Zorin OS 16 Pro, the upcoming release that will replace Zorin OS Ultimate has been announced and one of the features they're showing off is a pre-made style to look like Windows 11.
It was only a matter of time of course until someone or some distribution put up an official Windows 11-like style, and surprisingly it actually looks quite nice. Only available in the Pro edition, this is their paid version of Zorin OS Linux that provides a bunch of extras.
"The Windows 11-like desktop layout is brand-new in Zorin OS 16 Pro. It features a modern and streamlined UI that adapts well to computers with touchpads, mice, or touchscreens. The new grid menu, activities overview button, and taskbar icons are placed front and center for easy access and effortless navigation on screens of all sizes. "
Zorin OS 16 Pro will come with 8 very different desktop layouts with their 4 premium layouts to look like macOS, Windows 11, Windows Classic and Ubuntu on top of 4 other layouts included in the standard Zorin OS.
Why pay though? Well, working on open source software does have a cost attached to it and a very real one. People need to eat and we do live in a society where money talks. On the "Why Pay?" page, the Zorin team note that funding helps them hire developers and they're totally independent.
"We've designed Zorin OS to have the perfect blend of power and usability for everyone."
The thing is - why would you want to use Zorin? Well, the developers say a big target for them are new Linux users, and people who perhaps aren't the best with computers overall. They include a number of tweaks to make the experience as easy as possible like prompting to install Wine if you try to use a Windows application but also show some known equivalent options if possible too. Lots of little tweaks.
Building on top of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, they get a stable base with all the updates to the entire Linux software stack that came with it. The full release of Zorin OS 16 is due on Tuesday, August 17.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
rustybroomhandle Aug 14, 2021
Quoting: Whitewolfe80Quoting: Guestwhat's the point of providing a windows 11 layout? Not even windows users want that. The first thing I see them doing is to try to find the setting to put it back in the corner.
Other than that, Zorin and Deepin are the most user-friendly distros out there. Well, Deepin used to be when I last tried it, at least.
Yeah but deepin is suspect at best i just do not trust a chinese distro its probably fine and my paranoia but no it would be the same as installing red star linux (the offical north korean linux distro) the sheer amount of monitoring software on that thing with every website apart from the state news webpage blocked
You can run a Deepin desktop without the Deepin distro.
I'm glad that 16 version is keeping tradition and brings W11 lauyout as well, but what looks strange here is that start menu is not centered on screen and that feels weird.
For layout options, Feren OS does a great job. With checking out. It offers changing full look and feel similar to most popular desktops out there, including a tablet mode.
Zorin has its heart in the right place though!
ThatOneFurry Aug 17, 2021
Quoting: Guestwhat's the point of providing a windows 11 layout? Not even windows users want that. The first thing I see them doing is to try to find the setting to put it back in the corner.
Other than that, Zorin and Deepin are the most user-friendly distros out there. Well, Deepin used to be when I last tried it, at least.
Should be noted that not all Windows users are against the UI refresher they are bringing to Win11, myself included. I was hyped from the get-go when the leaked ISO made its rounds and unto my machine, still rocking it on bare metal within the dev channel.
So, Zorin bringing this to its line of UI setups is a major plus in my books as I will be checking out the latest Zorin Pro release as I've always had in the past.
Quoting: wvstolzingQuoting: MalQuoting: Guestwhat's the point of providing a windows 11 layout? Not even windows users want that. The first thing I see them doing is to try to find the setting to put it back in the corner.
Uh... Old people already accustomed to that windows if I had to find a use case.
When I "forced" my father to linux I gave him Zorin and it made the transition smoother since GUI issues are factored out. After the conversion is done it's surely possible to move on to more functional interfaces.
No one's accustomed to the w11 layout yet, though.
Linux users are ahead of the time I guess
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