Zorin OS

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Reader supplied reviews for Zorin OS Average rating 8.6 from 314 review(s) What are your thoughts on Zorin OS? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 1817.316.315.312.4111098.17.16.45.243.221 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 18 Rating: 8 Date: 2025-11-30 Votes: 7 This is probably the best looking distro. Everything I tried worked: iPhone, printer, scanner. I used Zorin for two weeks and didn't notice a single bug. The Zorin brothers have managed to make the gnome desktop really great. But why am I only giving it an eight? I don't like that the Brave browser is the default. I understand that Zorin is based on Ubuntu and therefore many programs are installed via snapd. For someone used to debian-based distributions, this is quite annoying. I would have liked that at least Firefox and Thunderbird could be installed via apt. I have previously used Evolution. There are problems restoring the backup and you have to press the Wait button many times. Maybe the problem is with the gnome desktop. I think Zorin is very suitable for a beginner Linux user. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 18 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-11-29 Votes: 22 I installed this on a AMD A10-7800 with dual graphics AMD R7 and 8GB of RAM. The Installation went through without problems. Had some screen flickering in Chromium though, which was solved by switching to X11 as default display protocol. Zorin OS is a great alternative to Windows. It's over, M$! Finally, we are free! It is beautifully designed, polished, works flawlessly, fast, predictable, installs necessary software in a few clicks, the search works brilliantly, it's just a joy to use! Several Windows applications work without any customization needed, which is astonishing. The System installs the necessary tools for this automatically. I used Irfanview, which is directly available through the integrated Software App. I want to encourage anybody frustrated especially of Win11 to come over and try it out. You'll be in love instantly. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 18 Rating: 10 Date: 2025-11-21 Votes: 41 Over the past 20 years I have indulged in a number of linux distros, with my favorite daily drivers as MX Linux and Mint. I have tried Zorin off and on over the years but didn't really see that it was any better than either of the aforementioned. i purchased the "Pro" version some years ago, maybe around v12, or so; can't remember for sure in order to support what I considered a good distro, and I wanted to support them for the effort they bring to the broader linux community. I recently inherited an iMac 19.1, which I decided to convert to linux. MX and Mint were not successful, mostly because the iMac 19.1 with a Cannon Lake processor was not supported very long by Intel, which I didn't know at first. I installed Zorin Core to see if they might have some kind of updated driver for the amdgpu, sound and wifi, After searching, troubleshooting and trying various things, I discovered that Zorin had a step-by-step process to help make this hardware work. I was expecting failure yet again, but low and behold, I got things working splendidly, Graphics are great with the support help I got on the Zorin site, so of course I bought the "pro" license, again to support their efforts. Added an external speaker and wifi TP-Link dongle and everything works very well I've put this box and Zorin through it's paces this past week and I really can see the value add for this distro, Their support forum is helpful and to the point. The curated software works flawlessly, though I also added Synaptic because I'm so used to it. I think this is a great distro for newbies, and those caught in the WinDoze 10 diaspora. Personally, I don't even understand why people even WANT to install Win 11. I bought a Dell laptop last spring and started to play around with Win 11, and it is atrocious, buggy spamware in my opinion, i don't know how people actually use it and can get anything done during the workday. I lasted about 2 weeks, trying to experiment with it, and instead of dual booting any more, I just deleted the Win 11 side and expanded the free space for Mint on that box. With Zorin working as well as it is, I just might be replacing that Mint. I can find nothing that I want to do that Zorin can't handle well and elegantly. I highly recommend for anyone. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 314 reader reviews of Zorin OS...