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      Switching to linux has been the best decision i’ve made all year.

      Just wish there was a good one-click-setup virtual display option for Sunshine that “just works.” It’s my white whale of features.

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        I need my Omnissa Remote Client (VMWare) to work on Wayland with multiple monitors and I’d be good to go.

        As it is, I have to use Windows for work.

        Ubuntu didn’t work, but PopOS with Nvidia drivers built in works great.

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        …and just to be clear, this is a multiplatform problem. There’s a single mediocre ‘easy’ option in windows land and a very tinkery option in linux land.

        Doesn’t seem like any OS has caught up to the idea of fast streaming desktops quite yet. I’m convinced it’s the future of computing though. Way better than old VDI options from days of yore.

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        I setup Sunshine on my Kubuntu machine last night. Took me fucking AGES to figure it out. Recently set it up on my M1 Mac mini, which took me a couple of minutes.

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          I went through the same on Fedora, and it was never quite right. On Bazzite it was preinstalled and worked perfectly, just fyi.

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          I’ve seen this but I don’t really want the docker part.

          I think it could be phenomenal for some kind of beefy VDI implementation for low demanding games or some kind of monster server with multiple GPUs, but it just feels wrong for an individual who wants to remotely stream their desktop on demand and has no plans on having others share the host.

          Maybe i’m overthinking it, or haven’t thought it through enough - but my gut says this has more drawbacks than i’m realizing.

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        Is sunshine not compatible with Linux? Or is it just the virtual display feature?

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          It cannot generate a virtual display. It only uses attached displays which by default are real powered on monitors.

          I’ve gotten around this on windows with parsec and a virtual display adapter that someone keeps updated on GitHub which can spawn backup displays if none are present, but I find still sometimes fails to spawn them. Parsec is fairly reliable at spawning them when the windows solution fails but it’s not perfect either.

          A hack job virtual display on Linux will be more difficult to work with. It’s going to eat my desktop and be fairly hidden.

          Dummy plugs exist, but I specifically don’t want to put dummy plugs in all my remote hosts. Seems like an unga bunga solution to something which should be software.

          Something with VNC or simply ssh with some scripting could be the workaround I use to get back in when a virtual display fails to work as expected, but I am lazy and want something effectively bulletproof.

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            Well, dummy plugs are also kinda useful on windows - can’t seamlessly switch to client’s resolution without setting up the resolution profiles first, and that requires a device to apply the profiles to.

            Also, you can create virtual displays fairly easy on Xorg, but yes, the entire sunshine setup is infinitely easier on windows.

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    Yes! Yeeeesss!

    Let the distribution flame wars begin. Strike Zorin down with all your heart and forget that it is Linux and a move away from Windows.

    Let the snake eat its own tail!!

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    I’ll never understand how people recommend Zorin or Mint instead of the, much more Windows-like, and HUGELY supported Kubuntu or Fedora KDE.

    KDE Plasma is the way to go.

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      100% agree. Don’t get me wrong, zorin looks nice and I’ve considered trying it a couple times. But kubuntu is where it’s at. My brother is old school though, and has a Gentoo install he keeps going, but he gets the latest plasma, kubuntu is a major release behind.

      There are options that get you latest, still on a Debian base, but it wasn’t as stable as kubuntu so I switched back.

      Linux is the only thing that will really revive an old apple product, even if it runs macos pretty well still, you can’t get any of the apps to run because they’re no longer offered, and then if you can install an old one, it auto updates to a non-functional version. (This just happened to me)

      I still can’t quit Windows entirely, visual studio is important to what I’m working on.

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        I’m not saying that Mint is bad. But with Kubuntu or Fedora KDE you get more overall support, and KDE software is much more used, developed, tested and supported than Mint’s self-mantained things.

        There is a much higher chance of KDE thriving in the next 10 years than Mint.

        This is my opinion, of course. And based mostly on my subjective observations.

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      I’ll never understand how people recommend Zorin or Mint instead of the, much more Windows-like, and HUGELY supported Kubuntu or Fedora KDE

      I rebuilt an old Windows PC as a host for a Jellyfin server and used Mint because that’s what the guide recommended.

      Easy setup. Everything works great. So I told my friends about it. And, naturally, they went with Mint, too, because we all know that setup works.

      That’s it. That’s the only real reason why. I have a simple need and Mint got the job done.

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    This is just wonderful news.

    I’ve never used Zorin. It doesn’t seem to match my preferences and needs. Regardless, anyone switching from Windows [and Mac] to any Linux distro is fantastic for all of us, including remaining Windows users (probably not Mac users though).

