I’m not a senior but I greatly appreciated your video. I’m new to Zorin OS and so far I’m really impressed. Many Linux distros are very powerful and customisable but often become hard to manage. Zorin OS might not have the latest versions of everything but the system so far is incredibly intuitive and stable. I especially love the flatpaks, they seem to agree more with my pc.
Thank you for the video. That was so well explained. I also appreciate how you went through everything with no rush. I'm very new to Linux coming from a Windows environment wanting a change. Zorin OS 17 Core looks very user-friendly. I will watch your video again when I get Zorin OS installed on my laptop. I'm not a senior yet, but your knowledge is really amazing regarding Linux. Oh yes, you have earned one more subscriber! Thank you so much. Take care.
I'm in my thirties, so not quite a senior, haha- but I really appreciate your detailed, precise way of speaking. I'm exhausted with how a lot of my current tech seems to have a mind of its own, and next week I'm settling into a nice laptop and installing Zorin as my daily driver. I already knew it was the distro I wanted, but while I'm eagerly waiting for the package to arrive, your video has done an excellent job of priming me for what I'll see out of the box. There are a lot of small features that are really great, that might have whizzed right by me otherwise. Great video!
which one do you suggest ? linux mint or zorin os 17 core or fedora for daily usage no coding , only for daily usage and one of my question is, does zorin os or Linux mint have updater menu to install future updates without re installation
Any idea how to change the Military time to regular AM/PM time and show the seconds on both the clock at the bottom right and on the login screen? That’s the only thing so far holding me back from switching. I used ZFS as the file system.
So The current version is Zorin 17.1, I tried this on the GNOME non pro desktop. Now as far as the ZFS file system I do not think would have a bearing on this, but I do not use ZFS on Zorin. Changing the Time format, should be fairly easily done... open settings >look at bottom of settings and locate >date&time>time format 24 or am-pm. I should also change on your Login screen with normal settings. Regards, t
I'm a 69 Year Old Knucklehead. I have a computer that I built. Its got five separate drives. My nagging problem is that not all Distros use their name in the Boot Menu. Most Ubuntu derivatives only list "Ubuntu" - even though they may be Debian, Mint, MX.... or any of the others. I wish someone could tell me a work around for this dilema.
This one is not an easy task and if done wrong can leave your system unusable , since the boot loader files can be slightly different on some distributions, the file could be /boot/grub or GRUB grand unified boot loader or link . This is not an easy undertaken task to edit, also if you do not have experience looking at the lines of code, it can leave your system Unbootable. However the boot files edit, You could lookup the procedure(s) on line . Best of Luck, t
Are you running a custom icon set for Theme? If so it could explain that, if not , then it sounds like a glitch , and no that is not normal with any linux distribution.
I've tried to change icon taskbar position but every obvious method (including holding down left button) failed. I don't use mouse. I only use touchpad. Maybe that's the problem? Strange thing... If I hold down left touchpad button a context menu will appear. If I - still holding down left touchpad button - point cursor at one of context menu item, the icon will stick to the cursor and it will be possible to drag it along taskbar and change its location. Is this unnatural behavior standard? BTW... Do you know why right touchpad button is disabled by default? This is very unfortunate decision.
That's is some of the reasons I do not use touch pads. If you need that function ...I will suggest a mouse ...wired or USB Wireless, as blue tooth mice are a little flaky.
I have been looking for a decent magnifier tool like a windows zoomit tool to momentarily zoom the whole desktop, or zoom into YT video's to read small print that often is hard to see, but only 2 Linux tools I found but can't seem to get them to work for me ?
