Different Distributions

[Liam Proven]

On 7 August 2014 18:39, Peter Goggin <petergoggin at bigpond.com> wrote:
>> Do you perhaps mean Zorin OS?
>>
>>
> Yes, sorry about the senior moment.


Aha!

Then I have tried it, briefly.

It does sort of vaguely resemble Windows with an angular modern look.

It's not bad -- it works, it offers a somewhat Windows-like desktop,
and it can run some Windows apps via WINE.

I do not see any major benefits to it, though, frankly.

If you are the sort of person who likes to customise Windows heavily,
then KDE provides a very tweakable Windows-like
task-bar-and-start-menu desktop. And of course Kubuntu provides that.

If you just leave the taskbar at the bottom and want something simple,
then Linux Mint with Cinnamon offers a stylish, attractive,
feature-rich desktop.

WINE helps a little but can be installed on any Ubuntu-family OS
trivially easily.

So to be honest I do not really see the need for Zorin, but yes, it
works. I tend to recommend that people stay closer to mainline Ubuntu
and use one of the official remixes or a very popular alternative such
as Mint, myself, because they have bigger communities and thus it is
easier to find help and support.

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