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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ZorinOS, had lots of problems with it right out of the box that weren't present on any other mainstream distros I tried on the same hardware.

I didn′t like the look and feel either. For a distro that has a paid version, I would expect a very polished a premium feeling experience, but I didn't get that compared to all the mainstream free distros.

It was ultimately a dissapointing experience all around.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh, this is the opposite of my experience. I've used a handful of distros over the years (including fedora and ubuntu) but Zorin was the most stable and user friendly by far out of the box. I also think their Gnome theme is pretty sleek.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Glad it works for you :) Fedora has been that for me on most of my hardware.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's my daily driver. I used the lite version on my old computer and Core on my new desktop. I understand it may have problems on other hardware but for me it looks and feels as good as the promotional screenshots.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nothing wrong with that, I'm glad it worked well for you! I don't actively hate it, I just was dissapointed with my personal experience.