A First Look At Zorin OS 17.2 

I remember installing Zorin 15 in my parents PC and they didn't even notice they were not using Windows. At some point my dad even referred it as 'Windows Zorin' 😂It's THE BEST distro for beginners

I am writing this comment under 17.2. Being a die-hard Ubuntu user from its first versions, I switched to Zorin a couple of years ago and it was like moving to a new apartment, where the renovation and all the systems were finally thoroughly finished and adjusted to each other. I believe that today it is one (if not the only) distribution that will suit both a beginner and an advanced user.

I ditched windows in April 2024 for Zorin 17.x Core for both my daily driver and also my media center. I love it!

I think it's a solid competitor with Mint, MX, Pop!, etc.

Damn that kernel is older than my debian 12

Switched to Zorin as an attempt at a DD because MS is on their BS again and I wanted to learn before I was forced to and already quite annoyed by the MS BS. So far it's been surprisingly painless, if buggy in dumb ways at times. I find myself having to hard restart it often enough due to software hangs and failures to start, but I restart and get back to what I was doing. Nothing's broken, dead, or in need of repair afaik. Updates are regular and usually fix a good % of my issues. As I get more comfortable with it I expand and explore a bit more (it isn't worth doing before that) and find and install new cool stuff (Stacer, Safing, PikaBackup + Timeshift [a full local backup solution], firewall enabled, VMware personal use for any software holes, etc). So far I daily drove Zorin for about two weeks with the only interruptions being porting random data over and making sure Backblaze got my files stored. 1-3 years ago I bet it wouldn't have been this nice, so I'm excited to see the state of Desktop Linux doing so well. No it isn't perfect but it's a lot closer!

The G is silent, btw…

I believe there are only three distro's which just work and are beginner friendly. Linux Mint Zorin os and Pop os

You haven't done a PopOS review in long time, Can we expect a look through soon? Stable / Alpha version

I completely switched from windows 11 to zorin since a week ago I went full linux

Zorin was the only distro where Graphics acceleration worked out of the box in my VMware player VM. Even Ubuntu did not really work. I applaude the Zorin guys for their great work and still have this VM running.

After many years I came back to Zorin because I just wanted something that works but that is easily customizable, and it doesn’t get easier than Zorin layouts and honestly I’m very happy in Zorin because I can focus on work and gaming without having to fix random issues every now and then

Zorin is a great Bridge OS for those migrating from Windows, by its appearance and suite of apps, But it is in the heavier side of OSystems, with more resources usage! Appreciate your first look at this version 🙌

Based on older Gnome and Ubuntu version. It's not up to date. I ditched Zorin OS for Fedora.

I'm running Zorin OS 17.2 on my older Dell laptops and on my Gateway all-in-one ZX6971. I could run Windows 10, but I'd rather have the better performance I get with Linux.

I really like your channel. I've been a follower for a few years. You put out serious, informative content. But I have a request: please lose the "wacky face" thumbnails.

New release - but still based on 2 year old version of ubuntu

You are truly gifted with computers. Great video.

I have been using ZorinOS for 5 years now. Its the finest distro i have ever used. You can also install other desktop enviroments or window managers on it if Gnome is too "resource hungry" for your computer

Is so interesting about people's preferences. The reason I don't use Apple products is because the buttons for minimize and close are on the left. Since I'm a righty and most people are righties I have to go across the screen to shut things down I find that annoying where you find it more normal to your workflow. It is literally one of my pet peeves on Apple desktop

As long as they use gnome by default, there is no reason to use it.

I like the OS, but hate the logo

Nice

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Weird how you have to pay for extra desktop layouts... On a Linux system you can customize it on your own anyway if you do not want to pay

I do not support someone making $ off someone else's work . Some of these extra features can be installed for free because that's how the creator wanted it but distros like this will charge you😒

The Nautilus file manager - probably the worst FM in the Linux universe - disqualifies Zorin OS (for me). I prefer Nemo as FM and therefore Linux Mint Cinnamon. I prefer to donate to a distribution and not have to pay for the download. And the Z logo is a total no-go since Putin uses it for his "Military Special Operation"...