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 August 23 Share Posted August 23 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 August 23 Author Share Posted August 23 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 August 24 Share Posted August 24 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 August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 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...
Mr. Fox Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago Zorin is the best choice for anyone moving from Windoze to Linux. Ubuntu is probably the best option for anyone wanting to ditch crApple. Any Ubuntu or Debian derivative is generally user-friendly. I like most of them. My preferred distro is Kubuntu followed by Mint. Zorin is super easy for Winduhz converts to get acclimated to Linux. It is not a customizable in terms of the GUI and when I have used it I always ended up installing Plasma/KDE. Personally, I do not care for immutable distros like Bazzite or CachyOS, although CachyOS looks fantastic the immutable aspect of it makes it an unacceptable option for me. If I wanted the OS to make all of my decisions for me and restrict what I can do then I would just stick with a crappy option like Micro$lop Windoze or crApple's MacOS. WRAITH // X870E Apex | 9950X | 5090 Solid OC | 32GB DDR5-8000 | GF3 1650W | Triple 360 Loop | Hailea HC-500A || O11D XL EVO (T-Rex) BANSHEE // X870E-E Strix | 9950X | 4090 Suprim | 48GB DDR5-8000 | Edge 1300W | Dual 360 Loop || O11D XL EVO (Rhinoceros) MEH!! // Precision 7720 | BGA CPU Filth | MXM Quadro P5000 16GB | 32GB DDR4 | 4K IPS Display | $500 Turdbook (Sea Turtle) Mr. Fox YouTube Channel | Mr. Fox @ HWBOT The average response time for a 911 call is 10 minutes. The response time of a .357 is 1400 feet per second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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