    Let’s hope more keep switching, leading to a surge in Linux, and open source in general, funding. More people becoming interested in Linux development, potentially turning into more and more open source devs. I think we can be quite optimistic about this.

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      It feels pretty fucking ironic when my old macbook/laptop supports new OS versions for a decade, but my few years old high-end gaming PC? Outdated for Win11.

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    Year of Linux on the desktop. Why not say it? It’s been true for decades now.

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      So I’ve mucked around with ubuntu… gonna switch over to linux. Ideally something more user friendly at first.

      Can someone TLDR Zorin OS vs Mint?

      For now I just want something I can swap out my main device until I have more time to finish learning ubuntu.

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              They’re recommending a meme-distro in a serious thread without making it clear that it’s a joke.

              In this case someone might read their comment and follow their advice, thus ending up with Nyarch as their first distro. In the future, when they run into problems, they’ll have trouble finding support because it doesn’t have a massive knowledge-base or the support of a big community behind it like all the mainstream distros do.

              It might be an obvious joke to a Linux user, but a total Linux newbie might get confused or not even recognise it as such. If this comment was posted in /c/linuxmemes or something I wouldn’t say anything, but it is not.

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        Zorin and Mint are quite similar in philosophy, Zorin is more “fancy” but Mint is more reliable in my experience (not to say Zorin isn’t, just that it’s har to beet Mint). Any reason for wanting to use Ubuntu? Mint and Zorin are based on Ubuntu so pretty much everything that works on Ubuntu works on Mint/Zorin, most of the instructions for Ubuntu even transfer over

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          Nothing specific.

          Few years back I thought I might get into cyber security. Had an old gaming PC that I put ubuntu on for learning purposes. Had fun, eventually bricked the PC (it was a Frankenstein anyways).

          I figured everyone would say go with Mint. But its nice to hear everyone’s thoughts.

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        Zorin vs Mint comes down to; do you like the color green or blue? Jokes aside they are basically the same. I prefer gnome(zorin) over cinnamon(mint). I also find Zorin does a better job guiding newbs from windows. For example if you would download and run a windows exe, then Zorin will show a pop-up telling the user about alternative Linux apps, or it will handle running windows apps for you through wine.

        As a linux newb your choice of distro really doesn’t matter too much. Just don’t go for difficult stuff like Nix, Gentoo. Desktop Environment is where it’s really at for newbs. So try out Kde Plasma, Gnome, Cinnamon and pick the one that you fancy.

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          Interesting! This is exactly why I asked. I knew the general consensus would be go with mint. I’m looking for an easy OS cuz I don’t want a project car for my daily driver.

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            Mint is loved for a reason! One user takes a left turn, the other right. Like i said focus on desktop environments :)

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        Both have an Ubuntu base

        Mint develops their own desktop called Cinnamon which is like a cross between Gnome2 and windows 7 UIs. Its looks a bit bland, but some people prefer that.

        Zorin uses Gnome3, but is heavily customized to give people a choice between windows 7, windows 10 or MacOS type experiences. The UI does look a lot more modern than mint in the looks department. They also have a commercial support option.

        Both have a pretty good suite of software for customization and management.

        Personally I’m loving Bazzite, which is Fedora based with a lot of customizations for gaming and modern hardware. It’s also immutable, which makes it difficult to break.

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        zorin is more out of box and mint is lighter. so when you install zorin its going to put in libre office, disk burning, windows rpd, wine with play on linux, its a long list. So it comes down to out of box (I want a bunch of software I may use to be installed along with the os) or lighter and get what you want later. zorin is basically a lazier distro which is why I like it :) while some stuff may be a waste of space I just want it available right away or in a situation where im offline and did not think to install it previously for some reason (disk burning is a good example for this kind of thing)

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        Both are adequate. Both are based on Ubuntu. The biggest difference is going to be the interface.

        Zorin has a Gnome-ish interface. If you pay a few extra bucks, you can customize it to make it function like Mac or Windows or Ubuntu, etc. in one click.

        Mint has a (in my opinion) much less modern interface that I don’t like. But it’s also, I believe, the single most popular Linux distro so there will be endless amounts of community support for it.

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        I would say try a few out, see which DEs (desktop environments, pretty much the part of the OS that you look at) you like. I recommend trying Fedora Workstation (which is GNOME, a purer form of it compared to Ubuntu’s flavour, and is unrelated to gnomes of the fantasy world), a KDE Plasma distro (like Kubuntu or Fedora KDE), as well as Mint (which is Cinnamon) and ZorinOS (I think it uses a custom variant of GNOME, but I’m not sure).

