On 29 October 2013 17:05, John Woodard mail@johnwoodard.co.uk wrote:
As a late comer to this discussion I'm surprised no one has mentioned Zorin http://zorin-os.com/. According to various sources on the 'net (lifehacker et al) it seems to be designed for making the transition from Windows to Linux easy for the average Joe.
Not seen it before, thanks for the pointer.
I took a quick look and their website is full of gloss but not a lot of details. I had to Google to discover that it's Ubuntu-based (which is good from my perspective). There are Core, Lite and Educational versions but I can't find any comparison of the options. There's two versions (6LTS & 7) with no information about support periods (although I can make assumptions now I know they derive from Ubuntu).
With no comparative information I don't know which of three disks to download which makes it hard to get started... Does anyone have experience of Zorin?
Personally I'd present them with Mint/Cinnamon but that's just because it's what I use for my day to day default box, so I'm most comfortable supporting that.
I think this would be the direction I'd go in if Mint supported in-place upgrades, but remotely supporting a re-install every 6 months isn't my cup of tea!