A First Look At Zorin OS 17.2
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Today, I'm taking a quick first look at the recently released Zorin OS 17.2. Zorin is an Ubuntu-based Linux distro that comes with a customized GNOME-based desktop...and it looks good!
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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
nicely played trick 😅
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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.
I think zorin is the best distro for novices
DT I'm gonna watch your videos anyway, you don't have to make faces in your thumbnail man haha. Anyways thanks for the review. Much appreciated.
Right, a well chosen ScreenShot should tell more.
Like @12:00
Although I don't point this out with _any_ intention of discouraging Zorin users to go Pro, I do want to point out that the other 'desktop layouts' are, in fact, GNOME Extensions. The maOS-like layout, for instance, is the 'Dash To Dock' extension.
With that said, I do still encourage Zorin users who enjoy the distro and appreciate the work the developers have put into it to definitely support them by going for the Pro edition. They've done a lot of really good curation with that, on top of excellent work with the distro itself.
I've always like Zorin OS, when I was distrohopping on VMs it was the most stable and bug free distro I found, that was several versions ago. Since then I've tried a few other distros on bare metal (like Fedora, Pop_OS) and even still they don't feel as smooth and snappy as when I was using Zorin (13.0IIRC). Looks like they've added some functionality to the zorin appearance app which I am happy to see. Only reason I didn't stick with zorin is when I wanted to go to version 14 there was no easy upgrade path without doing a fresh install so I took the opportunity to hop to a different distro but perhaps this will be the next one I use for my main OS - I really like the appearance options right out of the box.
They have now fixed that. Since about version 16.1 they now have an upgrader app.
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.
Us Mint users may disagree :)
But Zorin is a lovely OS. I bought V.16 for $30. Inflation, huh :(
@@kychemclass5850 why did you pay for that ? Mint is far away better lol
New release - but still based on 2 year old version of ubuntu
I have zorin 17.3 pro as a main distro on my laptop. Everything works without any problems. I'm not a beginner, I use linux since 1998. And I find Zorin a very cosy and comfortable distribution. I was a bit tired to compile everything on Gentoo and try to fix config problems. Zorin like Zohan just makes people and distro silky-smooth!
This was the Distro that introduced me into Linux. I quite love its look and feel, its resemblance to Windows 7 by default (I actually mostly stuck with the default GNOME layout) and how easy it is to get settled into Linux. Nowadays I prefer distros that upgrade very quickly to new stuff like Fedora or Arch, which is why I no longer use Zorin. But for what it wants to be - a beautiful distro for beginners - it seems to still be something you can safely recommend new to Linux users.
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.
What makes Zorin great is it works on old slow hardware just fine.
Also, they don't jump on the underlying Ubuntu version upgrades immediately as an early adopter. They keep security updates up to date on the older Ubuntu version, but they don't jump to the next bleeding edge experience version. I like that, because Zorin JUST WORKS. You don't have all those stupid, annoying little glitches you get when migrating to another distro.
And as for the guy who says there isn't an easy upgrade path without clean install, Zorin has fixed that. They have an upgrader app just like Kubuntu and Ubuntu.
Since I like more system tools, I install some extras like the OS profiler.
They have a decent Software store that makes finding software easy.
I used the previous version of Zorin 16.3 LITE on a 2011 laptop with a SINGLE CORE Centrino processor and 4 GB RAM, migrated from Windows 7, and it is totally functional.
(If you look up the minimum requirements for Zorin 17 they recommend at least a 2 core processor, but they say LITE is being phased out, since the regular version does fine on older HW.)
I put zorin on my mums laptop many years ago, it could barely run windows, she didn't know a thing about operating systems, all she did was online food shopping and facebook, and she could use it just fine. I don't think she ever realised it wasn't windows, or even what windows was lol
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
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.
I just can't see myself paying for another version of Ubuntu.
$50…. Just keeps creeping higher with each version
Are they allowed to charge money for an upgrade ?
Great distro! But I'm wondering, what version of GNOME does the 17.2 version ship?
My fully updated machine runs 43.9. Don't think it's getting up to 44 or higher anytime soon
@@bvd_vlvd Thanks for the replay, but I noticed the addition of the pill-looking quick settings, I believe those were introduced in GNOME 44
Love me a nice snap
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!
MS BS was one of the reasons I waved goodbye to them too.
I have this potato laptop, right? ZorinOS was the only distribution that allowed me to watch RUclips videos with acceptable fps. Plus its interface is very clean and the rest of my family doesn't find it difficult to use. I wasn't expecting much from it, but slowly ZorinOS is captivating me.
Zorin works GREAT on older hardware.
Massive performance and login issues here, same kernel as under Mint, maybe Wayland issue. Still bad scaling options, looks the same but is not compared to Mint. Like the Zorin look & fell very much - but currently not an option.
Agree it's nife indeed. I just installed zorin 17.2 to my 4gb cpu.. I played old need for speed underground 2 and able to recorded it smoothly.. It's in my channel 😅😂❤.
