• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    Why does Zorin exist?

    Linux Mint exists to be defuckulated Ubuntu, and to show off the Cinnamon desktop which is defuckulated Gnome.

    Neon is KDE’s in-house distro, because I guess they get to have one even if it is functionally identical to Kubuntu.

    Manjaro is Arch that’s ready to go out of the box.

    What is Zorin for? Do they develop any software, or do they charge money for re-themed Ubuntu Gnome?

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      2 hours ago

      It’s a defuckulated Ubuntu with a a dozen custom Gnome extensions. They do publish the extensions code. It exists because Mint is often ugly and not very ergonomic. See the “file” apps for both distros, Mint’s buttons are too small and the progress indicator is a tiny 16px icon in the status bar.

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      5 hours ago

      please do not suggest that manajaro is arch ready to use arch. manjaro is just bad. if you want easier to install arch go endeavour os or cachy or some other arch plus gui installer. https://manjarno.pages.dev/

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        2 hours ago

        I, personally, think Omarchy is the best “easier to install Arch” out there - you can hand out a flashdrive to anyone with at least the most basic IT-knowledge and they would get a working, useable and upgradeable system within ~20 minutes.