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I have never used Zorin or knew anyone that has. Anyone here have experience with it? I would install it but I don't feel like gutting my *nix partition to do it so if I did install it, it would be in virtualbox or something to just tinker with.

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>Making the jump from Windows to Linux is a pretty daunting task. There are some things you have to learn, and others to unlearn, and ideally, you should start off with a distro that's as close to the Windows experience as possible. That way, you can spend some time testing out the waters and checking out the nuances without having to fight the UI. For a while, I've always recommended Linux Mint as a de facto choice for people wanting to leave Windows. However, another operating system has been trying very hard to make itself as Windows user-friendly as possible. And it seems to have worked, as its developers claim that 780,000 people downloaded it from a Windows computer in the space of a month.

I have never used Zorin or knew anyone that has. Anyone here have experience with it? I would install it but I don't feel like gutting my *nix partition to do it so if I did install it, it would be in virtualbox or something to just tinker with. Archive: https://archive.today/6wwY6 From the post: >>Making the jump from Windows to Linux is a pretty daunting task. There are some things you have to learn, and others to unlearn, and ideally, you should start off with a distro that's as close to the Windows experience as possible. That way, you can spend some time testing out the waters and checking out the nuances without having to fight the UI. For a while, I've always recommended Linux Mint as a de facto choice for people wanting to leave Windows. However, another operating system has been trying very hard to make itself as Windows user-friendly as possible. And it seems to have worked, as its developers claim that 780,000 people downloaded it from a Windows computer in the space of a month.
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I have and we have. I had my wife try on VM first to see about applicability and she really dug it. I bought pro version so it would be more robust post-install for her. Very few growing pains getting things to work but all is well now. No more windows - it's been 3 or so years now.

For nix, it's one of our favorites.

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I saw that the "pro" version comes with supported themes to make it look/feel more like Windows. Not a bad idea for family that is not technical and would be against learning something "new".

So long as it works enough for what they need they don't really need to know what is under the hood.

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I switched to linux mint and it's easy peasy (japaneesy). Albeit the color space is dull and the programs are completely different they do everything you need to get done.

Slight learning curve learning "sudo apt blah blah" but not much. It's a great idea to have a linux machine handy so you can tinker with it and learn it while still having a windows device.

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For the most part you don't even need the command line with the software center. Intend to never use things like that though. I live on the command line.

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I use cmd line as often as I can albeit I know my limits.

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Kinda sketchy that they charge 50 bucks to install stuff like GIMP and KDEden live, but I get why they did it. I'll stick with Mint or Arch

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charging for Gimp? Nah. I haven't tried ubuntu because they charge now.

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I COULD be wrong, considering I don't actively use it, but I think they're charging 50 for the bundle so that new users don't have to think and just have everything there. Assuming it's not a closed garden distro (which I doubt), you can get everything via flatpack anyway

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https://zorin.com/os/pro/#compare

$47.99 for the "pro" version. I am not rendering a verdict until I see what pro has to offer but perhaps the Zorin team thinks it'll be worth it for novice users.

The vast majority do not have our technical skills to build a usable Linux OS.

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Yeah, if it makes it "dead simple" then sure. Though, at the same time, they are doing this to support the project. I donate regularly to OSS projects that I use since they typically don't get much from the community. If you build something I use on the regular I am willing to send you some $$$. If you build a system like this that makes it super easy for a "non-linux" user to use? What's $50 once?