#zorinos

[mike-dragon]

I made my Linux distro green. I like green. :3

[willenator]

Linux Mint isn't the best Windows replacement anymore

This distro is sleek, easy to use, and has built-in support for Windows apps.

Hmm. I've used Linux Mint off and on over the years. Might have to give ZorinOS a try. I like the idea of installing a Windows program by running the exe file and it setting it up automatically without having to get WINE up and running first. I wonder how well that actually works.

Curious.

[roomwithavoid]

finding an operating system to replace windows 10 (since it’s losing support) has been a fucking nightmare. i’m not using windows 11 cause they’re doing that bullshit “we own your computer actually” thing. i tried mint cinnamon but my computer would start freezing (often to the point of needing a restart) after only like an hour of use. i tried zorinOS but it somehow made my computer even slower?? i was tempted to try reactOS because i heard it can run windows stuff but then i learned it’s been in beta for 30 years despite apparently being actively worked on? and when i looked into people who have it they were all talking about constant blue screens.

im honestly at a fucking loss man. i think what im especially frustrated about is that linux mint cinnamon improved the performance for both my and my partners’ laptops, but the second it goes on my actual desktop computer it makes everything freeze for some reason? make it make sense.

[netscapenavigator-official]

After using ZorinOS, I completely understand why Linux has not and will never penetrate the mainstream consumer computer audience.

I was wondering why most apps have to be launched via terminal, looked up if there was a way around it. The first result was someone yelling at the person who asked if it was possible because "it's a feature of Linux" and "that's how you use computers efficiently."

Like, that might be true, but even the original Macintosh and Apple IIGS from the 80s had app icons to click and open apps. People aren't going to suddenly forget about this and move to an inferior, less convenient method of computing where they have to memorize commands. Until Linux sorts out its apps and launching situation, that shit will ALWAYS be a niche minority. If you can't trust your grandparents to use it unsupervised, then it will never become the popular choice.

[luna3cyon]

got some problems with win 10 recently and im thinking of switching to ZorinOS, you guys have any other recomendations for linux builds? touched a bit from using a relative's computer some time ago

[netscapenavigator-official]

Idk how to explain this without being long-winded, but it’s my blog so whatever.

Basically, I have a 2011 MacBook Pro 15”. I’ve replaced the battery and upgraded the RAM and replaced the 500GB HDD with a 500GB SSD. It’s great! The machine is truly the fastest mobile computer I have.

The 2011 MBP was let go from software updates a while ago, meaning, natively, macOS High Sierra is as high as I can get the thing.

Luckily, this computer is from an era when Apple actually made computers and not eWaste, so I just erased macOS off of it and flashed Zorin OS (an Ubuntu-based Linux distro) onto it. The computer is now even better! It’s my primary productivity machine. The display, speakers, battery life, and thermals are all pretty bad, but it’s just so snappy and problem free I can’t help it.

Now, when I set up Zorin OS I used LVM Encryption to encrypt the entire disk. Basically, upon booting, before anything happens, I’m prompted with a password box. Once I put in the encryption key, the computer would continue booting and bring me to my usual login screen. Great! Easy peasy, extra secur-sy. Well. That was the case.

Somehow, in my efforts to find a way to stop Linux from using my MBP’s Discrete GPU in favor of its Integrated (more efficient, less power hungry) one, I broke something in the EFI or SMC idk. Reinstalling didn’t help. MacOS Recovery mode didn’t help. The only way I fixed it was by wiping the device, running the installer USB, downloading the script I used to fuck it up, and then running it to undo what I previous had it do. This worked. Luckily, I was keeping the machine backed up with Timeshift. So, I wiped the computer again and installed Zorin OS, fresh, reinstalled Timeshift, and restored from backup. The only problem?

When I reinstalled Zorin, I didn’t use LVM Encryption because I was tired of having to manually type in that 25 randomized character password I chose. As a result, now every time I boot the computer, I’m prompted with a “Waiting for encrypted device, (name).” That prevents the machine from booting for about 5 minutes until it just randomly decides “ope, never mind” and finally takes me to my login screen. It does nothing in prohibiting me from using the computer expect prolong it. It’s just annoying and weird as hell, and I have no idea how to get rid of it.

Clearly, the way Timeshift resorted the device has it thinking it’s still an encrypted volume, and I have no idea how to tell it that it is not.

But anyway, it just aggravates me, and I needed to ramble and vent about it. Carry on.

[hschneider66]

ZorinOS: Die Top 5 Terminal-Tools für Linux

In diesem Beitrag geht es um meine Top 5 ZorinOS bzw. Linux Termin-Tools. Los geht's! Read the full article

[hschneider66]

ZorinOS 18: RDP-Zugang trotz Login-Screen

Ergänzend zu meinem Beitrag über unbeaufsichtigten RDP Zugang mit ZorinOS geht es in diesem Beitrag um den RDP-Zugang ohne Read the full article