After writing Zorin for Windows Users, I realized how strong it intended for new comers that it might be more user friendly than Ubuntu, Fedora, or openSUSE. One closest operating system came in my mind is elementary OS. I think it would be nice to compare both in brief. Now I present you my comparison so you grasp more information from both. Enjoy fun computing!
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Basic Information
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Laptops Available
Every computer user purchases a computer in order to use it. Popular operating system became popular because it came within computers.
Star Labs, a new U.K. based computer brand, suddenly coming to us with both Zorin and elementary laptops named LabTop. Laptop With Linux, another new brand from Netherland, now offers same choices with their Clevo laptop family and Intel NUC mini personal computers. This is certainly good news! This gives both chances to be popular and in turn be a computing standard in our society. They are purchasable via respective official websites.
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Purposes
Both are generic operating systems for general purpose computings.
Zorin resembles Windows with their various editions. Ultimate is the most complete, while Core is the general "Standard" purpose, Lite is the low-resource "Home", and Education is the school editions. With these scheme, I said it again, I like it Zorin shipping in laptops so most users will not need manual installations anymore.
elementary resembles Mac OS with their singular edition. We do not see editions. I said it again the shippings will help a lot so that people will find it easier to choose computer with elementary rather than Zorin because there is lesser choice.
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Applications
Zorin resembles Ubuntu as they simply use Ubuntu's repositories and do not have an independent software center. However, Zorin comes with more preinstalled applications, including office suite, compared to elementary, which is very basic.
elementary resembles Ubuntu and also Mac OS, as they have both ways with tens of thousands of Ubuntu software packages added with growing numbers of own AppCenter. In this regard, elementary has a new market place for Free/Libre Open Source Software developers who want to sell their applications in which Zorin does not have.
Both systems provide same popular applications we already knew:
- Midori, Firefox, Geary, Thunderbird, Hexchat: for browsing and internet communication.
- GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Kdenlive: for graphics and multimedia making.
- Geany, Qt Creator, GNOME Builder: for programmings.
- and tens of thousands more...
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Use
Zorin and elementary both are similar in operationals. The differences are only the details in their User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX). To access things, Zorin user focuses on 1 point at bottom, while elementary user divides focus on 2 points at top and bottom.
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What do you think?
O dear readers, what do you think?
I think the closer one to most people in every aspect mentioned is Zorin. Think about schools, offices, and governments. Although I admire elementary's arts far more, even though personally I like to explore unique things, I still think elementary is closer to fewer kinds of people such as individual programmers or fancy persons. I would love to wait some more to see how they succeed in society. I wish the best for both users and developers community!
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