I do not have the exact numbers, but I think it is save to say that there are more distributions that are based on Ubuntu than on any other (actively) developed distribution. While most add no real value to the system, a few attempt to do something different, even if slightly, from the parent distribution.
Zorin OS is one of those distributions that attempt to bring something different to the Linux desktop. But what exactly does Zorin OS bring to the table? An Ubuntu-based distribution with a Microsoft Windows 7 theme. The objective is to make it easier for Windows users to switch to Linux.
A Linux distribution with a Microsoft Windows 7 theme is something that I care very little about, but that is what Zorin OS brings to the table. Zorin OS is sponsored by Zorin Group, which also offers computers powered by Zorin OS. There are two editions of Zorin OS: Zorin OS Core and Zorin OS Ultimate. The latter is available for a fee and comes with technical support. The latest release is Zorin OS 6. This article, using screen shots from a test installation of Zorin OS Core, is an introduction of Zorin OS to our readers.
This is the boot menu.
Zorin OS uses the same graphical installation program used by Ubuntu Desktop, so installing it should present a very familiar installation program for many users. This screen shot shows the Splash Screen.
And here is the default desktop.
Default desktop showing the Windows 7-style menu.
Another look at the desktop.
Installed Internet applications as seen from the Windows 7-style menu.
If you do not like the Windows 7 theme, Zorin Look Changer makes it easy to switch to other themes.
Installed office applications as seen from the GNOME 2 theme.
Installed multimedia applications as seen from the GNOME 2 theme.
Zorin Software Center is the same graphical package manager available on Ubuntu.
Familiar with Ubuntu Tweak Tool? It is also on Zorin OS.
You may download Zorin OS 6 Core from here. Source : http://url.stisitelkom.ac.id/53582
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| Feature | 6 | 5.2 | 4 | 3.2 | 2 | 1 |
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| Release Date | 2012/06/18 | 2011/11/23 | 2010/12/22 | 2011/11/10 | 2010/01/01 | 2009/07/01 |
| Price (US$) | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| CDs | 1 DVD | 1 DVD | 1 DVD | 1 DVD | 1 DVD | 1 DVD |
| Free Download | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO |
| Installation | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical |
| Default Desktop | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME |
| Package Management | DEB | DEB | DEB | DEB | DEB | DEB |
| Office Suite | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | OO.o | LibreOffice | OO.o | OO.o |
| Processor Architecture | i386, x86_64 | i386, x86_64 | i386, x86_64 | i386, x86_64 | i386, x86_64 | i386, x86_64 |
| Journaled File Systems | Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS |
| Multilingual | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Asian Language Support | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Package | 6 | 5.2 | 4 | 3.2 | 2 | 1 |
| <a title="AbiWord: a full-featured word processor ” href=”http://www.abisource.com/”>abiword (2.8.6) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="alsa-lib: an audio library for use with the ALSA kernel modules ” href=”http://www.alsa-project.org/”>alsa-lib (1.0.25) |
1.0.25 | 1.0.24.1 | 1.0.23 | 1.0.22 | 1.0.20 | 1.0.18 |
| <a title="ATI driver: a proprietary Linux display driver for XFree86/X.Org by ATI, the Catalyst series ” href=”http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/”>ati-driver (8.980) |
— | — | 8.780 | 8.723 | 8.660 | 8.600 |
| <a title="Banshee: a music management and playback application for GNOME ” href=”http://banshee-project.org/”>banshee (2.4.1) |
— | 2.0.0 | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="Bash: an sh-compatible command language interpreter ” href=”http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html”>bash (4.2) |
4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 |
| <a title="ISC BIND: an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols ” href=”http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/”>bind (9.9.1-P2) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="Google Chromium: an open-source edition of Google Chrome, a graphical web browser ” href=”http://www.chromium.org/Home”>chromium (r147179) |
