Originally Posted by
gemma10
I`m seriously considering a Linux based system and did a quick search here on Zorin but not a lot to be read. Their website looks quite appealing; anybody got any useful thoughts on Zorin? I gather it can be run as well as windows until the user is more familiar with same.
As far as I can see the claims on the Zorin website apply to pretty much all the varieties of Linux (known as "distros"). It may be easier to get used to, it may not. I have computers running Mint Linux, Manjero Linux, SUSE Linux and Fedora Linux and they are not all that different to each other. The choice for each installation depends first on what I would like to take a look at and secondly on whether all the hardware is recognised, particularly with the laptops which tend to have special hardware. One of them double boots into Windows 8.1 for the stuff that only runs on Windows -- and it is never connected to the Internet so it won't "upgrade"
If you are willing to try Linux and your computer will boot from a USB stick use that to try it out, it will be much faster than booting from DVD which gives a poor impression of performance. In your position I would go for one of the very common distros, there will be a universe of advice on the net. Of the four I use Mint and SUSE are the more consumer-oriented distros, Manjero and Fedora are much more bleeding-edge for early adopters. But I've been a Un*x user since 1983 (and computers you've never heard of before that) so I'm used to loosing a certain amount of blood -- you won't need to these days.
Certainly in the UK, USA and Germany two or three Linux magazines have DVDs each month, so download capacity issues can be circumvented if you have poor connectivity or cost problems,
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