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Zorin is a solid distro and is designed to appeal to Windows users.
Buuuut knowing what I know now I worry Zorin's simplicity could turn people off of Linux. Zorin is a good OS for your grandmother but the average person who would consider installing Linux wants to be able to tinker. Heck, I would consider the very act of changing your operating to be tinkering. Nobody accidentally stumbles installing Linux.
The options with Zorin are either use it as-is or risk breaking it. That's why I would personally recommend a KDE distro, probably something immutable like Fedora Kinoite. That way you can tinker to your heart's content with no fear of breaking it.
But that's the issue, no? To really take users away from Windows and MacOS there needs to be a distro that works without tinkering.
The average person who is installing Linux wants to be able to tinker.
The type of person who installs Linux in the first place is already extremely far from average.
But that's exactly the point I'm trying to make.
Average people don't install/use linux because of the tinkering (amongst other stuff). If that's eliminated, it's accessible to more people.
Right, and I'm saying Zorin is perfect for them. Zorin exists in a weird space where it's great for the type of person who would never really consider installing Linux in the first place.