The real question here is how addicted to coffee is Derek? This guy is constantly installing new distros, and constantly "stepping away for a cup of coffee." At this point, it's almost a catchphrase.
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😒
You don't know their financial arrangements. Zorin OS could send money to devs whose features get included in Zorin. Then again, maybe Zorin don't do this... I have no idea of Zorin's financial arrangements either.
Yeah tell that to Redhat, Suse, Canonical, Google, Facebook, ect….
You’re not really paying for extras. Your paying for their time and the work they put into the distro. People coming from Windows or Apple you paid all them years for that but you won’t chip in a few bucks to help out the many devs that have made Linux what it is today and continue to do so. Scumbags!!!!!
The only thing I don’t agree with is the extra software, since not only all the software is in the store but also you cannot choose what you need, it just installs a bunch of random software.
But other than that, the other features are
Layouts:
They are charging for the one click feature, but you can achieve the same result with the installed extensions, which by the way some where developed by Zorin and then forked into other extensions (dash 2 panel and Arc menu).
Extra artwork:
I don’t see a problem of including these in the pro version.
Installation support:
If you have any problems during the installation you can contact direct support, I think this is fine although I wish they could give support for the distro as well but I imagine that would be a lot more difficult.
Support Zorin development:
At the end of the day this is the most relevant point, if you like the distro then you can support it.
They charge you to do it because the people they're targeting AREN'T going to do it...again, not everyone wants to learn 10 commands to install a damn program.
@@KosmicWolfI agree about the extra software point. I'm certain there's just a themes option when installing the pro version.
i have been a linux user for >20 yrs- but i have never once found a GNOME implementation i liked
imo it just looks bad. like the whole thing was written w tkinter or something
I've been been experience slight graphical glitches on Linux. It's not something that's interrupting my work or anything but it is a bit concerning.
For example, when I am watching a video, the lower half of the screen starts glitch a bit and then stop once I minimize the window or do something to change the display on the screen.
It's not just with ZorinOS, I've had the experience with Mint ever since I got the 6.8 kernel version. I'm using an ASUS TUF F15 laptop. I used to be on Mint 21.3 with kernel version 5.15 with Nvidia Graphics driver 535, I didn't have any glitches on my screen during this time.
Can anyone recommend me things to try out so I could fix it? Is this screen glitching a cause for concern (should I be worried about it if it's doing something bad to my laptop)?
I am an old school Linux user, literally heard about Linux from the BBS back when it all started. I say that because of the stereotype of some Linux users, who think that a distro like this is only for newer users. While it is not my main works system, as I use Fedora for that, I have an XPS 15 with Zorin on it for use around the house for me and my family. It's a beautiful distro and user-friendly for those that are not as used to Linux, while maintaining the power of Linux underneath. Zorin doesn't get the recognition that Mint does, but many of the people I have helped move to Linux have found it better for them.
Why did the idiots at zorin put a root password on a live environment? Oh well, they didn't put one on the user account, and the user account can run any sudo command w/o password. At least I can set my own password, with an annoying workaround, why not just leave the root password blank? It's a live environment, what are people gonna do, especially since the user can boot the environment, open terminal and type 'sudo passwd' and change the user/root password with no security what's so ever.
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
I intersting coincidence: ive been running Zorin for about a month noe. Finally found a keeper Linux Distro for me
I bought the pro version when first trying Linux. Unfortunately my audio was glitched due to pulseaudio. Nice that they're using pipewire now but I've switched to Fedora.
Zorin is a nice gateway to Linux. I would install this to my mom's computer. Just to make my job as the "IT guy" much easier.
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
Zorin looks nice, but i prefer the default gnome desktop (without extensions) and i use Arch (btw) ;-)
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Of course you are a arch BTW user who wouldn't have guessed 😂
we installed in 2015 MacBook Air and wifi did not work. spent hours to fix wifi but no success.
Looks nice and modern. Any suggestion why I should prefer this Zorin over LMDE, for example?
Is Zorin following the Ubuntu HWE Kernel Stack now?
3:21 Brööööfffff 🤮🤢
I cannot wait for ZorinOS to get a new release with a more modern gnome version, because many things about gnome 42 which is on ZorinOS currently just suck
Looks flat and anemic.
Thanks for touring for us.
When KDE and Gnome have a child
🐧 🖥 🐧 🖥
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 get with *GNU/Linux*."
👍
So it's Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy with a different theme? Why would I want that instead of Ubuntu 24.04?
Because the installer gives you the btrfs Subvolumes to use bootable Snapshots with Timeshift, for example.
😊👍
Just grow up and use windows compact (debloated, no defender, no firewall,no spying stuff), save your time and nerves
Interesting. How does one do that? Thanks.
Not bad, looks very welcoming to Win users.
Interestingly, they ship the latest Firefox, not an ESR ver. Also, their LibreOffice is the latest I think too.
