé que ça faisait charo. Je pense que tout le monde connaît les trucs de youtube à force.
Bisous bisous
Tu as déjà essayé de manger des chips sans sel? Le sel c'est la vie!
Sinon, ne rate pas la vidéo de Lundi, vu que tu as été le seul à mentionner l'auto promo dans les commentaires! :p
HOW ... does.....
Yes, but since it's based on Gnome, fractional scaling is terrible.
You should have tried it running kde Plasma - it rocks
Going from Nobara to Zorin must have been a pretty traumatic experience...
Zorin Industries hasn't been the same since May Day and Max Zorin left.
👍
What I actively dislike about Zorin isn't even how they try to approach doing Linux, at least they're trying to make it seem like they're competing with windows and macos on their website. It's them taking FOSS apps you can freely download and use without a subscription or payment in any other distro and putting a price tag on it and limit you, while making you think how great of a value it is. It's scammy.
They what? They make you pay for foss apps? Is that even legal?
@@Ziomal645 I think it depends on the licenses. I've never actually checked because I personally don't care about Zorin, but I'm assuming they're allowed to do that by those softwares' licenses
@@LinuxAficionado that extra being what? Pre-installing OBS, Krita, Blender... Or Them taking free extensions and packaging them as "premium desktop layouts"? The only thing they did was add nice frontend that activates/deactivates them. Or the fact they gutted ArcMenu for some other "premium desktop menus"?
@@LinuxAficionado and as I said, no problem with what's free, I have a problem that they're misleading people with the PRO offering, when you give them the doubt of having proper agreements, imo unlikely. Since their main selling point of pro is the apps, not donating. And if you assume no agreements, then stealing other people's hard work by repackaging as Zorin App and selling it as PRO.
I mean do they stop you from manually installing the packages and doing it yourself? I always looked at it as a donation of $50 where they do a little bit of work setting these things up for you. It's a matter of perspective
Unbuntu 😂
i put a " little thumb up" !!
Typical "btw i use arch" user mentality
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Btw I use Arch - User mentality of complex analysis and criticizing capacities.
Typical "Btw I use Arch" hater - pay for system, break it, write an e-mail to os support.
Take it with ease, I have no means to offend you.
Move on, learn and try to understand his point of view instead of writing a non-sense comment.
EDIT: I forgot to say that I use Arch btw.
"Btw I use Arch" is code for I think I'm smarter than everyone else because I like to tinker with my computer endlessly in moms basement. I've used arch plenty and its a fun toy. Thats it. Grownups like their computers OS to just work and not break after each update.