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Re: Zorin OS

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This looks like my favorite for installing on relative's PCs before the Windows 10 sunset - I'm just a bit worried about Dual Boot, I've heard some stories about hiccups there. Does anyone have comments about how Dual Boot works with Zorin today, or general experience with that use case?

Been dual booting for 2 years and I have distro hopped over 6 distros. Never had a hiccup. Ever

Re: Zorin OS

#72

can someone kindly explain to me how this is capable of running AAA steam games? is it running them natively or through some virtualization layer?

They mean through proton, which is Valve's compatibility layer based on wine. It was made for the arch-based steam deck but can be used on most (any?) distros. IME it works surprisingly well, although some games drop out when the anti-cheat gets updated, then might come back when proton updates.

https://help.zorin.com/docs/apps-games/play-games/#steam

Re: Zorin OS

#73

can someone kindly explain to me how this is capable of running AAA steam games? is it running them natively or through some virtualization layer?

I assume it's just using proton like the steam deck.

Re: Zorin OS

#74
Just another Linux distribution.

If it wants to be better than Google, Apple and Microsoft desktop offerings, needs to be available on random shopping mall stores, with the same adoption complexity as the competition.

Re: Zorin OS

#75
post #11

I reviewed ZorinOS last year when considering going all-in on Linux at home last year, testing around 30 distributions. While it wasn't a good fit as a techie, I rated Zorin the best distro for 'general desktop computing' for "normal" people who have used Windows their whole life. I was impressed by how integrated and easy to use the desktop environment was. Now, this is not a statement of Gnome vs KDE etc etc, it is…

how would you compare it with PopOS

Re: Zorin OS

#76

I miss my early days of CS college and tinkering with distro installs and installs and so on. In fact it was so fulfilling that it felt like “cooking your own meal”. I never used Windows. So in last two decades my experience has been Linux distros to osx/macos. If it was not for the internet cafe computer+internet usage before college (had no other exposure to either, otherwise) my experience of Windows would have be…

first linux is just the kernel, you can't do much with only the kernel, you have to target a distro.

But which distro to target?, Ubuntu, Linux mint or fedora, or all of them. That would take a lot of effort to developing and validating (And no, we don't only validate the kernel, it's not enough).

Re: Zorin OS

#77
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

FYI: FydeOS[0] is ChromeOS without google services [0]: https://fydeos.io/

I'm curious about whether FydeOS would get in the way of technical work or just be another Linux for most things?

I mean, while it technically supports Linux, it’s all in a VM just like normal Chrome OS. It’s not any better for technical work than chrome is in that sense.

Re: Zorin OS

#78
post #12

I hope this succeeds where others have, well, not failed, but not had overwhelming success. Years ago I installed Linux Mint on a family member's computer but they got frustrated enough with it (and required my regular intervention enough) that we ended up switching away. Zorin boasting about you being able to play "an enormous library of your favorite games" or boasting about the vast software library feels like ask…

OOC, what were the frustrations about? I jumped ship as soon as Ubuntu started shipping with Unity. For me, as a moderate power-user, it's been pretty smooth sailing so far.

Re: Zorin OS

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't sound misleading to me. I read "$5,000 of professional software" as paid-for software that would have cost $5,000.

So clearly it is misleading, because what they mean is definitely along the lines of "we include GIMP while Photoshop costs $999".

What's misleading about that? Did you miss the words "alternatives to" in the statement?

Re: Zorin OS

#80
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“Bundled with alternatives to over $5,000 of professional software” That sounds spammy and misleading to me. I’m assuming they’re just including open source alternatives and assuming the same value as commercial offerings.

I would rather they didn't bundle anything at all lol

So just the kernel?
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