[kwlug-disc] Zorin vs Mint

[Chris Irwin]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 03:33:41PM -0500, William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:
>Anyone running Zorin OS or Linux Mint on real machine?  Any issues?
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>So, I need real-life feedback...

So I don't understand ZorinOS. It seems to be yet-another Ubuntu-derved 
distro, with a yet-another GNOME-forked. Except this one has a paid 
version that unlocks extensions to make said GNOME-fork look like 
Windows/Mac/etc?

Mint at least has enough history that, between just these two options, 
I'd suggest it.  It seems to offer Cinnamon (a GNOME fork), XFCE, and 
Mate (a GNOME 2 fork).

That said, I don't know what you're actually getting vs just standard 
Ubuntu nowdays. Ubuntu itself has GNOME, KDE, Cinnamon, XFCE, and Mate 
(and more) versions already. Pick the one you like, and skip having a whole 
third-party in the middle.

Note: I say this as a Fedora guy. I vastly prefer Fedora (which *also* 
offers all those desktops, and more). But Ubuntu has the benefit of 
higher popularity, so if you encounter issues you're more likely to get 
direct results when searching.

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