Zorin OS is also a very good Linux distribution for people who are new to Linux. Information about Zorin OS 12.4 Zorin OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed especially for newcomers to Linux.
Zorin OS has one ultimate goal in mind of providing a Linux alternative to Windows users. Comes with educational apps and tools for better learning. I am at a remote location with limited bandwidth so wanted to keep this brief. Zorin OS is great for Education for 21st century learning.
If, like Zorin OS, it can do that while looking awesome, and without hiding key config tools and the Terminal, then so much the better. In this video I quickly look at whats new in Zorin OS. But anything that eases the transition to desktop Linux is alright by us. We don’t really think a distro should try to be Windows-alike or Mac-alike, since that risks aping the flaws in those systems. Unlike previous editions, Zorin will now feature regular point updates, presumably keeping cadence with Ubuntu’s hardware and security updates. Final verdictĪccording to its blog, this is Zorin’s ‘biggest release ever’, and it certainly is impressive. This definitely isn’t for older hardware though, Chromium and LibreOffice here are as resource hungry as they are anywhere else. So the desktop stylings don’t appear to hurt system resources, or at least no more than vanilla Gnome 3 does. There are some subtle drop shadow effects and transparency on the taskbar, both of which enhance usability besides looking pretty.Ī clean boot on our modest review machine (a second-generation Intel Core i5 with 4GB of RAM) took about 20 seconds and saw Zorin occupying less than 600MB of RAM. It turns out we don’t need windows to disappear in a puff of driver-crashing smoke to have a lovely desktop. The default appearance mode of Zorin OS 12 is powered by Gnome shell and. Fortunately, tastes have moved on and those fripperies are gone. Zorin OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distro that seeks to stand out amongst the. Zorin used to feature a lot of Compiz effects, namely wobbly windows and the desktop cube.