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Re: 1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18

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Post by fau »

BoppreH wrote: post #63

Very sleek marketing, but why did they rebrand (the fantastic) KDE Connect to "Zorin Connect"[1]? From the mere If it was tightly integrated into the OS I could sort of understand not mentioning its name, like you don't want "Foobar Control Panel" and "FizzBuzz Start Menu". But KDE Connect is a standalone app you can install even on Windows. And this is not just hiding the name, it's replacing it! So, why the "rebran…

Presumably because a good portion of the target audience are less technical users, and there's no reason to be throwing extra (ex-)initialisms at them. "Zorin Connect" is clearly something that will connect my Zorin OS to something. "KDE Connect" is something that might perhaps connect me to a "KDE", but what's a "KDE" anyway and why would I ever need to connect to it?

Re: 1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18

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Post by Krssst »

LoganDark wrote: post #139
FridayoLeary wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have they fixed that sleep mode thing that doesn't work and drains your laptop battery?

"Modern Standby"? No, they haven't. Just make sure to unplug your laptop before you close the lid and it won't melt down.

This was ~2 years ago, but it didn't work on my side. Closing the lid would put the laptop to sleep then quickly wake it up, fan spinning at full speed even if unplugged. I think I used their diagnosing tool and one cause was some non-microsoft (installed by a driver I think, laptop as almost new) scheduled task, so not fully their fault, but forcing this kind of much weaker/unstable sleep without backup when S3 worked well is a bit crazy to me.

(by the way the laptop was a Framework 13 AMD, curious if others experienced the same. Maybe they fixed it now)

Re: 1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18

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Post by Firehawke »

yeasku wrote: post #174
Nition wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The worst part is, there are now two control panels (the other is called "Settings"). Some settings are in both, while others are only in one or the other.

I bet nobody knew/wanted to touch that code. So they just wrote something worse with less features in React. Peak web development.

No, they absolutely know. They've been very very slowly migrating stuff over to the new Settings panel bit by bit. If you look at what's in Control Panel now, it's maybe half as much as what used to be in there ten years ago.

That said, it's insanely ridiculous that it's taken 10 years to get it even halfway done.

Re: 1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18

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Post by carlosjobim »

makeitdouble wrote: post #158
Someone1234 wrote: post #60

I've been a Windows user since 3.1; and I've even defended Microsoft in the past (particularly when they made unpopular choices, but for technically correct reasons, like UAC or forcing vendors to rewrite their drivers into userland or using a safer driver model). BUT, I won't defend Windows 11 and Microsoft's general direction. I feel like there has been a slow cultural shift within Microsoft, from a core of fantast…

> from a core of fantastic engineers surrounding by marketing/sales, to the org's direction being set by marketing/sales UX be damned. > MacOS I think macos is on the same path. Apple refined the MacBook formula to a perfection and the hardware division made the best of it. But outside of the processor, what is the last significant leap forward that involved brilliant engineers that you can think of ? One could argue…

Well what do you want?

Re: 1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18

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Post by carlosjobim »

arcanemachiner wrote: post #141
accrual wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dave Plummer, retired Microsoft engineer from the early days, made a video on this 2 weeks ago: > Windows "SUCKS": How I'd Fix it by a retired Microsoft Windows engineer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTpA5jt1g60

Isn't he that egotistic attention whore who periodically gets ripped to shreds around here?

No, you're mistaking him for another fellow. He's the guy who anonymously slanders people online and doesn't add anything of value.

Re: 1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18

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Post by bethekidyouwant »

dsp_person wrote: post #168
christophilus wrote: post #4

Why Zorin? It’s always struck me as a weird distro. I can’t put my finger on why, but it feels off. I wonder how much of a bump other distros have seen in the same period.

It helps that it is built on the same Open Source software that powers the New York Stock Exchange and computers on the International Space Station. per https://zorin.com/os/

Yes ubuntu,

Re: 1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18

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Post by christophilus »

api wrote: post #74
Someone1234 wrote: post #60

I've been a Windows user since 3.1; and I've even defended Microsoft in the past (particularly when they made unpopular choices, but for technically correct reasons, like UAC or forcing vendors to rewrite their drivers into userland or using a safer driver model). BUT, I won't defend Windows 11 and Microsoft's general direction. I feel like there has been a slow cultural shift within Microsoft, from a core of fantast…

A big concern I have for the industry is what happens as people who truly understand how this stuff works age out. Unfortunately we seem to have stopped replacing them. Part of the issue is that computers today require no deep knowledge to use, unlike first or second generation PCs that genX and millennials grew up with. So you’re not getting as many people with this knowledge. Just as significant I think is the prev…

Reminds me of Jon Blow’s talk on preventing the collapse of civilization: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRHeXYDLko

Re: 1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18

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Post by varenc »

BoppreH wrote: post #63

Very sleek marketing, but why did they rebrand (the fantastic) KDE Connect to "Zorin Connect"[1]? From the mere If it was tightly integrated into the OS I could sort of understand not mentioning its name, like you don't want "Foobar Control Panel" and "FizzBuzz Start Menu". But KDE Connect is a standalone app you can install even on Windows. And this is not just hiding the name, it's replacing it! So, why the "rebran…

Love the most commit titled 'Release 1.33.4' that's actually just changing a log export file from `kdeconnect-log.txt` to `zorin-connect-log.txt` : https://github.com/ZorinOS/zorin-connect-android/commit/de6d...

but forking not to confuse users does make sense

Re: 1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18

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Post by odie5533 »

oAlbe wrote: post #37
bee_rider wrote: post #5

They have a very slick and professional looking webpage. Is it weird that that makes me wary? I’m used to the best distros having webpages that look like a wiki or a professor’s website.

That has not been the case for quite a long time now. Lots of distros still have websites that look like a wiki, see Arch. But in their case the Arch wiki is one of the best wikis ever existed for what it covers. If you look at modern yet established distros, I struggle to find the outliers that don't have professional looking, slick web pages. See all the *buntus, Fedora, Elementary OS, Cachy OS, Bazzite, Endeavour,…

I think the medium is the message here. When I see Arch's home page, I know it will be a hobby OS where there's countless hours of fun in terminal land editing config files. That's how I know it's not for me.
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