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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Questions about Zorin (lemmy.zip)

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Recently I am considering more and more moving my primary pc to a Linux distro. Somewhat for privacy issues but also to have more control over my system and to reduce the amound of advertising that windows keeps cramming in my face. Specifically I'm looking at Zorin. I was wondering what thoughs people here had on it.

I predominantly use my pc for gaming with friends. Almost entirely through Steam and we use discord to communicate. I'm mostly just curious if anyone here has had much experience with Zorin and whay they thought of it as a daily driver for gaming.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Use Mint instead, Zorin is not as well maintained or looked after like Mint.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Mint was the other distro I looked at actually. Just doing some cursory reading I like the additional emphasis Zorin placed on privacy.

*rdit - Not saying that Mint doesn't in this case. Sorry i see it may have sounded that way from how I worded it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Privacy and best practices are nearly universal across most user-obsessive distributions like Mint or Zorin and by extension most if not all distributions. Don't let anyone tell you that one distribution is more "private" than another.

Mint is simply just better than Zorin in everything that Zorin tries to do, perhaps if this was a year ago things would be different, but Zorin is just not as well maintained as Mint is.

If you like the look of Zorin, that's okay, most people do. But all desktop environments can be customized to your liking.