        You either love or hate GNOME, there’s a lot of padding, and it’s very “minimal” and “clean”. Some people say the UI is similar to Mac in that it has a bar on the top and the “dock” (GNOME’s version of the taskbar) looks very similar to Mac. It also has a bunch of touch gestures and such, so it would be good if you have a touchscreen laptop, for example. Make sure to look at GNOME extensions, which helps you customise GNOME to your liking (e.g. transparency, having the dock always be shown kind of like one Windows)

        KDE Plasma, out of the box, looks similar to Windows. It, however, is the most customisable and you can change pretty much anything (position of the taskbar, text size of different parts of the UI, colours of all the buttons, etc.) and it’s kind of overwhelming. I particularly like KRunner (which is kind of like Spotlight on Mac and lets you search apps, files, settings, etc. straight from the desktop). Currently I’m using KDE Plasma.

        Cinnamon is Linux Mint’s homegrown take on GNOME, which tries to mimic Windows 10 to ease the transition to Linux. Mint focuses on the usability of its GUI apps, so you won’t have to touch the terminal as often (I do recommend you learn how to do simple things like apt to install apps, it’s really useful!). If you don’t like the excessive padding and touch-optimised design of GNOME or think KDE Plasma isn’t for you, Cinnamon might be what you want.

        There’s also a bunch of other DEs like Xfce (which is lightweight and meant for lower end devices), MATE (which keeps the design of old GNOME, so it looks less “modern” than other DEs), and COSMIC (which is by System76, recently went from Alpha to Beta so it isn’t perfectly stable yet, but it looks pretty cool with tiling and such).

        Take your time to pick, you can always swap out your DE (that’s one of the cool things with Linux, you can literally change the desktop of the entire OS if you want to! It’s kind of insane if you think about it. Recently, I switched from GNOME to KDE Plasma with little issue on Fedora. So don’t be afraid to pick the “wrong” desktop, you can always change it after the fact! You can even install multiple and choose which one to use when you log in, but that will mean having an excess of default apps, meaning multiple file managers, multiple calendar apps, etc.)

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        Zorin has a commercial license for additional GUI front ends, installation support, and a bunch of “professional” apps. It’s not clear if they’ve done something to make adobe/Autodesk/pro audio stuff work on Linux, pre-bundled their FOSS alternatives, or have made software themselves.

        Personally, if I was looking for something “professional”, I’d go PopOS!. But if I were a small or mid-sized business I’d consider Zorin Pro if I could get license to include additional support outside the installer… Or just buy System76 computers with PopOS! pre-installed and support built-in to their sales pipeline already.

        That said, Mint is also very Windows (classic)-like in their GUI experince (intentionally). It also has one of the largest Linux communities focusing on GUI usability.

        Depends on your use case on which flavor you should go. But for $50,In curious what Zorin’s software suite is and might dive in.

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          and a bunch of “professional” apps.

          It is in fact a bunch of pre-installed free software. I like Zorin, but Zorin Pro just seems like a way to trick businesses into paying for the distro. I guess having access to a support team is nice, but otherwise it’s not worth it at all.

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          I have the pro version, aaaand it’s convenient… But honestly all applications can be downloaded without much work. Zorin is also so stable that I’ve never had to contact support. The extra layouts is pretty nice tho.

          This is more of a “donation” option imo. If you love foss you should definitely financially support projects that you endorse!

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            The amount of contributions to FOSS from a downstream Ubuntu remix are very limited. Better donate to Debian or buy a Steam Deck.

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          Or just buy System76 computers with PopOS! pre-installed and support built-in to their sales pipeline already.

          S76 (and all Linux PCs) are all just insanely expensive and overpowered for the needs of most people. I wish they would just offer a barebones model with an N100 or something for $500 that normal people could afford…

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            I mean, that’s kinda the cost for low volume sales + computer support.

            They’re not selling computers for the average Linux user, they’re selling computers for independent professionals and businesses that need the support licenses to confidently run their operations.

            For the average Linux user, they have put out an incredibly stable version of their OS that has a professional in mind (docking station ready, highly optimized GUI workflow tooling, familiar OS styling, and more). We can then go grab a bare machine and toss their OS on ourselves.

            I get it though. I’ve strongly considered snagging one of their laptops in the past. Especially since I want to support them. I’ve even considered some other machines for niche purposes (HTPC, home lab VM host) , but always wind up snagging a Lenovo or IBM laptop or building my own desktop instead.

