Of course, shortcuts in all their forms were pretty much a necessity when running Windows; their “Start” button led to a totally anarchic rat’s nest. If you were lucky enough to find what you were looking for you’d be crazy not to immediately shortcut it somewhere, if only to briefly avoid the menu.So I further confess that it’s possible I may be the victim of Windows operant conditioning.In any case, years ago with XP eXPiring and the Vista disaster unfolding, I decided to experiment with. All of a sudden not only was my plodding PC was more responsive, but using the Gnome 2+compiz desktop I enjoyed two novel features that I came to love.First, theFirst, the one click option. After all, if I can be trusted to open a program with one click from the panel, why not a folder or a desktop shortcut?And second, the window preview, which was superior to and years ahead of the Windows 7 version. With these fourAnd second, the window preview, which was superior to and years ahead of the Windows 7 version. With these four features, I finally had the perfect OS.But not for long.
When Unity was forced on us, I really tried to like it, but eventually, it made me crazy. Unity has always been polarizing, creating the weird situation where when Unity-philes discuss their favorite features and Unity-phobes decry their worst ordeals—they are generally discussing the exact same things.This led me on a long trek through the Linux wilderness, in search for, which ended when I finally forked out €9 for Zorin OS 7 Ultimate.
It gave me the four core features I wanted and more: Unique software, stylish design, functionality, a vast array of pre-installed applications, plus excellent support. Below is my current version: Zorin OS 9 Ultimate. Zorin OS 9 UltimateThis release, so far, has been the high-water mark for the project. I bought and installed both 10 and 11, but they lacked any further development and, more importantly, any long term support—Zorin 11 expired mere months after its release. So it looked as if the Zorin project was winding down. Zorin OS 12 Review: My experience with itBut last November to my surprise and delight from a shiny newly re-designed website.
Based on Ubuntu 16.04 and 4.4.0-21 Linux kernel, it’s supported until 2021. Though they doubled the price to €19 for the Ultimate edition, for me the decision was easy.
Zorin served me well for years and I feel that if I pay for, install and maintain their releases I’m in some small way contributing to the project.After an especially arduous installation and a few adjustments, this is what I ended up with: Zorin OS 12As you can see two of my core features are present. What you can’t see is the absence of a “one-click” option and the ability to add program shortcuts to the desktop. Well, okay, I can add Steam shortcuts, but only Steam shortcuts so far.Overall it has a cleaner look more minimalist look, though it seems to be at the cost of some flexibility and functionality.
Gone, for example, are all the “right-click” menus which allowed users to fine tune their desktop. It reminds me a lot of Lubuntu, but at $28(CAN) this is not exactly high praise.To be totally honest I’m disappointed. It would be one thing if it flew through file operations and opened programs in a nanosecond. So far, however, it’s no faster than its predecessor.
Furthermore, at the moment it’s buggy. I seem to generate about one bug report every other session, once simply by trying to open my email client while copying files to my home folder. For some reason this incident caused my “Trash” icon to disappear.
(Its ghost occasional manifests itself in screenshots, or just as the activity manager fully appears, but so far it’s left no ectoplasm.). Finally, and without dwelling on the topic, there are limits to minimalism. And the Zorin team is increasingly designing as if there is a severe global shortage of digital ink.But before you jump to the conclusion that I think Zorin 12 is rubbish, there are few points which must be made in Zorin’s defense.First, Zorin 12 is a rebuild from scratch. Based this time on a Gnome/LXDE desktop there are bound to be bugs. Importantly though, none of the bugs has caused the OS to crash.
Instead, all the desktop icons briefly disappear, leaving only the wallpaper and the affected programs. They then close, the desktop (mostly) re-appears along with a crash report. For those of you who might remember the early days of Linux Mint, this is a big improvement. Furthermore, they have been able to successfully incorporate all their unique software into the new build.The point I’m trying to make here is it would be fairer to withhold judgment on Zorin 12 at least for now. If nothing has changed a year hence I would say it’s not worth it, but my hunch is that this is only the beginning.Second, part of Zorin’s mission has always been to provide ex-Windows users with an easy landing into the Linux world. This means familiarity.
