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Zorin OS is an alternative to Windows and macOS, designed to make your computer faster, more powerful and secure.

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Zorin OS is an alternative to Windows and macOS, designed to make your computer faster, more powerful and secure.


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Samrat K.
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Samrat K.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Zorin OS easy Linux environment for beginners"
First of all it is easy to use os. It GUI similar to windows so if your switching from windows I think zorin would be the one. You will be fimiar w...
Mohammad F.
MF
Mohammad F.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Coolest Lite Weight Linux"
Zorin OS comes with useful features and highly customisable ui. It uses paper icon and material icons that looks super flashy. It's lite version i...
KM
Kumaran M.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Zorin, the lifesaver of old computers."
Zorin is an ubunto based Linux operating system. So It have lot of software is there to install and use. The main feature of the zorin is Lightwei...
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Himanshu D.
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What do you like best about Zorin?

Zorin UI is something very smooth and easy to use similar to Windows Os. You will feel comfortable to use it even if you're coming from Windows OS. Beside that it have better control management system then other linux Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zorin?

Zorin OS sometimes become buggy because of new updates maybe they need to look into it before pushing updates for all users and beside that need to make driver compability more better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zorin solving and how is that benefiting you?

Zorin OS is one of the best Free open source OS no need of purchasing. Since it's based on linux os malware and virus which cause system to become slow.but in zorin it doesn't happens it's smooth , not only for High end Pc but for low end pc too Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JEANFED R.
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What do you like best about Zorin?

The upsides of Zorin are its look, it is very simple to personalize and has way too many options for the desktop loop. Also, since it is Ubuntu based, you can modify the system the same as in Ubuntu, with a lot of documentation online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zorin?

I find it has a boot time about the same as in Ubuntu, but for some seconds Ubuntu wins the race. I'm not affected by this, but it is one of its downsides, asides from that it has nothing to loose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zorin solving and how is that benefiting you?

I've been using Zorin as my main operating system because I liked that it comes with the same tools as any Ubuntu-based distribution, but allows me to modify its look and even the paid version comes with professional-grade software already installed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alok Punj S.
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What do you like best about Zorin?

Quite easy to use and understand even for someone shifting to Linux from Windows OS and the most important thing for developers, "The Terminal"! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zorin?

-> Frequent system updates.

-> Some softwares/games are incompatible with Linux.

-> GUI intensive, so sometimes laggy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zorin solving and how is that benefiting you?

-> Fulfils the need for the terminal for smooth programming/coding.

-> Easy to install services like SQL, MongoDB and work with servers.

-> Faster and less resource consuming than Windows OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lakshit K. S.
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What do you like best about Zorin?

The fact that it is very similar to windows, thus it helped me switch from windows to zorion os without the headache of learning and adapting to typical Linux UX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zorin?

There is no downside particularly related to my daily usage, I have installed it on my personal laptop which made it really face compared to windows 11 that I had earlier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zorin solving and how is that benefiting you?

I mainly used Zorion os for Software development on my laptop specifically, not just because it is quite fast but because all the Linux features with the usage similar to windows are best about it. The OS is quite refreshing as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dhairya G.
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What do you like best about Zorin?

customisable, safe and secure, updates regularly for gliches and bugs and extremely user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zorin?

Frequency of updates is a lot, incompatibility with many of the important softwares Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Zorin:

Learn to use terminal and go through different customisability options that zorin offers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zorin solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's solving a problem of providing a user friendly and stable interface to a Linux user Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Zorin?

The Best there is to experience about zorin is the look and feel of its gnome interface which provide more flexibility in customising the theme . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zorin?

Its software center is a bit incomplete and I need to rely on snap store to install apps via command line Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zorin solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its really light weight and it make my old laptop feel alive . as its soo fast and reliable even for heavy coding processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tom A.
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What do you like best about Zorin?

That audio works. As in... LMMS, Ardour, Rosegarden, Audacity. Before this, I tried everything. And by everything I mean Ubuntu Studio, Kubuntu, MX Linux, AV Linux, IO Linux, I was literally getting desperate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zorin?

I NEED to be able to use [alt] right click drag to resize ANY window from ANY part of that window. [alt][f8] is nice and all, but it does not ALWAYS work for ANY resizable window. For example: Software app v 3.36.1 (core app yeah?).Copyright © 2016-2019 Richard Hughes, Matthias Clasen, Kalev Lember. I can resize this with my mouse, and with [alt] right mouse drag under KUBUNTU but not Zorin sadly. Terrible shame. [alt][f8 ] does not work on this window. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zorin solving and how is that benefiting you?

audio mostly. later on, i may try to get a PCI card to work (MOTU 2408 audiowire for my Audiowire based MOTU 2408 mk1 rack mounted sound "card", or a Texas instruments Firewire 1 PCI card for my MOTU 8Pre rack mounted sound "card".) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Zorin?

The flexibility of the desktop be heavily customisable. It allows me to easily use as my mac. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zorin?

Not all programs are compatible with Zorin Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zorin solving and how is that benefiting you?

The incompatibility of Windows vs Mac in different programs and the different interfaces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Zorin?

The best part of Zorin is how comparable it is to the Windows OS. It has a similar look and feel to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zorin?

underneath it’s Ubuntu. So it's still a Linux operating system. If you're not familiar with Linux, it can be a learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Zorin:

If you're looking for something cost-effective compared to windows, it's a good step. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zorin solving and how is that benefiting you?

Zorin is more cost-effective while still allowing our use-base to feel comfortable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Piyush G.
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What do you like best about Zorin?

I have been using Zorin Lite 64-Bits version for quite a long time. What I really like the best is that they provide us very similar interfaces like windows and mac os so you wont be suffering from the interface like other Linux distributions. It's is lightweight so it can be run on old laptops also like mine. Zorin os is ubuntu based so you will be find all the software updates on time and For Windows users they provide Libre office which can replace Microsoft office for sure. Zorin os gives us every reason to replace windows with it. Really Cool and useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Zorin?

The only thing which I don't like that is when our system goes to sleep Zorin os will not wake up from sleep/suspend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Zorin:

Zorin OS is highly recommended if you are thinking to switch from windows to linux Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Zorin solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am Full Stack developer and I was using windows but after recent updates of windows my laptop did not met the requirements so this problem was solved by installing zorin os. Zorin Lite works perfect and fast in my system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.