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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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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?