![]() ![]() Zorin OS comes in both free and premium editions. ![]() ![]() So, the question to be answered now is how closely does Zorin OS live up to its claims? Zorin OS – Download and Installation All users need do is click on an appropriate ‘Windows 7′ or ‘XP’ button and the desktop will look and behave accordingly. Zorin OS is based around the popular Ubuntu distro which traditionally runs the Gnome desktop but there is one major difference Zorin OS includes a unique “Look Changer” feature which lets users change the interface to mimic Windows. Zorin bills itself as the easy migration path from Windows to Linux, and it certainly gives that impression. I must admit I hadn’t come across Zorin OS previously but now I have, I do like the sound of it. What if there was a version of Linux which looked and behaved in the same manner as Windows 7 or XP… would that arouse your interest? Well it did mine. To save on typing, here is an excerpt from that original Zorin article to hep with the introduction: So here we are, some one a half years later, and I finally got round to installing Zorin for a proper look see – and now that XP’s end of support date has finally arrived, the timing couldn’t have been better. I had every intention of installing Zorin for the full-on experience and subsequently publishing a follow up article but alas, try as I might, I could not get it to install successfully. At that time, I checked out Zorin OS via the live DVD and published an article here: Zorin OS – Linux for the masses?. My first encounter with Zorin OS occurred almost 18 months ago. Zorin OS is a Linux (Ubuntu-based) operating system specifically designed to help traditional Windows users migrate as easily as possible to an alternative operating system.
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