• Lemonparty@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    A better question might be why shouldn’t they? I’m not being pedantic (at least not intentionally) but if their defining characteristic is that they’re nothing special, just a simple Linux distro that does the basic shit easily enough and looks nice - that has major appeal to people unfamiliar with Linux looking to leave other OS’s behind. The vast majority of people that use an OS really have very little idea how it works or why. They just want some basic level of understanding and control over it.

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        11 months ago

        I mean, most DEs copy Windows (KDE does, Cinnamon does, etc).

        • Taskbar along the bottom that shows opened programs

        • Start button that opens a small start menu in the bottom left

        • Clock in the bottom right

        • System tray in the bottom right

        • Frequently have menu bars at the top of apps

        • Minimise, maximise, close at the top right of each app

        • etc

        So tbh it seems harsh to criticise Zorin for copying Windows when it seems, with the exception of Gnome, that all actual up to date DEs have copied Windows. And if they went with vanilla Gnome they’d not really be offering anything different at all.