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#2

I know exactly what you are talking about, as I used the be a Windows user. My experience with Windows is...

Windows 3.1 for workgroups
Windows 95
Windows 98 & SE
Windows NT
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP SP 1-2-3
Windows Vista
Windows 7.

And that's where my experience ended. Once support was gone on Win7, I jumped ship to ZorinOS. When your used to Windows, you have a lot of expectations.

Linux in general has been a 30-year work experience. The first 20-years, it pretty much was only a hackers OS or government use OS. Linux for the average desktop user, really only became a thing 12-years ago.

Today, it's much better then it was, but it has much farther to go if it wants to fully compete against Windows as far as features. But it's important to note, that it is getting better every year.

If you install Synaptic Package Manager, I think you'll find it's an awesome package manager. It of course will take time getting used to for a beginner. But it's better then Software.

You mentioned my favorite video editor Kdenlive, I love it, it can work with 4K videos. If you need a great photo editor, I recommend GIMP.

One of the things you will notice about Linux, most all software is free. Microsoft is in it to make a buck, all software is usually paid, and it's expensive.

The cost of Adobe Premiere alone should have you screaming, and you practically need a collage degree to learn how to use the darn thing!

Open source is the way to go. It keeps people honest, and is fair, everybody benefits. With closed paid software, the only people who are benefiting is greedy Microsoft and big company devs.

I know the switch is not easy. I gave up a lot when I first jumped ship. But things are better now, more support. The gaming department was still bad on Linux 6-years ago, much better now.

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#3

: ( I only used Windows 10 lmao. The reason I switch is because Windows Keep breaking my laptop

#4

If you want to set default audio device u can use a GUI application called Pulse Audio

sudo apt install pulseaudio
sudo apt install pavucontrol

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If you click the tick it will set the device as ur default

Hope this helps

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#5

I don't really understand what your trying to say, can you rephrase

#6

I mean most people just use the terminal but you can try synaptic pakage manager it's rly good at managing software. It doesn't look as good as the Windows Store but it is very easy to use.

To install synaptic pakage manager:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install synaptic

In my opinion the store which comes with Zorin by default is very slow and buggy, search results don't show up like 95% of the time, very slow to install local packages(.deb) so I just type sudo dpkg -i #.deb in the terminal to install all my local packages. It's good to use the terminal when u can it is the easiest way to install pakages.

#8

Bruh I uninstall store, and I use the terminal all the time. In my opinion Windows is a good Operating System it certainly changed how we all use computers. Windows however just don't work for me, I just don't like it, but I won't judge those who are using Windows. Heck even I need to use Windows sometimes for testing, gaming(some games only work on Windows), etc.

#9

When you select an item in Windows, you can right-click and drag the item to another location. Once you release the right mouse button, a menu pops up, with options like Extract Here for 7zip (if you enabled that option), copy, paste, etc.

Linux does not inherently have this capability. I keep catching myself trying to do it, because it is part of my normal, every-day workflow, but Linux has no such right-click menu, or it is not enabled initially in Zorin.

#10

I will double-check, but I believe I tried all of this and it failed to work. The only method that worked as the one I posted about in another thread.

#11

In Linux you can actually change your file manager, so if you don't like one u can change to another.

#12

In Nautilus you can actually Hold Alt+Middle Click+Drag to do what you want.

#13

I already use Gimp for alll my image editing. Qbitorrent for torrents, 7zip for archives, ClamWin for antivirus scanning, Kdenlive for video editing, Freac for audio encoding/ripping, mpv for media playback,OBS to record videos, Libre Office for all office tasks.

If I can find a viable free and "open source" alternative (or FOSS as you lot might call it) I will use it. I learned not to make the mistake I did with 3DS Max. If I had spend that time learning Blender I would still be level designing and making stuff with Blender today. I had to transfer over to Blender from Max, Gimp from Photoshop, freeac from DB Power Amp, etc. Most of these transitions have been difficult. Don't want to go through that again.

#14

In two months, Linux will be very easy. It's all about getting familiar with the desktop and how we do stuff in Linux World.

#15

OK, so next stop will be learning how File Managers work in Linux, and which ones are compatible with Zorin.

Thank you.

#16

To choose a file manager for Zorin just make sure it's built with GTK, trust me if you install anything QT you will have a headache.

#18

Linux totally does.
Gnome does not. Gnome removed much in the way of usable features.

If you are used to using Gnomes Nautlius file manager by now and used to Windows File manager... I recommend Nemo File Manager. It is a fork of Nautilus, with all the user functionality and tooling restored.

sudo apt install nemo

It will bring some dependencies with it.
But it is well worth it. I only use Nemo FM on Zorin OS. Right click functionality, right click to open as Admin, drag and drop; it's all there.
If you really want to go above and beyond, the latest Nemo FM includes an improved Search Functionality that can search not just files, not content within files.

#19

Bruh, when I use LibreOffice as my first office suite.

#21

Yo, Nemo is very epic, I love it I use it on my Linux MInt machines all the time. (I use Nemo on Linux Mint is because I didn't bother to install anything else)

#22

I count Nemo and SpaceFM as close favorites in File managers with Nemo taking the win. Thunar comes in third place. Nautilus is dead last and Dolphin didn't make it into the running due to an unfortunate incident with a Tuna fishery.

#23

Bruh I just use the default file managers

#25

This right here is what I love about Linux. Yes, there are occasional problems, but this kind of versatility and expansion of options is just worlds apart from the MS world.

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