Zorin OS 16 is Released

IMHO, this is a great example of what a Gnome desktop should be like, at least by default. The rest of my family might actually be able (and willing) to use this.

Re: Zorin OS 16 is Released

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Post by alpaca128 » Tue, Aug 17, 2021, 7:26 PM UTC

qnsi wrote: post #5

The site seems to load extremely slowly for me, but the web archive version doesnt show me a lot of benefits. Can someone share why would I use it over mac? And if privacy is main seller why use it over linux?

Zorin is a Linux distro.

Re: Zorin OS 16 is Released

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Post by 1MachineElf » Tue, Aug 17, 2021, 7:27 PM UTC

>Easily join an Active Directory domain from the system installer

I'm keen to try this.

Edit: On the flip side, I learned today that Windows can still integrate with a non-AD domain: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28213846

Re: Zorin OS 16 is Released

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Post by Santosh83 » Tue, Aug 17, 2021, 7:28 PM UTC

qnsi wrote: post #5

The site seems to load extremely slowly for me, but the web archive version doesnt show me a lot of benefits. Can someone share why would I use it over mac? And if privacy is main seller why use it over linux?

It is Linux. Seems to be a direct competitor to ElementaryOS. If you already have a mac then no reason. And those who want a mac at all costs will not settle for anything less. This OS is for those who want a polished, cohesive, user-focused Linux-based OS. All these alternatives arose after Ubuntu dropped the ball in the desktop-laptop OS space and decided to focus on server and cloud more or less exclusively. Most of them are built on top of Ubuntu LTS base.

Re: Zorin OS 16 is Released

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Post by peakaboo » Tue, Aug 17, 2021, 7:30 PM UTC

grumpyprole wrote: post #6

IMHO, this is a great example of what a Gnome desktop should be like, at least by default. The rest of my family might actually be able (and willing) to use this.

Zorin is based on KDE, a Linux desktop environment. Typically looks like Windows but here they have put effort into making it look nicer.