Zorin OS

[bigseb]

I stumbled upon this while browsing: Zorin OS - Home

Anyone here ever try it? Thoughts?

 

[mickey megabyte]

looks like yet another ubuntu-based linux distro with a windowsy theme/skin.

it includes a screenshot of steam - ok steam might run, but what about the games?

 

[SouthAfrican]

Very Cool system.
Installed it on my laptop. Its fast, maximizes my download speeds etc. It appears to not need drivers to operate my laptops full functionality. It has a very nice Graphical interface that makes it very similar to Win7. It also uses WinXP (built into it) to run windows based programs through a Linux system called "WINE".
Its running as a dual boot alongside my Win7 installation and now it seems I never have to defrag my drive again.
Ive had no problems with it so far and I'm very impressed with it overall.
I'm fairly new to linux(ubuntu) but with Zorin its easy to catch on and learn the Linux system. It grabs hold of the Windows file system and I am able to access all my windows stuff directly in Zorin.
Bootup is Waaaay faster and net speeds are also faster.
It doesnt crash or hang(so far), but as I go, I'm now getting to learn another completely different operating system that didnt cost me an arm and a leg in my country.
If you keen...go for it...its easy to use

 

[bigseb]

Very Cool system.
Installed it on my laptop. Its fast, maximizes my download speeds etc. It appears to not need drivers to operate my laptops full functionality. It has a very nice Graphical interface that makes it very similar to Win7. It also uses WinXP (built into it) to run windows based programs through a Linux system called "WINE".
Its running as a dual boot alongside my Win7 installation and now it seems I never have to defrag my drive again.
Ive had no problems with it so far and I'm very impressed with it overall.
I'm fairly new to linux(ubuntu) but with Zorin its easy to catch on and learn the Linux system. It grabs hold of the Windows file system and I am able to access all my windows stuff directly in Zorin.
Bootup is Waaaay faster and net speeds are also faster.
It doesnt crash or hang(so far), but as I go, I'm now getting to learn another completely different operating system that didnt cost me an arm and a leg in my country.
If you keen...go for it...its easy to use

If you don't mind, could you give us an update in a month or so. Also I would like to know exactly which Windows programs you have running in Wine.

 

[jloc]

Got it running on my machine, pretty much hassle free. As far as I can tell, it's good. It's nice and fast (faster than Windows on my pc), it's got all of the programs I need and all of my drivers came preinstalled. It looks good too.

I hate my monitor up there, I think i've broken my neck looking at it.

 

[Stephanie]

Today I installed Zorin 9 on my neighbours i3 laptop (removed win 7) Arun is delighted its so fast ! and he can keep Steam, it is a beautiful OS

 

[andrew129260]

I love zorin. It is my fav distro.

After windows 7 support fully ends, I am staying with it. It is one of the most compatible distros I have found. More then ubuntu, which makes zero sense since it is coded from ubuntu...

Steam and all games work fine. I have not come across anything that has not worked. Except malware

 

[Stephanie]

Hi andrew I have Zorin on my i5 desktop and I do like it very much and I'm going to have to make my mind up go with Windows 10 or move over to all Linux on my machnies, I will keep Windows 7 untill it ends but the way its looking Windows 7 may well be my last Microsoft OS

 

[andrew129260]

Hi andrew I have Zorin on my i5 desktop and I do like it very much and I'm going to have to make my mind up go with Windows 10 or move over to all Linux on my machnies, I will keep Windows 7 untill it ends but the way its looking Windows 7 may well be my last Microsoft OS

Same here. I am excited to learn Linux more, but sad cause the terminal commands and everything else are wayyy different.

 

[Stephanie]

Terminal commands are a bit like commands in cmd

 

[andrew129260]

Terminal commands are a bit like commands in cmd

Not in my experience.

Could you give me an example?

 

[Stephanie]

Sure .. update

Zorin

open the Terminal by pressing in the same time the keys Ctrl+Alt+T type sudo apt-get update

Windows >

http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/235764-run-window-update-command-line.html

 

[andrew129260]

Sure .. update

Zorin

open the Terminal by pressing in the same time the keys Ctrl+Alt+T type sudo apt-get update

Windows >

http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/235764-run-window-update-command-line.html

Ok, point taken

Now if only I can remember the commands I always have to google them lol. Windows I probably remember better because I have been using it longer.

 

[Stephanie]

I only use a few (same with Windows) and keyboard short cuts, but I'm growing to like Zorin more then Windows, its the speed of it ! and not having to mess about with AV, antimalware though Zorin does have a firewall .. if you want to use it

I'm experimenting with Wine ATM.

 

[whs]

Zorin is an OK distro if you want to do simple things. It does not have the same facilities as e.g. Mint and is also a little buggy. I have a little demo I made:

http://www.sevenforums.com/chillout-room/276418-having-fun-zorin.html#post2275421

I always recommend Mint Mate as a much better option. Watch my demo on the link and you will see.

 

[andrew129260]

Zorin is an OK distro if you want to do simple things. It does not have the same facilities as e.g. Mint and is also a little buggy. I have a little demo I made:

http://www.sevenforums.com/chillout-room/276418-having-fun-zorin.html#post2275421

I always recommend Mint Mate as a much better option. Watch my demo on the link and you will see.

Idk, thanks for your input whs. I have tried mint, ubuntu, lubuntu, red hat, fedora, elementary, debian, open suse etc.

Out of the box sure maybe, but you can always get or add those packages. Its based off ubuntu just like mint and ubuntu etc. SO its not like you cannot add those features you want. Mint is based on Debian and Ubuntu, it provides about 30,000 packages so it is no wonder you feel like it can do anything ha. To me that is bloated.

Out of all of them, I liked zorin the best. I did experiance some bugs, but there latest release has been a lot better. Part of it I am sure is cause it looks more like windows 7 and has the features, but I think I like it more as it does things the way I expect it to.

I guess it is kinda hard for me to put it in words.

In the end, that is what makes linux awesome, is there is a LOT of choice and one distro does not suit everyone. You do what works for you.

 

[whs]

SO its not like you cannot add those features you want.

Yeah, but that's not that easy for a layman. And I guess the laymen were the target for Zorin.

Maybe I should try one of their latest versions and see whether things got better. I did like to work with the people on the Zorin forum. They were always very helpful.

 

[andrew129260]

Point taken whs. That is actually a very good point. +1 on the zorin forum. Very helpful community.

 

[Stephanie]

This morning I did away with Windows 10 and I will be replacing Windows 7 with Zorin 9 Ultimate, myself and my friend Arun are having a lot of fun with Zorin and learning as we go

 

[whs]

Stephanie, maybe you can make a video like I did and show us your experience with Zorin.