But consider, soon enough the majority will be switching over from Windows 10, so there’s no long future in making an OS that looks like Windows 7. And with the activity manager replacing the desk-cube, Zorin 12 certainly has a vibe that would make Windows 10 users feel right at home.The other part of their mission has been to offer a platform that will not intimidate the novice user. I think the simplification will not only please the novice but fit well with the general trend towards simpler desktops with more minimalistic graphic designs.Finally, I need to constantly remind myself that Zorin was never really designed with a user like me in mind; that it just so happens I really liked it. This could well be the last version Zorin I’ll ever buy.
But it could as easily rival 9. I think Zorin 12 probably just needs a little time to mature before we’ll know. In the meantime, it’s worth noting that if the world doesn’t occasionally surprise you, you’re not paying enough attention. Some tips on installing Zorin 12Installing Zorin has always been a breeze for me when I’ve installed it along side or over Windows OS’s. And that, after all, has always been their mission. Where I’ve encountered difficulties in the past is installing it along side or over other Linux OS’s.
Windows 10 couldn't be installed audit mode. I do not want Windows Update to constantly tell me that Windows 10 could not be installed (I know this already and do not want to install.
Here are two problems I encountered this time and how I got around them.(As is always the case, carefully read and exactly follow the clear instructions on posted on the Zorin website. Here I’m proposing a couple of precautions which take a few minutes but could save you a few hours.)Zorin is a big download, over 4 gigabytes, which on slower IPS’s can take a few hours. Annoyingly, my first two attempts failed. The first had a wrong checksum. The second aborted minutes before finishing.So I “sanitized” my Firefox before trying again and finally it downloaded perfectly.
Getting ready to Download: Cleaning Out Your Firefox If your download fails in first attemptHow do I do that? In Linux, it’s simple and fast. What you need to do is temporarily remove all your existing configuration files from Firefox and return it to an out-of-the-box state. But if you want to return Firefox to its configured state afterward you’ll need to create a folder to store them in. Make sure you give it an obvious name and put it where you can easily find it again.
Go to your home folder and make sure “show hidden files” option is on. You can click on the “view” or the equivalent icon and check off the box, or simply type “ctrl+h”.Next find the folder labeled “.mozilla” and click it open. And on the next, click “firefox”.Next, you’ll see files that look something like these:Remove these files—either drag and drop or use the “move to” option—and place them safely in the folder you created earlier. Afterward, you can easily return Firefox to its original configuration by reversing to process. Just remember that Firefox will have created new configuration files that you’ll need to delete first. How to Avoid (at least one kind) Installation FailureThe second problem I encountered was a complete installation failure.
The process got hung up while trying to turn off my “swap” partition. I thought it might resolve to issue by itself but it remained hung up for an hour and I had no choice but force the machine off. (What would have happened, I wonder, if I simply removed the charger and left the battery to die?)This, of course, corrupted the installation thumb drive, so I had to burn a new one.That done, I used Gparted to make sure the “swap” partition was turned off this time:I know that Gparted often strikes fear in the minds of many Linux users and for good reason: it’s a powerful tool and it always works. In other words, if you screw things up you do so on a galactic scale. So the more timid might try the “disks” program which can also “swap-off”, though I’ve never used it myself. A Clean InstallIt’s important to make sure you do everything in the right order.
First, make you know or at least jot down your BIOS screen keys. Unfortunately, they vary from machine to machine, they are nearly always found on the top row of your keyboard. One is usually labeled “Boot Options” and the other “System Settings”. In the former, you can select which drive you want to boot from in a given session. In the later, you can set things up so that your PC always from a certain sort of drive.Second, make sure your installation media boots.
If and when it does select the “Try Zorin” option then shut it down without installing.Next, boot into your existing OS and “swap-off” as shown above. Mount your Zorin drive, preferably in the same USB port that it just booted from. Then restart.If for any reason it boots into your existing OS instead, the booting up process will turn “swap” back on and you’ll have to repeat the process if you want to play it safe. If it looks like your machine is about to boot from the wrong drive and you’re fast enough, you can abort the boot on most PCs with “ctrl+alt+del”. This will send you back to the BIOS screen where you can make sure the right drive boots.Disclaimer: This tutorial is a reader submission.About author Dave Merritt: I’m a 59 years old, fulltime landscaper and parttime PCmedic. I’ve been an avid Linux user for over ten years.
