I don’t understand this attitude. I did a bunch of research, used Ventoy to try out five different distros and went with Zorin. I think Zorin is a very good intro to Linux for noobs. It’s a pretty polished experience and would say if Zorin doesn’t convince complete noobs to switch, then they likely wouldn’t have switched. What other distros might I ask, were you thinking they’d have chosen instead?
I agree. If Zorin lowers the bar for entry enough that some will continue on and perhaps hop to another distro if they outgrow Zorin, then it’s a win. Desktop Linux isn’t going to win everyone over - Apple will pick up some and most will stay on Windows either way.
There will always be a lot of people trying a product out, figuring it’s not for them for whatever reason, and revert back. I don’t see a solution that will retain those people. Change is difficult for a lot of people.
For the Zorin org, even those who shelled out for the Pro edition and jump back to Windows, that income still goes to devs that are working to maintain the Linux ecosystem.
I don’t understand this attitude. I did a bunch of research, used Ventoy to try out five different distros and went with Zorin. I think Zorin is a very good intro to Linux for noobs. It’s a pretty polished experience and would say if Zorin doesn’t convince complete noobs to switch, then they likely wouldn’t have switched. What other distros might I ask, were you thinking they’d have chosen instead?
I agree. If Zorin lowers the bar for entry enough that some will continue on and perhaps hop to another distro if they outgrow Zorin, then it’s a win. Desktop Linux isn’t going to win everyone over - Apple will pick up some and most will stay on Windows either way.
There will always be a lot of people trying a product out, figuring it’s not for them for whatever reason, and revert back. I don’t see a solution that will retain those people. Change is difficult for a lot of people.
For the Zorin org, even those who shelled out for the Pro edition and jump back to Windows, that income still goes to devs that are working to maintain the Linux ecosystem.