Hi @joelventura
I just noticed that you created this thread under Hardware Support. I took the liberty of changing it to Chat about Zorin which seemed more apt for this subject. If you think otherwise, please let me know.
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Hello:
When originality was mentioned, I remembered an anecdote, fictional or not, in which Steve Jobs rebukes Bill Gates for having copied Mac Os. He even calls him a thief.
Here it seems to me that, rather than talking about originality, it is more important that an operating system looks and works well, and Zorin fully achieves this. There are distributions that are very good but their appearance has not changed much over time. If we are talking about a distribution, like Zorin Os, whose main objective is to serve as a "bridge" between Windows and Gnu Linux, the beauty of the environment is important, since this aspect, for those who come from Windows, is important.
Greetings
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I think it is a phenomenon called "imprint" 
MS cancelled Win 10X development and the general public did not see its design till its recent reincarnation as Win11.
Meanwhile, Zorin users already exposed to Windows 10X-like design thanks to the forward-looking Zorin developers.
While it is chronologically incorrect, I can understand the reaction of Zorin users including myself 
Exactly what large companies do, we can see on cell phones. 
Wait what 
How have you been able to? My impression is that in 2014 MS was still working on Win10 as that was relatively new.
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I modified the installer and edited registry during installation and made it possible to install unsupported hardware.
Some screenshots of Win 11 running on those old laptops:
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Yeah but did you do this in 2014? Or did you mean now?
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Ah,now I got your question.
I did not time-warped a la Philip K.D. style
What I meant was that the laptop was from around 2014 on which I installed Win11 last month.
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Aha, now I get you. I was starting to suspect if you have a time machine at your home 
or do you? 
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I wish I had.
My husband I are big fan of Philip K. D i c k. (unfortunately I cannot spell his full name properly due to the "forbidden word filter" on this forum.)
But perhaps for a lot of people on this forum, I might look like someone warped from a long time ago. I know punch cards and 8 inch floppies
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It is improbable that a person that has begun ignoring her own birthdays would have a time machine.
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That's exactly what someone with a time machine would say! Can't fool me! 
Oh god, everything is starting to make sense now!
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Never expected a forum chat to be this interesting
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You've not seen the science forums I usually haunt. Much less the Wrenching (Mechanic) forums where things can get... quite rowdy... Especially if I bring up the Snap On Tools sneakily using Chinese made Tools, marking them as 'Made In USA' and the lawsuit that followed it. 
Since many of those forum members are Snap On Sales reps, they get... Upset.
LOL
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Well, I've already said this: it is an "imprinting" effect and it is NOT chronologically correct. I have never claimed that "the folks" (including myself) is right.
Ah, that is a very interesting titbits.
You seem to be very well informed and know all ins and outs of Microsoft.
I hope you can continue sharing your in depth knowledge about Microsoft and their products. Apart from the Zoring developers, we are mostly "general public who did not pay much attention" for all those moves made by Microsoft.
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I hope you are talking about uncanny UI similarity between Win11 and Zorin, not about my birthday 
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Including the ones in the back of the head 
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I still swear to this.
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Just updated my circa 2014 Aspire to Windows 11 build 22000.71.
I am sure many people disagree, but I really like the new dark theme.
Actually I am curious how this reviewer managed to have toolbar items set to the left side like Win10. I thought MS disabled this registry hack while ago.