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In that time, I do not claim to have made every possible mistake, only most of them. I’m a big fan of prog rock, avant jazz and J S Bach, and enjoy reading Neal Stevenson and anything to do with the foundational problems in modern physics. I just downloaded the ultimate edition yesterday 5/18/2018. It took a few attempts to install 12.3 (installer broke twice). The latest issue is the software store stopped working which happened the same night I downloaded it. Also I can’t properly record my desktop on my 4k display (though a common issue). I also ran into that double login issue once (was a problem I had in 16.
04 originally with gnome ). All that said, while Zorin is impressive I should not be experiencing such issues on a distro based upon version 16.04.1. At least if it were 18.04 I would feel much better about the bumps. Furthermore, I have to wonder what kind of testing this distro goes through because I should not be running into problems day one with the installer no less and for something I paid for. I opened a ticket with support so we will see how responsive they are.
On August 1, Artyom Zorin had the great pleasure of announcing the immediate availability for download of the final release of his Zorin OS 10 GNU/Linux operating system, distributed as Core and Ultimate editions, based on Ubuntu 15.04.It would appear that the have not been changed from the RC (Release Candidate) version of the OS 10 distribution, so we will have to recapitulate some of them in this article. First of all, the Zorin OS developers have stated that this is their best, most beautiful release yet, as it includes major visual changes to the desktop layout through the addition of a new font, and a stunning new icon theme based on elementary OS' icons.Additionally, new theme colors have been added to the Zorin Theme Changer application, including Red, Orange, and Green, the Zorin Menu can now be customized to the max, and the Zorin Look Changer tool is easier to use than ever. Zorin OS 10 is powered by 's Linux 3.19 kernel and systemd init system and service manager, and comes with Zorin Web Browser Manager, a tool that allows users to install additional web browsers in the distribution.' Zorin OS 10 is our best, most beautiful release yet. We have made major strides with the visual styling in Zorin OS.
In addition to the refined & perfected desktop theme and the new default FreeSans desktop font, we have introduced a stunning new icon theme, based on the elementary and elementary-add icon themes. This is its first major overhaul since Zorin OS 2.0,' says Artyom Zorin. The new apps in Zorin OS 10Another big change in Zorin OS 10 is the default set of applications, which now include the awesome Geary Mail client, a Calendar app, an Activity Journal software, a streamlined new Media Player, and many more that you will have to discover for yourself when using the operating system.and editions right now from Softpedia.
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This site uses affiliate links as a means of monetization.ZorinOS is an up and coming Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that has begun to really catch on with users everywhere. With a visually attractive appearance and plenty of personalization options, it is quickly becoming the next best thing since Linux Mint hit the scene. Today, I'm going to take a look at ZorinOS 12 – Ultimate Edition from a user perspective.Before I get into this review, let me just say that this is not intended to be a review from a system administrator point of view but rather that of a user. I've been using Linux for over 20 years but I am no sysadmin so I won't pretend to be one and I want to make that clear from the get go. If, however, you are looking to see what ZorinOS has to offer from a user perspective, read on.Installation is identical to that of Ubuntu so I'm not going to bore you by showing a bunch of screenshots of it, rather I'll just tell you that it's identical and worked without a hitch for me. One thing I did find surprising was that during installation I selected the “Install alongside Windows 10” option which, in the past, has never worked successfully for me on this machine. I was pleasantly surprised to see that upon reboot after installation, I had the option to either boot Zorin or Windows 10.
Whether that's a fluke or whether the Zorin developers managed to get it to work a bit better, I was pleased to see I can now dual boot successfully. (On a side note, if the developers have indeed improved this functionality, let me know and I'll of course update this review accordingly).Upon first boot, I was greeted with the screen below. As you can see, it's a nice, clean desktop with a single bar across the bottom.
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The menu, when clicked on looks like this:Zorin is powered by the Gnome Shell and as such has with regards to window management, hot keys etc. Where it differs, however, is in the variety of customizations that have been integrated. Specifically, items such as desktop extensions to view thumbnails when hovering over minimized windows and music integration within the notifications panel, to name a few.From a design aesthetics point of view, it's a beautiful desktop.