kojack Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Between Mint and Zorin, which one would you choose and why? I am looking at moving the rest of the systems to linux here and I am deciding between these two. I know I am going to put my son's gaming laptop on Garuda gaming dragonized. Lots of emulation and games baked in for him. Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linux Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 ZorinOS is always behind in security updates because of an older kernel. That is my main drawback for a couple of "nice and shiny" distros. (Pop!OS, elementaryOS etc.) Older kernels are getting updates as well, but it's not the same as with the current kernel. And Mint is as patched as the main Linux source distros. 1 2017 Clevo Laptop, TuxedoOS/Win11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 Is it that bad? I am using Zorin on my little Dell and I love it. I am "THIS CLOSE" to getting new drives for my laptop and desktop and installing Linux on both of them now. I am just done with everything. Clean and mean is linux and I love it. It makes old systems that are bogged down by the sewage Microsoft has pumped into windows, feel light and swift. I would save thousands on new hardware by putting free software on the older systems and mosey on and do my work. The system I am using right now is a dell inspiron 3169 with a pentium M3 chip, 4gb of ram and 1tb of sata ssd. and it's just as snappy as my current dell laptop with a 1165g7 chip 64gb of ram and a fast NVME ssd because windows is so bloated and "ai'ed". Windows 12 is going to be a massive dumpster fire too. Done with that. Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linux Posted Saturday at 07:19 AM Share Posted Saturday at 07:19 AM I don't see it as bad as with Windows - which i still also use - to be behind in security issues. You don't have that much critical ones with Linux. If you are paranoid and want to be really on the safe side, the current kernel is the best for sure. The most effort is going into this one. To be honest, my backup laptop has elementaryOS running on the 2nd SSD and like it a lot. More of a warning statement, not a no-go. 1 2017 Clevo Laptop, TuxedoOS/Win11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted Saturday at 02:13 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 02:13 PM I tried elementary os before. Seems alot of the software is not available on their app store. Can you just laod via terminal? Also. What are your thoughts on Linux on arm? Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishayin Posted Sunday at 01:46 PM Share Posted Sunday at 01:46 PM Hmmm, difficult to say. What is it that you like, and drew you to those options in the first place? And what are the important deciding factors for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted Sunday at 11:00 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 11:00 PM 9 hours ago, Ishayin said: Hmmm, difficult to say. What is it that you like, and drew you to those options in the first place? And what are the important deciding factors for you? Ease of use for people who are used to windows made me choose mint. I chose Zorin because I like the touchscreen aspects of it on some of my systems. I am typing from a Zorin OS equipped little dell system right now and it's awesome. Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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