Hmmm, I wonder if that was a
subliminal message from our Wizard friend?
You may be right. What are his next words of wisdom for us? I don't know when I will find that pearl, but I'm still looking.
Another thing I have found from Zorin is: My free version does not give me the seconds on the clock! It may seem minor to some people, but I really do like to know how many seconds are counting down. So, if I want to display the time in hours and seconds, no good. Maybe the £19 package has that enabled, I don't know. After I finished downloading Zorin on the 19th and started driving it, my first reaction was to delete it and go for something else. But for some reason, my heart was softened by the beauty and sheer simplicity of the desktop, so I decided to keep my promise to sample it for the next 13 days (the morning before today). There's another annoying feature that I've come across, the panels and windows are super-sensitive to the mouse when it's hovering over them. The windows come and go immediately, depending on how you place the mouse. And the window I'm typing in will immediately minimize, depending on where the mouse is. Talk about vertigo! Despite these findings, I have noticed a strong system that seems to be stable and doesn't "crash." The menus are fairly consistent with the overall GNU / Linux experience, and the file cabinet is easy to access and use. Unlike Ubuntu MATE, Zorin's cabinet has a "Recent" tab, which gives you an overview of files you have just added or modified. I made the mistake of trying to change the name of one of my files in Recent (that's not where you do it, Jonathan!), that's Lesson Number One!
...I think it's a beautiful distro, but it seems a bit sluggish to me (even with 8 GB of RAM). You may find tricks to speed things up that I haven't discovered. XFCE and LXDE are both nice low-resources desktops, so they are usually better performers.... I think you will enjoy the search as you go along too.
Yes, very true. I had no idea that sampling the Linux universe would be a bit of fun! The many flavors and distros are, to say the least, exciting. I started my computing experience with Windows several years ago (years before Linux was born), and this will be my first time venturing out into the great frontier. I'm not going to say anything negative about Windows because it gave me many good experiences along with the bad. And as I watched that OS grow from the early days of the World Wide Web, I could see how it was maturing. Like most other systems and distros (my opinion), there are great releases, good releases, fair releases, and "why did you me give that?!" releases. I remember my Windows days, when I couldn't wait to turn on the computer as soon as I got home. But humbly speaking, the Linux experience is in a dimension of its own, and I like the direction it's taking.
Back to Zorin: I have two recent (there's that word again) screenshots of my installation. I was drawn to the Grand Canyon wallpaper. A beautiful Zorin.
Have a super day and night!
