From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 2/24/26 3:06 PM, Paul wrote:   
   > 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?issu   
   =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   
   I'll focus on ratings then  Thanks Paul.   
      
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