Another thing I've noticed on the installation screens is - it looks Zorin supports joining an Active Directory, if I'm not mistaken, which is what some people need, esp for work. No idea how well and how deep is it integrated, since I've never used Zorin.
Ubuntu-based distros don't ship ESR version of Firefox
@@penguin2137 yes, just checked the manifesto. It looks they ship snaps now, which allows them to ship newest version. I use Ubuntu on servers with no GUI, so didn't realize this change.
Last time I've used Ubuntu for Desktop was at least 7-8 years ago, if not more.
Zorin is awesome. They had the xfce version too which was discontinued since they claim that they got gnome to work equally fast.
finally. i found Zorin Lite to be the most disappointing Xfce implementation of the ones i had my hands on
@@penguin2137 they did make zorin lite xfce look somewhat like gnome but i noticed window resizing, moving, tiling etc. bugs. that was in the live boot mode. never tried it in its installed state. ive used the gnome version for the most of it.
Is there any software store which includes major software formats and doesn't crash after using 1 minute?
there is a software store supporting .debs, snaps and flatpaks, although can't say much about its stability
@@penguin2137 i found none
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
If you're not a programmer can an average user really manage to customize the exact features Zorin offers in it's pro/paid version?
@@kychemclass5850 That's a great point, but I still don't like to see paywalled content on a Linux distribution
@@kychemclass5850 how do they activate/deactivate paid version?
Ah man good timing on this video I was just looking at the site I'm about to flash it to my USB for a laptop install. 😮
The G is silent, btw…
GNOME stands for "GNU Network Object Model Environment". GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix", and has always been officially pronounced "guh-NEW" to minimize confusion. Since GNU is GNOME's first name, GNOME is officially pronounced "guh-NOME".
No it's not
So no "Thanks, DT, for spending more time and effort to make a new video" from you then?
All you can do is pick him up on what you consider to be a minor pronunciation issue?
How do you think that looks over all?
I like the OS, but hate the logo
I've always wondered why people want a desktop if they're not gonna put any icons on it. Wouldn't it be more efficient to fill the whole screen with one big panel if you're not using all that space for anything?
OCD issues.
You are truly gifted with computers. Great video.
Nice
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Is there a money prize for that or something, or is it just for internet clout?
make a video of zen browser
As long as they use gnome by default, there is no reason to use it.
Lol ditto, I tested Zorin OS 16 Core and GNOME seemed to have a memory leak, Cinnamon in Linux Mint has no such problem
You haven't done a PopOS review in long time, Can we expect a look through soon?
Stable / Alpha version
I think it would be better to wait for 24.04
Zorin OS... the Linux distro that tries to sell you (free) desktop themes! Niiiice.....
Even though I'd like it if everything was free too, the devs put in a lot of effort and need to make money somehow. I think just locking away some customization is fairly innocent personally but feel free to change my mind
hey DT, i have a question for you. i love arch and arch based distros. i made my own nice set up. today i decided ill use debian so its easier to use penguin-eggs to clone my system into an iso. the only issue i have with debian, i use gnome with kora icons and for some odd reason the kora icons broke debian, most went invisable and tweaks no longer worked to take the icons back. after that i went baack to arch. would you have any idea as to with an icon pack would break debian? i even updated to full. arch just seems better over all
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 🙌
I have to use windows due to I run Trimble Business Center to build models for Civil construction.
I just got tied of Windows all together and switched to Zorin Os Pro. I was able to use there GNOME virtual Boxes and run TBC in it with only one issue so far. I need to figure out how to get my video card to work in the virtual machine. TBC requires a graphics card to handle the point cloud data. Other then that I have been running full time Zorion OS going on two months now. If I need to deal with point cloud data I just use my company laptop.
Works GREAT!
I appreciate your vids but - Sheesh! You have to stop with one run on sentence
Based on older Gnome and Ubuntu version. It's not up to date. I ditched Zorin OS for Fedora.
More or less. The kernel is the same one as in Ubuntu 24.04 also the (video) drivers are updated and if you use flatpaks or snaps then you're downloading the latest version available, but if you use a lot of system packages and libraries then yes it's outdated
Really never got mentioned that there is free AND a paid version of Zorin? When there is a paid version of anything, then the big question is: how much crippled is the free version compared with the full-fledged paid one?
I bought the pro version. It just has extra themes and the option to have various programs installed for you. It's more of a donate to its development version IMO. You don't lose any functionality.
I believe there are only three distro's which just work and are beginner friendly.
Linux Mint
Zorin os
and Pop os
i'd add MX Linux to this list
I believe in The Flying Spaghetti Monster
we all have our delusions
@@PaulG.x ???
Another completely pointless distro that no one except chronic distro hoppers need.
Who is this even for?
I guess you could use linux mint instead but whatever, it's not hurting anyone
it's for new GNU/Linux users who might find it too tiresome to install and correctly configure Wine as you'd need to do it on Mint
@DistroTube I sent ya a message on Patreon did you not get it ?