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            You can buy nearly any budget machine and load Linux off a USB stick, but most people just take whatever they have and their last windows action is to download a boot image and write it to a USB stick, then boot off the stick and tell it to use the whole disk

            Then use your backup system to restore your documents, pictures, web and mail configuration, and game settings and saves to your Linux machine

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        I’d advise using Mint in place of Ubuntu as your training wheels/potential daily driver, since Ubuntu’s developers (Cannonical) have the habit of making features and restrictions absent in the rest of the ecosystem (Snap comes to mind).

        Mint has a much larger and more dedicated userbase, so you probably will have an easier time finding answers to questions (Mint’s forums are pretty good nowadays), and it’s been an established “Windows jumping-off point” OS for quite a few years now. Zorin is the new kid on the block (while they existed in the past, their quality was nowhere near on par with Mint), so I’d wait and see before checking them out.

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    Anyone have strong opinions about Zorin?

    Already downloading it out of curiosity. The app to connect with your phone over the local network looks cool.

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      The app to connect with your phone is a straight ripoff of KDE Connect with rebranding.

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      Its a good lazy out of box distro which is why I use it. I don’t have to tweak or install much to get work done once installed. Most additions I have made are for some nice quality of life or just a niche thing (sending text to a network port for a virtual machine. oh and the virtual machine software). I complained that they should use kde and finally installed it myself but again I don’t have to configure or add anything after installation to be using it for most things I do so I can hit the ground running. Again. Lazy.

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      Started with Zorin but had a rough time. I didn’t realize until actual months later that my issues were due to a hardware fault and had nothing to do with the OS. By the time I realized, however, I had settled on Mint. I’ve since tried a handful of distros but always come back to Mint because I’m so used to it now. I do recommend Zorin for its level of polish and apparent desire to simplify the transition for folks coming from Windows.

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      Loved Zorin, it was the first Distro that made me fall in love with linux. Definitely install it and try it out for yourself. It’s essentially a pretty and better functioning Ubuntu without the spyware

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      Zorin has laudable aims but it’s delivered in a flawed way. It’s essentially Gnome with extensions to make it look and feel like other GUIs. Problem is, Gnome is not a good base for this type of approach - it is fundamentally not flexible and not designed for this. So Zorin is basically deliberating breaking Gnome to make it into something it’s just not meant to be under the hood.

      Zorin looks very nice graphically and seems good at at first but then niggles come along. Minor but constantly present.

      I think it’s probably OK for a Linux newbie but not ideal long term and doesn’t have the user base to make it as easy to get support as Mint for example.

      If you do want to mimick other GUIs then really don’t start with Gnome. You can achieve much better results using KDE on any distro; KDE by design is flexible and it doesnt require breaking fundamental design decisions made for Gnome to mimick something else. Only downside to do-it-yourself with KDE is if you do want to perfectly mimick another GUI then it is a manual process of finding themes and skins that match the aesthetic you want.

      That’s becuase Linux is it’s own thing and not focused on trying to mimick other DEs (even if some GUis have superifical similarities to Windows or MacOS).

      I get what Zorin is trying to do, but I think using Gnome is a mistake but also for me the basic idea of “familiar to ease you in” doesn’t really work. Better for people to learn how Linux is different - there is a choice in design philosophies but all of them are shaped around what Linux is and how it works rather than what Windows or MacOS are.

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        Familiarity is very important for onboarding users. You’d be surprised how easy people give up because something is different. Kde Plasma is great, I run it myself, but information overload and flexibility is more likely to deter the average pc user than to win them over.

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      Got me into Linux, 1.5 years ago. Tried Mint first, but that was pre some of their UI updates. I found the look quite outdated when I tried it. From there I started out by dual booting Zorin and Windows. Slowly moved everything over to linux and haven’t looked back since(only work laptop run windows now).

      Nothing more to say than a very solid distro. Doesn’t update often, but that has the advantage of never breaking lol. Also installed it on all my parents devices and it “just works💫”.

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      No idea what the other commenter is on about, I used Zorin ~2 years ago. It’s a great distro for people new to Linux, and IMO has the cleanest aesthetic of any distro I’ve used. It was also super stable and reliable.

      My issue with it (and ultimately the reason why I moved) is that it aims to be very stable which means its packages can get very outdated. I think the Nvidia drivers they used at the time I was on it were two years old. It’s not something most people would notice especially with how much Flatpak is used nowadays, but you’ll run into annoying cases where that thing you want to update isn’t available in that package manager.

      Even looking at the website, even though Zorin 18 is out it seems people on Zorin 17 will have to wait a few weeks for a way to upgrade.

