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   On Tue, 2/24/2026 8:55 AM, Alan K. wrote:   
   > On 2/23/26 11:33 PM, Axel wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I installed it on one of my PC's to try it out. It's more 'windows like'   
   >> than LM, but I suspect it doesn't have as much support.   
   >>   
   > Distro watch rates it #6 in the listing,   
   > and reviewed it here: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20251117#zorin   
   >   
      
   The listing on the right of the Distrowatch page, is sorted   
   by web hit rate. If you search for Zorin in the upper left box,   
   then the statistic in the right column would be bumped by one.   
   It doesn't mean a distro is good, it means "people have temporarily   
   developed an interest in it". That is different than the   
   ratings page where people rate a distro as in 8/10.   
      
   The right hand column has been "gamed" by people with   
   access to Botnets. If you see a distro suddenly shoot up   
   in the rating, humans didn't do that. Humans provided the   
   money, bots did the work.   
      
   *******   
      
   "Oct 2, 2019 ... Zorin OS co-founder Artyom Zorin <=== somebodies name   
    goes way beyond just talking about an awesome Linux   
    distribution."   
      
   The distro seems to be associated with Ireland. The   
   word/name may be traceable to a Slavic language.   
   It's not a Bond villain particularly :-)   
      
   Will it make Windows users happy ? Not with that menu. The   
   menu contents seem a bit spartan on the free version. Windows   
   users didn't like using a Back button in Windows 8, and   
   they're not going to like that style of menu and having   
   to click Back either. Menus which maintain visual context   
   as you drill down ("I am in the Utilities menu, but I have   
   other options I see I can use if the Utilities do not pan out"),   
   that's part of a good menu scheme. Leaving things   
   visible, is not "blinding" people as to what the   
   level above looks like. You maintain navigation context   
   that way.   
      
      Paul   
      
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