Zorin OS' main pitch is the design work they put into it to make it look like Windows or macOS. As far as I can tell they wrote zero new software (the taskbar is a forked GNOME extension, and the Zorin Connect app is a forked KDE Connect).

So, its not surprising they made an effort to make a nice looking webpage, design work is basically the only thing they are doing.

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aucisson_masque 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Honestly that's one of the thing where Linux is truly behind other os. Design really need someone to step up, gnome choices are really debatable, kde is great but c'mon.. it's not for beginners or people who just want things to work.

I found that Linux mint desktop environment is the best of both world, zorin a bit behind then everything else.

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AuthAuth 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

there is actually nothing complex or hard to understand about KDE. You can navigate your way around as you would with any other piece of software you're new to.

	▲	doubled112 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		My 8 and 11 year old both use KDE. About 10 minutes and they figured out enough to start a browser and mod Minecraft. I think the people who have the hardest time are those who think they know what they’re doing so feel they need to change things. I’ve never seen a beginner at anything start digging through settings wildly, and experienced people know what they want to change. It’s that middle ground.

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accrual 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I tried KDE Plasma 6.5 on my gaming rig recently and found it quite intuitive. It retains most of the usual keyboard shortcuts and expected behaviors. Granted I'm a "power user" unafraid of dialogs and errors, but I bet my parents could figure it out.

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Zardoz84 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They could get less effort it's they simple use KDE and configure it to mimic Windows or OSX. It isn't necessary to hack Gnome.

	▲	ggm 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They could get more outcome FOR less effort, and that begs a question: is there not a KDE (or Gnome) configuration which explicitly aims to be Windows-10/11 friendly in terms of placement and behaviour of decor and standard CTRL- bindings?