Zorin OS, based on Ubuntu, offers the GNOME desktop environment and has an inspiringly stylish desktop layout reminiscent of Windows to ease the transition away from Windows.
Zorin OS is renowned for being user-friendly and offering a familiar design. Its strengths include a great range of different desktop layouts which let you change the appearance of the environment to one that will be familiar whatever your background.
Overall, the distro functions with such grace that most other Linux distros can only envy. Clean and polished, it offers a great user experience.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | GNOME, Xfce |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | APT, dpkg, Snap, Flatpak |
| Release Model: | Fixed release |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | zorin.com/os |
| Developer: | Zorin Group |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distros which is currently under development. |
What's a Linux distribution ("distro")? |
| A distro provides the user with a desktop environment, preloaded applications, and ways to update and maintain the system. Each distro makes different choices, deciding which open source projects to install and provides custom written programs. They can have different philosophies. Some distros are intended for desktop computers, some for servers without a graphical interface, and others for special uses. Because Linux is an open source operating system, combinations of software vary between Linux distros. |