What it looks like is based on the theme, so judging a Desktop Environment by what it looks like, when you can configure how it looks however you want, is not a very good metric.
I got drawn into Solus by an old friend from Ultimate Edition who did a lot of artwork. When I started pointing to solutions to this forum I was threatened with banning! That's what you get on there - self-righteous Solus P R I C K S!
And the founder was a plaguerist in respect of wallpaper he had created and admitted this to the late great former moderator datek1! I subsequently removed all Solus Wallpapers I created from my opendesktop.org account.
Personally I say its time for a GTK fork.
Ever since Gnome and GTK3 came, its been a mess and its time to bring some sanity back to the linux destop.
I am more than tired of gnomes arbitrary and controlling nonsense.
I think for a distro like zorin the choice is obvious, go KDE.
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Can I say, "times infinity" to this?
EDIT:
This link was posted in the FireFox thread. It is a link about Firefox. What I find so interesting about it though, is how much it sounds just like Gnome.
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That article reminds me the move from windows 7 to windows 8/8.1. Microsoft wanted a tablet interface for desktop users, told us the start would not return 
. Look at them now hahaha
Tablet interface on a desktop, i hated windows 8 so much 
. That was the reason i tried linux back then.
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Hum. It is interesting.
That means more blunder MS makes more Linux users we would get?
I can hardly wait for Windows 11 (in a different meaning).
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'Til they see Gnome and run for Mac.
Gnome isnt that bad for beginners
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I think it really depends. Some Microsoft users may feel right at home with Gnome. But many find it very difficult to work with.
Hopefully default DE on Zorin shifts to XFCE by then.
Did you know that XFCE originated in France?
Vive la France!
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KDE or Cinnamon...personally i love cinnamon. But i am a windows user since windows 3.11
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I am a DOS user since DOS V.
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I switched to Linux when my Windows broke.
I switched to Windows when my abacus broke.
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A yes dos, used that too to run duke nukem 3d and wolfenstein 3d 
.
The good old days
That machine is 40 years old 
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I dont think so. Especially not with the opinions shared among avid Linux-users and supporters like in this very thread. Most likely people will slowly switch to 11, depending on MS strategy and Linux will stay at the 1-2% it is right now.
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Thanks. I will probably do so, though i assume that i m going to be the outlier here with a critical pov towards linux(-distros!).
I simply dont see how Aravisons opinion towards nonlinux users
applies with the fact, that he is moderating a forum of zorin os, a distro
which is trying exactly what he rejects.
Honestly... I am going to be very Clear On This:
I see no reason to be diplomatic of your tactic of immediately resorting to asserting that the task or function of having to moderate the forum can be formed into a personal attack on my character.
We do not have to agree on everything in order for either of us to perform a task or a function.
We do not have to agree on everything in order to use Linux or Zorin OS.
And simply put, to state otherwise is contrary to the FOSS spirit. Having choices, options and diversity is one of the things that differentiates Windows from Linux.
Having different ideas and opinions and expressing them in a free forum of the exchange of ideas tests our assumptions and biases.
It is what keeps us in the straight and narrow. It helps to press back against complacency and from oppressive motives.
Look around the world; at all the things you either agree with or disagree with - and imagine that world without anyone who will speak up for any of it.
You, yourself say that you may be an outlier due to your "critical pov towards Linux", then you question me for having a critical pov - then suggest that is a Character Flaw by immediately honing in on a task I am assigned on this forum.
Please stick to debating the merit of points made in the topic at hand, not to personally questioning the integrity of others.
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I m not sure how you read a personal attack in my comment.
I read the whole thread and came to the conclusion that
your opinion on how Linux should be and how users should
approach this OS is kinda diametrical to what Zorin OS is trying
to achieve (and the way it does so).
Imagine someone advocating for a vegan lifestyle and
at the same time taking on the task to help people pick
the finest meat for their barbecue. Can happen,
sure, there might be reasons i dont know, the person might be excellent at what he is doing, but at first glance it looks odd, imho.
It has nothing to do with your integrity as a mod(or how well you have done as such, that is by far beyond my ability to judge) but rather
that you decided to invest time and passion as a mod for
a distro specifically targeting people who prefer the GUI.
Several points you made weren't really new to me and
i didnt agree with them when they were made by other people
and i dont now as well, but its not like i had urgent news to add so
i simply summed up both points i wanted to say in one comment.