Ok so Software store in Zorin is pretty trash, you can use the terminal with sudo apt list or you can just install another store, sudo apt install synaptic. To install .deb files with terminal, u can use sudo dpkg -i <- if your installation fails, you can type sudo apt --fix-broken install <- this usually fixes the problem with broken .deb installs, if ur install still fails you can ask the forum.
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Yep, thats what the Linux community is all about, we help each other, provide support, and some of us even provide emotional support during these tough times.
Also, some in the Linux community, also fight for the right to repair. And Linux in general, is all about providing you the choice. We believe the user has the right to choose, not a company.
Glad your having fun over there DreamBliss, cause once you get the hang of Linux, it can be fun. 
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I must agree with you StarTreker
My learning curve started with a Ti994/A computer, this in turn involved learning "basic" language then "ext. Basic".,Then Ms Dos , Windows right up to 10, and a bit of linux in between.
I have been enjoying zorin 16 Pro and dont mind using either terminal or GUI, but and yes there is a "BUT", i find it odd to have a very nice looking software store that the features of updating,removing and exploring works fine for the apps that are listed in the store, to clarify, one of the apps i use i had to download as a DEB file. After installing, it is not listed in the software store, to uninstall it i need to use the terminal, if you right click on it in the "zorin menu"and then click on "Show Details", the answer you get is(Sorry there are no details for that application} .I find this very odd and hope that someone a bit more savvy then me can find a solution.
I prefer Synaptic Package Manager for a GUI package manager.
sudo apt install synaptic
Generally, I do most installations (by far) from the terminal. Synaptic is handy when I need it mostly for removals.
The Gnome-Software app follows the same pattern as all other Gnome-apps: Minimalist and Broken. Gnome is much like Microsoft, treating the user as incapable and unintelligent and limits user control and access.
The only reason I keep gnome-software installed on this system is to assist users on this forum with troubleshooting. Otherwise, I would have wiped it off the computer by now with a thermonuclear warhead.
One handy way of being able to remove .deb files that are independently installed by the user is: When you install a .deb package, create a new folder in your Downloads directory and label it something like: installed
Once you install the .deb package, move that .deb file into that installed folder.
Then when you wish to remove that package, double click that same .deb package you installed with to pull up the manager that will offer to remove it.
The above method can take up some extra space, though.
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To be honest, you don't need to keep the .deb files. If you want to remove them, just sudo apt remove #the program you installed via .deb. .deb files also update like normal applications anyways so you rly don't need the .deb file. So just delete the .deb after installation, it's fine.
Thanks Aravisian
I have used Synaptic Package Manager before, and i agree that yes it does the job its meant to do, but in my option just doesn't stack up to the look of the software store.
I have Synaptic, but I mostly use the terminal because I got used to using it.
My analogy would be:
Software Store = Sweet (Candy) Shop
Synaptic = Tool Shop
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I think the best store I actually used was actually Pamac-gtk from Manjaro. I loved how Pamac looked, and it was fast and user-friendly. It also allowed access to the AUR, Flatpak, Snaps and of course the Manjaro Repo. Even tho I switched away from Manjaro, no other store I tried have beaten Pamac-gtk as my favorite store I used.
Welcome to the candy shop, where we are your 1 stop shop. So many sweets, everything your heart's desire, today we have a sale on cinnamon sticks with XFCE flavor in the middle.
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Just watch out for Snaps in that sweet shop, they are really bad for your teeth. 
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Yes. You would need to know the exact name of it, though. Do you remember each name of each .deb you have installed? The above keeps a record, allowing easy access and removal.
I understand the aesthetic side - I theme mine out to make it look good. But, what matters more? Functional, stable complete control? Or something looking kinda nice (If not minimalistic which is not a good thing) but not stably working?
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No need to remember if I install telegram and if you don't know the name, you just sudo apt search telegram and you should be able to see telegram-desktop.
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Well I'm not a DEBY DOWNER, so I for one am for DEB. 
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The best option would be to install synaptic package manager. Go to the software store and search for it or type into the terminal sudo apt install synaptic. There you can search for apps and packages, select them and update/uninstall them. That is going to ALL packages, so you actually know what is installed. In the terminal you would most likely only be able to uninstall what you know how it is called and so on. So you should try synaptic.
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So you found a power of Synaptics.
That is the only way my husband install apps he needs.
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Basically everyone who has used ubuntu based distro for a month uses it. If they don't, there using the terminal. Nobody is gonna use a store that looks good but sucks at its job.
Now, remembering I am new to Linux-speak, what exactly is Gnome? Is it integral to the use of Zorin? Can it be replaced with something else inside Zorin, and if so, what why and how?
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As Tom put it earlier, Linux comes with options, unlike Windows. Which can be Overwhelming.
When you boot your computer up and log in, you are greeted with certain things: A panel (Otherwise a Toolbar, Taskbar or whatever name you want to call it), a Window Manger and a File manager. There is a background, which you can adorn with a wallpaper, but also offers a Right Click functional menu.
That is your Desktop Environment.
In Microsoft world, that is Windows.
On Linux, there are many different environments you can choose from, all with different features. Many work differently from the others. I am well versed in all of them... Except KDE. I cannot seem to wrap my head around KDE. I have tried and tried.
But the rest are:
XFCE
Cinnamon
Mate
LXQT
LXDE
Gnome
...and there are many other independent smaller ones.
The Desktop Environments employ different Window Managers. Window managers govern a lot more than you might thing. The mouse cursor, the windows themselves, the borders, the wallpaper...
Each Desktop Environment and each Window manager can all be replaced and none is absolutely integral.
I have installed and Used on Zorin OS:
Enlightenment D.E.
Cinnamon D.E.
Mate D.E.
And am currently using XFCE mostly.
When you first dive in - Overwhelming. But it becomes second nature going from one to the other very quickly. Before long it's just... chocolate, rocky road, vanilla, pralines and cream...
Depends on how far you are willing to go and how you define "Zorin OS"
You can remove Gnome D.E. from Zorin OS, as long as you replace the integrated components with something else.
But for a fresh new user, just installing the common files is really all they need (or usually want) to worry about.
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