Hello, on Zorin 17 GNOME , try holding super (also known as start Key) Plus Alt Plus 8 or (super+alt+8) to Zoom the whole desktop. Also you can try Control + + , or what I use to zoom inside of a WEB Browser or the File Manager ... using a regular computer mouse with scroll wheel, is to Hold down the Control key and scroll using mouse scroll wheel to enlarge and shrink text or icons. Regards, t
Can you help me ask the correct answer. Don't know linux. I have wndows 10 expiring 2025 and I want to try linux but don't want to lose some apps and data from windows. How do you do this or direct me to where I can get this answer please
Linux apps are different from Windows thus not the same , but Linux has quite a few applications that do the same job like LibreOffice will open Microsoft Office files as an example and save in that format also. Now personal data on the other hand... like photos, documents and pdf's for instance can be backed up to a USB storage device, and put back on a Linux drive, I have even used a Linux Live Media to copy non encrypted Windows user personal files directly from a Windows partition. Hopefully this may answer most of your question's. Regards, t
I do believe. However I personally use only single monitors, my personal office one is a large 43 inch, so I have no need of duel, I still personally feel when you use duel monitors you are using more hardware resources. Regards, t
I downloaded a Dracula theme by EliverLara from the gnome-look web site clicked >GTK3/4 Theme and looked and downloaded the "drackula.tar.xz". I then manually uncompressed it, then created a ".themes" folder in users home directory and pasted the Uncompressed folder it extracted from theme . Then Zorin Menu>Zorin Appearance>Other>Applications and selected the theme without issue. This is the Non Pro version of Zorin17 GNOME. As a side note, Icon sets need to go in ".icons" not ".themes" ...if this was a icon sets and not theme. The .themes and .icons folder can be created manually and are hidden under normal use, use (Ctrl+h) in file manager to display hidden files & folders. Not sure what other advice I can give. Regards, t
Not sure what install any software’s you are referring to , software from Zorin or off the internet, if you are looking at installing software outside of Zorin provided software, the internet…be careful there are a lot of questionable software out there…
I’m not a senior but I greatly appreciated your video. I’m new to Zorin OS and so far I’m really impressed. Many Linux distros are very powerful and customisable but often become hard to manage. Zorin OS might not have the latest versions of everything but the system so far is incredibly intuitive and stable. I especially love the flatpaks, they seem to agree more with my pc.
Glad it was helpful!
I'm not a senior either but your video is very helpful and instructional. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful! One does not have to any age on my channel.
Thank you for the video. That was so well explained. I also appreciate how you went through everything with no rush.
I'm very new to Linux coming from a Windows environment wanting a change. Zorin OS 17 Core looks very user-friendly.
I will watch your video again when I get Zorin OS installed on my laptop.
I'm not a senior yet, but your knowledge is really amazing regarding Linux.
Oh yes, you have earned one more subscriber!
Thank you so much.
Take care.
You are so welcome!
I'm in my thirties, so not quite a senior, haha- but I really appreciate your detailed, precise way of speaking. I'm exhausted with how a lot of my current tech seems to have a mind of its own, and next week I'm settling into a nice laptop and installing Zorin as my daily driver. I already knew it was the distro I wanted, but while I'm eagerly waiting for the package to arrive, your video has done an excellent job of priming me for what I'll see out of the box. There are a lot of small features that are really great, that might have whizzed right by me otherwise. Great video!
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That was a very thorough and interesting demo.
Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
So far. Of the many distros I've tested zorin passed my test on gaming. 😂
Easy fix and assistance on exe installation.
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which one do you suggest ? linux mint or zorin os 17 core or fedora for daily usage no coding , only for daily usage
and one of my question is, does zorin os or Linux mint have updater menu to install future updates without re installation
All are good choices, but since you asked I would lean towards Mint for all the items on your list. Regards, t
Any idea how to change the Military time to regular AM/PM time and show the seconds on both the clock at the bottom right and on the login screen? That’s the only thing so far holding me back from switching. I used ZFS as the file system.
So The current version is Zorin 17.1, I tried this on the GNOME non pro desktop. Now as far as the ZFS file system I do not think would have a bearing on this, but I do not use ZFS on Zorin.
Changing the Time format, should be fairly easily done... open settings >look at bottom of settings and locate >date&time>time format 24 or am-pm. I should also change on your Login screen with normal settings. Regards, t
I'm a 69 Year Old Knucklehead. I have a computer that I built. Its got five separate drives. My nagging problem is that not all Distros use their name in the Boot Menu. Most Ubuntu derivatives only list "Ubuntu" - even though they may be Debian, Mint, MX.... or any of the others. I wish someone could tell me a work around for this dilema.