r131933 | r109964 | r67652 | r107270 | — | — |
| <a title="CUPS: a UNIX printing system based on the Internet Printing Protocol ” href=”http://www.cups.org/”>cups (1.6.1) |
1.5.3 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.1 | 1.3.9 |
| <a title="ISC DHCP: a server and client for automatic IP configuration ” href=”http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP/”>dhcp (4.2.4) |
4.1.ESV-R4 | 4.1.1-P1 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.1 |
| <a title="Mozilla Firefox: a web browser for Windows, Linux and MacOS X ” href=”http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/”>firefox (14.0.1) |
— | — | — | — | 3.5.6 | 3.0.11 |
| <a title="FreeType: a free, quality, portable font engine ” href=”http://www.freetype.org/”>freetype (2.4.10) |
2.4.8 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.2 | 2.3.11 | 2.3.9 | 2.3.9 |
| <a title="GNU GCC: the GNU compiler collection ” href=”http://gcc.gnu.org/”>gcc (4.7.1) |
4.6.3 | 4.5.2 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.3 | 4.4.1 | 4.3.3 |
| <a title="GIMP: the GNU Image Manipulation Program ” href=”http://www.gimp.org/”>gimp (2.8.0) |
2.8.0 | 2.6.11 | 2.6.10 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.6 |
| <a title="glibc: a C library for use with GNU/Hurd and GNU/Linux ” href=”http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html”>glibc (2.16.0) |
2.15 | 2.13 | 2.12.1 | 2.11.1 | 2.10.1 | 2.9 |
| <a title="GNOME Shell: a core user interface of the GNOME 3 desktop ” href=”http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell”>gnome-shell (3.4.2) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="GNUCash: an open source personal finance suite ” href=”http://www.gnucash.org/”>gnucash (2.4.11) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="Gnumeric: a spreadsheet and a part of the GNOME Desktop ” href=”http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/”>gnumeric (1.10.17) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="GRUB: the GRand Unified Bootloader ” href=”http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/”>grub (2.00) |
1.99 | 1.99rc1 | 1.98 | 1.98 | 1.97beta4 | 0.97 |
| <a title="GTK+: a multi-platform toolkit for creating GUIs ” href=”http://www.gtk.org/”>gtk+ (3.4.4) |
3.4.2 | 2.24.4 | 2.22.0 | 2.20.1 | 2.18.3 | 2.16.1 |
| <a title="httpd: a high-performance HTTP server, Apache 2.x version series ” href=”http://httpd.apache.org/”>httpd (2.4.2) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="Inkscape: a drawing tool that uses the W3C standard scalable vector graphics format (SVG) ” href=”http://www.inkscape.org/”>inkscape (0.48.3.1) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="K3b: a KDE-GUI for cdrecord and cdrdao, similar to Nero ” href=”http://www.k3b.org/”>k3b (2.0.2) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="kdelibs: the KDE library API reference ” href=”http://www.kde.org/”>kdelibs (4.9.0) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="libgnome: the library that provides access to the non-X11 dependant parts of the GNOME framework ” href=”http://www.gnome.org/”>libgnome (2.32.1) |
2.32.1 | 2.32.1 | 2.32.0 | 2.30.0 | 2.28.0 | 2.26.0 |
| <a title="LibreOffice: a free personal productivity suite ” href=”http://www.libreoffice.org/”>libreoffice (3.5.5) |
3.5.3 | 3.3.4 | 3.2.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.1.1 | 3.0.1 |
| <a title="Linux kernel: a UNIX clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds ” href=”http://www.kernel.org/”>linux (3.4.7) |
3.2 | 2.6.38 | 2.6.35 | 2.6.32 | 2.6.31 | 2.6.28 |
| Package | 6 | 5.2 | 4 | 3.2 | 2 | 1 |
| <a title="LXDE: a lightweight, fast and energy-saving desktop environment ” href=”http://www.lxde.org/”>lxde-common (0.5.5) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="MesaLib: a 3D graphics library ” href=”http://www.mesa3d.org/”>MesaLib (8.0.4) |
8.0.2 | 7.10.2 | 7.9git | 7.7.1 | 7.6.0 | 7.4.0 |
| <a title="Module Init Tools: a set of programs for loading, inserting, and removing kernel modules for Linux (versions 2.5.48 and above) ” href=”https://modules.wiki.kernel.org/”>module-init-tools (3.16) |
