![]() Both also offer very similar Xfce editions too. Mint forked GNOME to create Cinnamon, while Zorin extends GNOME with its own custom extensions. Both take the underlying GNOME desktop and turn it into something more Windows-like. Both offer a choice of clean, elegant themes that are rather less colorful than Ubuntu. Both sport more familiar desktop layouts, and both add Flatpak support, which no Ubuntu remix does (although Zorin OS has Snap support as well). What it seems to mean in Zorin OS is that there's an optional 3D-effect window switcher, and an optional desktop-cube effect when switching between virtual desktops.īoth Mint and Zorin OS improve on Ubuntu in various ways. On the Mac, what "spatial" meant was that the OS would remember where you put files and windows, on the desktop and in folders, even across reboots and resolution changes and additional screens being connected and disconnected. ![]() ![]() The beta version has what the team calls a "spatial desktop," although it's not connected in any way with the "spatial metaphor" of classic MacOS, as described in detail by Ars Technica's John Siracusa some 20 years ago. Wayland heading for default status as Mint devs mix it into Cinnamon 6 bun.Ubuntu Budgie switches its approach to Wayland.Wayland takes the wheel as Red Hat bids farewell to X.org.Cinnamon and KDE sync version numbers in desktop sibling rivalry.The beta of Zorin OS 17 comes some 20 months after the release of its underlying distro – and nearly in time for the next (click to enlarge) These mainly affect the desktop itself, and most of the apps still use GNOME's CSD hybrid title-and-menu-toolbar, but it's a welcome change. New in this release, at least in the Pro edition, are MATE-2 style and ChromeOS-like layouts. ![]() The Zorin Appearance app, working with multiple custom GNOME extensions, lets you choose between many conventional desktop layouts, including a choice of Windows versions and others. We looked at what to expect in GNOME 43 and the released version back in late 2022, and the Zorin team has given it a substantial facelift. This is newer than Ubuntu 22.04's GNOME 42. The beta is based on GNOME Shell 43.9, although it uses a lot of accessory apps from GNOME 42: for instance, the Files program is the GNOME 42.6 release. They're getting perilously close to releasing their Jammy-based release around the time that the following Ubuntu LTS, "Noble Numbat," is due to appear.īut to be fair, Zorin OS 17 contains a lot of updates over its parent distro. It's taken the Zorin team three interim releases of Ubuntu to get their "Jammy Jellyfish" version out: since its basis, we've had Ubuntu 22.10, 23.04, and 23.10. Zorin OS 17 has also gone into beta and this release boasts more updates than you might expect, given that it shares the same Ubuntu 22.04 basis as Mint 21. Spot the difference! Cinnamon 6 running under Wayland looks, works, and feels exactly the same, which is a pleasant change (click to enlarge) The Linux Mint team has just put out the beta version of Mint 21.3, code-named "Virginia." As you might expect, the edition with the Cinnamon desktop includes the latest Cinnamon 6.0, which we talked about earlier this month, while the Xfce and MATE editions will be less different as the upstream projects haven't put out new releases recently. Another salient difference is that Mint is free, funded by donations, while the Pro edition of Zorin OS costs £39 (or $49). In the case of Mint, this means project founder and leader Clément Lefebvre, who hails from la belle France, while Zorin OS is developed by brothers Artyom and Kyrill Zorin, whose parents moved thence from Ukraine. Their respective betas show both are shaping up nicely and boast attractive desktops.īoth Linux Mint and Zorin OS are based on Ubuntu LTS versions, and are developed in the Republic of Ireland by developers who aren't Irish themselves. Devs at well-loved distros Mint and Zorin are hard at work, with Mint 21.3 expected before the holidays, although Zorin OS 17 may take a little longer.
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