This one is not an easy task and if done wrong can leave your system unusable , since the boot loader files can be slightly different on some distributions, the file could be /boot/grub or GRUB grand unified boot loader or link . This is not an easy undertaken task to edit, also if you do not have experience looking at the lines of code, it can leave your system Unbootable. However the boot files edit, You could lookup the procedure(s) on line . Best of Luck, t
Its so weird when you install an app and the icon doesn't come along with it. Is that with every linux distro?
Are you running a custom icon set for Theme? If so it could explain that, if not , then it sounds like a glitch , and no that is not normal with any linux distribution.
I don't like the tiny fonts in the menu. Can the font size be increased?
You can increase font sizes, adjust screen resolution, or change themes and icon sets , I have videos on most of that in my library. Regards, t
I've tried to change icon taskbar position but every obvious method (including holding down left button) failed. I don't use mouse. I only use touchpad. Maybe that's the problem?
Strange thing... If I hold down left touchpad button a context menu will appear. If I - still holding down left touchpad button - point cursor at one of context menu item, the icon will stick to the cursor and it will be possible to drag it along taskbar and change its location.
Is this unnatural behavior standard? BTW... Do you know why right touchpad button is disabled by default? This is very unfortunate decision.
That's is some of the reasons I do not use touch pads. If you need that function ...I will suggest a mouse ...wired or USB Wireless, as blue tooth mice are a little flaky.
I have been looking for a decent magnifier tool like a windows zoomit tool to momentarily zoom the whole desktop, or zoom into YT video's to read small print that often is hard to see, but only 2 Linux tools I found but can't seem to get them to work for me ?
Hello, on Zorin 17 GNOME , try holding super (also known as start Key) Plus Alt Plus 8 or (super+alt+8) to Zoom the whole desktop.
Also you can try Control + + , or what I use to zoom inside of a WEB Browser or the File Manager ... using a regular computer mouse with scroll wheel, is to Hold down the Control key and scroll using mouse scroll wheel to enlarge and shrink text or icons. Regards, t
Can you help me ask the correct answer. Don't know linux. I have wndows 10 expiring 2025 and I want to try linux but don't want to lose some apps and data from windows. How do you do this or direct me to where I can get this answer please
Linux apps are different from Windows thus not the same , but Linux has quite a few applications that do the same job like LibreOffice will open Microsoft Office files as an example and save in that format also. Now personal data on the other hand... like photos, documents and pdf's for instance can be backed up to a USB storage device, and put back on a Linux drive, I have even used a Linux Live Media to copy non encrypted Windows user personal files directly from a Windows partition. Hopefully this may answer most of your question's.
Regards, t
Hello why is mine not searching when I type on my desktop? how do i enable it?
Im not sure what you are asking. Type on desktop? This sounds like what a Plasma desktop via Krunner does, or maybe this is a different matter?
does this OS support Multi Monitor Display ? that is Mirror or Extension options ?
I do believe. However I personally use only single monitors, my personal office one is a large 43 inch, so I have no need of duel, I still personally feel when you use duel monitors you are using more hardware resources. Regards, t
I cannot install dracula custom themes. after pasting it in .themes folder, it never appears.
I downloaded a Dracula theme by EliverLara from the gnome-look web site clicked >GTK3/4 Theme and looked and downloaded the "drackula.tar.xz". I then manually uncompressed it, then created a ".themes" folder in users home directory and pasted the Uncompressed folder it extracted from theme . Then Zorin Menu>Zorin Appearance>Other>Applications and selected the theme without issue. This is the Non Pro version of Zorin17 GNOME. As a side note, Icon sets need to go in ".icons" not ".themes" ...if this was a icon sets and not theme.
The .themes and .icons folder can be created manually and are hidden under normal use, use (Ctrl+h) in file manager to display hidden files & folders. Not sure what other advice I can give. Regards, t
Will they update for the sake of the 3D table?
17.1 has some effects, or new bells & eye candy.
can i install any softwares after..?
Not sure what install any software’s you are referring to , software from Zorin or off the internet, if you are looking at installing software outside of Zorin provided software, the internet…be careful there are a lot of questionable software out there…
Is this worth upgrading from 16?
New features? If do not need, then skip
mt7922 bluetooth not work.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
does it glitches when minimizing maximizing window? or is that only with my computer?
Not sure what the issue is, maybe a video driver or other hardware issue, maybe?