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Do I dare say it 🥺 (lemmy.nz)

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[-] emb@lemmy.world 130 points 11 months ago

Year of Linux on the desktop. Why not say it? It's been true for decades now.

[-] Canconda@lemmy.ca 25 points 11 months ago

So I've mucked around with ubuntu... gonna switch over to linux. Ideally something more user friendly at first.

Can someone TLDR Zorin OS vs Mint?

For now I just want something I can swap out my main device until I have more time to finish learning ubuntu.

[-] odelik@lemmy.today 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Zorin has a commercial license for additional GUI front ends, installation support, and a bunch of "professional" apps. It's not clear if they've done something to make adobe/Autodesk/pro audio stuff work on Linux, pre-bundled their FOSS alternatives, or have made software themselves.

Personally, if I was looking for something "professional", I'd go PopOS!. But if I were a small or mid-sized business I'd consider Zorin Pro if I could get license to include additional support outside the installer... Or just buy System76 computers with PopOS! pre-installed and support built-in to their sales pipeline already.

That said, Mint is also very Windows (classic)-like in their GUI experince (intentionally). It also has one of the largest Linux communities focusing on GUI usability.

Depends on your use case on which flavor you should go. But for $50, I'm curious what Zorin's software suite is and might dive in.

[-] popcar2@programming.dev 10 points 11 months ago

and a bunch of “professional” apps.

It is in fact a bunch of pre-installed free software. I like Zorin, but Zorin Pro just seems like a way to trick businesses into paying for the distro. I guess having access to a support team is nice, but otherwise it's not worth it at all.