3.16 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 3.11.1 | 3.10 | 3.7-pre9 |
| <a title="MySQL: an SQL database server ” href=”http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/”>mysql (5.5.27) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="Nautilus: a file manager for the GNOME desktop ” href=”http://live.gnome.org/Nautilus”>nautilus (3.4.2) |
3.4.2 | 2.32.2.2 | 2.32.0 | 2.31.1 | 2.28.1 | 2.26.2 |
| <a title="NVIDIA: a proprietary display driver for Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris ” href=”http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html”>NVIDIA (304.22) |
— | — | 260.19.06 | 195.36.24 | 185.18.36 | 180.44 |
| <a title="Openbox: a standards-compliant, lightweight, extensible window manager ” href=”http://openbox.org/”>openbox (3.5.0) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="OpenJDK: a complete and free implementation of Java SE, the core Java platform ” href=”http://openjdk.java.net/”>openjdk (7b147) |
— | — | — | 6b20 | — | 6b14 |
| <a title="OpenSSH: a client and server for encrypted remote logins and file transfers ” href=”http://www.openssh.com/portable.html”>openssh (6.0p1) |
5.9p1 | 5.8p1 | 5.5p1 | 5.3p1 | 5.1p1 | 5.1p1 |
| <a title="OpenSSL: a library for providing encrypted transport layers ” href=”http://www.openssl.org/”>openssl (1.0.1c) |
1.0.1 | 0.9.8o | 0.9.8o | 0.9.8k | 0.9.8g | 0.9.8g |
| <a title="Perl: Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Reporting Language ” href=”http://www.perl.org”>perl (5.16.0) |
5.14.2 | 5.10.1 | 5.10.1 | 5.10.1 | 5.10.0 | 5.10.0 |
| <a title="PHP: a server-side HTML embedded scripting language ” href=”http://www.php.net/”>php (5.4.5) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="Pidgin: an instant messenger client for several protocols (formerly GAIM) ” href=”http://pidgin.im/”>pidgin (2.10.6) |
— | — | — | — | — | 2.5.5 |
| <a title="Postfix: a mail transport agent ” href=”http://www.postfix.org/start.html”>postfix (2.9.4) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="PostgreSQL: a relational database management system ” href=”http://www.postgresql.org/”>postgresql (9.1.4) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="Python: an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language ” href=”http://www.python.org/”>Python (3.2.3) |
2.7.3 | 2.7.1 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.2 |
| <a title="Qt: a C++ application framework for writing graphical applications ” href=”http://qt.nokia.com/”>qt (4.8.2) |
4.8.1 | 4.7.2 | 4.7.0 | 4.6.2 | 4.5.3 | 4.5.0 |
| <a title="Samba: a free software re-implementation of SMB/CIFS networking protocol ” href=”http://www.samba.org/”>samba (3.6.6) |
3.6.3 | 3.5.8 | 3.5.4 | 3.4.7 | 3.4.0 | 3.3.2 |
| <a title="Mozilla Thunderbird: a full-featured e-mail and newsgroup client ” href=”http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/”>thunderbird (14.0) |
12.0.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="udev: provides a dynamic /d ev directory and persistent device names ” href=”http://people.freedesktop.org/%7Ekay/udev/udev.html”>udev (182) |
175 | 167 | 162 | 151 | 147 | 141 |
| vim (7.3) | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| <a title="VLC: a cross-platform media player and streaming server ” href=”http://www.videolan.org/streaming/”>vlc (2.0.3) |
2.0.1 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.4 | 1.0.6 | — | — |
| <a title="Xfdesktop: a desktop manager for the Xfce desktop ” href=”http://www.xfce.org/”>xfdesktop (4.10.0) |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| <a title="xine-lib: contains the libraries for xine, a free video player ” href=”http://www.xine-project.org/”>xine-lib (1.2.2) |
— | — | — | — | 1.1.16.3 | 1.1.16.3 |
| <a title="X.Org: the X.Org Foundation's public implementation of the X Window System ” href=”http://xorg.freedesktop.org/”>xorg-server (1.12.3) |
1.11.4 | 1.10.1 | 1.9.0 | 1.7.6 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.0 |
| <a title="XZ Utils: data compression software with high compression ratio ” href=”http://tukaani.org/xz/”>xz (5.0.4) |
5.1.1alpha | 5.0.0 | 4.999.9 | — | — | — |
Source : http://url.stisitelkom.ac.id/29844
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