Mac computers with Apple silicon processors are not currently capable of running Zorin OS natively. However, you may be able to use an app called UTM to run Zorin OS in a virtual machine on Mac computers with Apple silicon processors.
blackghost1st@lemm.ee
on 27 Mar 10:34
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Running x86_64 emulation on an ARM CPU is a miserable experience and should be avoided. I’ve done this on an M-series Mac with UTM, and you’re looking at ~10-minute boot times just to get the VM booted, and ~3 minutes for it to render a response to whatever you click.
It’s honestly wild that they seriously suggest doing this on their Wiki.
Wtf. He downloaded discord.exe to show it works with a windows installer and then got linked to flathub and installed discord flatpak image. But still thinks he installed windows-version?
pokexpert30@lemmy.pussthecat.org
on 28 Mar 12:39
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WHERE IS ZORIN GRID
StanislavP@lemmy.world
on 29 Mar 13:06
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I tried Zorin, even paid for the pro version, which is simply a distro with added bloat, repackaged from free software to sometimes look like their own. I was impressed by the clean stock look, but it’s pretty limited in terms of customisation. Just go to Linux Mint. Much bigger community and therefore support and let’s you customise it a lot more. It’s also lighter imo and more stable, although stable is always subjective.
nanook@friendica.eskimo.com
on 30 Mar 01:11
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Never cared for Zorin's inability to update from one release to another in place. Got way too many apps and custom configuration to re-install every time a new release comes out.
threaded - newest
Does it work on the Mac’s M1 processor?
Sadly no, according to their wiki:
Thank you!
Running x86_64 emulation on an ARM CPU is a miserable experience and should be avoided. I’ve done this on an M-series Mac with UTM, and you’re looking at ~10-minute boot times just to get the VM booted, and ~3 minutes for it to render a response to whatever you click.
It’s honestly wild that they seriously suggest doing this on their Wiki.
Wtf. He downloaded discord.exe to show it works with a windows installer and then got linked to flathub and installed discord flatpak image. But still thinks he installed windows-version?
I think he was trying to demonstrate for new users that it would redirect them to use the appropriate installer instead of relying on .exe files?
yes, that’s right
Did they finally switched to pipewire?
WHERE IS ZORIN GRID
I tried Zorin, even paid for the pro version, which is simply a distro with added bloat, repackaged from free software to sometimes look like their own. I was impressed by the clean stock look, but it’s pretty limited in terms of customisation. Just go to Linux Mint. Much bigger community and therefore support and let’s you customise it a lot more. It’s also lighter imo and more stable, although stable is always subjective.
Never cared for Zorin's inability to update from one release to another in place. Got way too many apps and custom configuration to re-install every time a new release comes out.