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        Yeah I used it somewhat years ago which is why when I really made the switch I put it on my laptop. I actually still want to go to an image based distro but there is a bunch of stuff I sorta gotta get sorted and like all my zorin comments. so lazy. I mean im not but there is a lot of non laptop os things I got to do as well.

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            Thank you.

            Yeah, I actually booted Zorin and started the install process last night, intending to put it on my secondary SSD, but instead of the usual “where would you like to install?”, the prompts were written in a way that didn’t assure me that it wasn’t going to mess with my primary SSD, then I ran out of time and bailed for the night.

            This was the tool that I was most curious about anyway, so this will be much easier.

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        KDE connect is such an under appreciated killer app it’s not even funny.

        When I go to house sit for a friend I just hook my laptop to their HDMI, pull out KDE Connect, and bam I’m kicking back 10 feet away watching my streaming stuff on my system with adblock running and everything, and the media controls just work.

        I’m strongly considering using a Pi 3b+ as a TV machine where KDE Connect is the primary interface. It just works so well.

        I also love getting text alerts or low battery notifications on my desktop without having to keep looking at my phone. It’s just amazing.

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          My favorite thing is media pausing automatically when I get a phone call and resuming when I hang up. I listen to music all day while I work, so when someone calls it automatically pauses and I don’t have to pause it myself or turn down my speakers. Really helpful for busy customer call days when I’m on the support rotation.

          Notifications are also pretty great, useful for 2fa notifications since I’m at my machine for work all day.

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      When I used Zorin OS in the past (roughly 3 years ago), it was a pretty miserable experience, and was absolute garbage in comparison to Ubuntu and Mint back then, mainly due to a lack of polish.

      That being said, it has been worked on quite a bit since then, and while I’m cautiously optimistic, I’ll stick to recommending Mint for non-gaming and Bazzite for gaming users new to linux for the time being.

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      The fact that they default to Brave Browser already makes me wary. I have plenty of issues with Mozilla myself, especially their recent trend of integrating AI into the browser but I would rather use a fork or even vanilla Chromium rather than Brave. I know it’s just the default and you can switch easily but the fact they landed on THAT out of all available options doesn’t give me confidence, I would go with Mint instead.

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        that must be new as I have not uninstalled anything and brave is not on mine. I added several browsers so im not 100% what was on by default.

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        privacytests.org

        Brave might not be as hardcore “foss” oriented like some other browsers. But the stats don’t lie. Out of the box it gives good protection, non techies won’t be hardening their firefox configs. Zorin is about giving an easy onboarding. Brave just fits that user friendly design principle.

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          Just because Brave comes out as “the best” on privacy tests doesn’t mean it’s worth it to support a commercial browser that pushes AI, cryptocurrencies, blocks ads while replaces them with their own locked behind their system that they get a cut from, they added their referral links to websites you visited and only removed them after severe backlash, the CEO is a notorious homophobe that donated 1000$ to a campaign aiming to ban gay marriage rights in California. Zorin might claim they chose it based on merit and remove a lot of these features from it but they still push people to use it and increase its market share.

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            Most browsers push AI, I’ve never touched their crypto stuff in years of use, so easy to toggle off. Honestly I like the concept of what they tried to do with ads and crypto. It’s a model that atleast pays back the user, al other ads are just leeching off your data without giving anything back.

            Yah okay that last one I can’t defend 🙄. CEO’s certainly should shut their mouths more nowadays

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      I was unable to get the sound card to stop popping when on Zorin. Same for Mint. Would pop anytime sound played after more than a few minutes. No updates to the sound driver or any of the configuration fixed it. I also had GPU issues and was unable to play many games. I finally moved on to CachyOS and it’s been rock solid everywhere.

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    Let us hope their wine integration is up to the task. They’ll be gone just as fast if too much of the software doesn’t run with a double click, or MAYBE from the context menu

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    I remember my biggest lunch ever. It was at one of those all-you-can-eat calabash seafood places in Myrtle Beach. Starved myself all day in preparation. Man, the people in there were like little planets, like Pluto. Anyway, I filled up on bread and fell asleep.

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    as someone that have been scrolling lemmy daily for 2 years, i am surprised i have never heard of this distro, i thought being a lemming made me a linux expert

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      It’s basically a linux distro that’s meant to appeal to Windows users who want to keep the Windows look and feel.

      In other words, blasphemy in this church.

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        blasphemy in this church.

        Indeed tis spoken oft as heresy in the Cathedral…

        …But perhaps opinions are more diverse in the Bazarr?