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Yeaaaah no, unless they pulled some legit wizardry here that's a severe overstatement - Wine has heavy compatibility issues with anything more complex than a web browser. Games, even the most simple, are right out of the question because of DirectX, Internet Explorers and whatever sound libraries Windows use now (and 90% of the stuff that I saw actually COULD run on Wine had a native Windows release anyway). Good luck with anything that deals with file management too.Not only this Zorin OS has Wine installed so you can easily install Windows applications on your Linux system. You can download any .exe file and it will work on Zorin OS.
No doubt wine has compatibility issues but atleast works and is getting improvements everyday. And for a newbie it is an startup and he should work with some of the complexities also.
Yeah yeah - but they make it sound like it makes Linux accessible. It's pretty much a pre-setup Ubuntu build that maybe saves an hour or two of work. And it's still not entirely a replacement for Windows.
It's better to try a simple Linux distro like this one. I don't think there should be exactly the same Windows look Linux distro.
Looks a lot like Mint, but a lot easier on the eyes. Plus, it's got a lot more features to boot. If it had a way of installing itself (or even Mint), it would be perfect for people on Windows that want to try Linux without doing any work.
What do you mean by if it had the way of installing itself. It's easy to install. Just select simple options and there you go.
I'm more talking about an .exe that you run in Windows, then restart your computer and choose "Ubuntu/Fedora/Whatever". The scariest thing, according to the people I'm around, is having to touch the BIOS (even just to choose a different boot device), or do anything that would seem "advanced", like using the terminal. If it was like installing any other Windows program, it would be easier to get people to move over. I think Ubuntu has Wubi, but I've heard that it sucks for some reason.
You just reminded me that the vast majority of people don't do clean installs - just upgrades (and when needed because most computers come with it preinstalled...). And that makes me sad. Because it means that it's only people like us who know that Windows most easily is installed via disk or stick.