Microsoft Windows 11 vs Zorin OS

What I'm saying is not just my opinion :smiley: I think that is objective fact that the start menu in the corner is faster and far easier to open.

Yes but touchpads and mice are basically the same thing. Same on screen controls. What I meant was touch interfaces like tablet/mobile screens... so that you directly hit it with your finger.
What I said is still applicable to touchpads. I believe that this is an objectively worse design.
While it is changeable... the issue is always the default option. Little Timmy or the old neighbor are not going to bother to change these settings. The majority of the users stick with the default option. And MS knows that... I don't think there is any foul play here but rather the MS designers are terrible at their jobs. They are pedaling something that they KNOW is worse and will hurt the users' productivity.

That's the key detail here. They know their design sucks so instead they want to shove it down everyone's throats and falsely claim it is better. For the lack of a better word, it is brainwashing the mass audience into using a worse product, while having the impression that it is better.

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I would say a trackpad is a somewhere in-between mouse and touch screen. It is not the same as mouse. Especially the trackpad with multitouch functions.

Interesting thing was that my husband was a Power Mac (single button mouse) user and he never got the idea of second mouse button. I gave him a Kensington trackball and he has been very happy with it. He is also using a completely faceless (no alphabet printed on it) orthogonal keyboard with BEPO (French version of Dvorak) input system.

I believe the input system, i.e., tactile sensation is a very personal experience. That is why it is important to give users a choice. Only a user can tell what is the best for him/her-self.

ajajaja, me tooI also say the same, nowadays everyone does that

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I love your Spanish accent :heart:

is this thread still going? sigh
Lets ditch GUI alltogether and embrace CLI worldwide.

/drops the microphone

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4 posts were split to a new topic: Temple OS vs Zorin OS; Temple Programming Examination

yes, i'm from hispanish, dominican Republick. :grin: :sweat_smile:

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This may be true... but there is always the windows key instead of mouse navigation, and keyboard navigation is much quicker. I use the win + x combo constantly rather than the start menu, which still seems uneededly cluttered. At least zorin opens to categories and is easy to find things.... cinnamon makes that even better, not needing too click on the category, just opens it on hover. Windows i never use the start menu... explorer, desktop shortcuts or win x.... anything else isn't worth the time.

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You are absolutely right.
I completely forgot to mention about this "Win" key option.

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What about Haiku OS vs Zorin 16.

It is open source and actively developed, a big advantage over now discontinued Temple OS. I have been following it and testing it out (on VM) time to time.

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Not wishing to be a spoil-sport or anything, but a reminder that subject of this thread is:
Microsoft Windows 11 vs Zorin OS

Maybe best to spin off a separate thread to discuss AnyOtherOS v ZorinOS ?

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Ah, sorry, I did not realize we are deviating so much from the original subject.

It would be great if you can split the thread.
Apart from Linux I also play around other OSs such as macOS, RiscOS and freeBSD. I would love to hear the experience of other people on this forum.

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Looks like it has been split and new thread started here:

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Thank you!
I will check this new thread :slight_smile:

That was for Temple OS - a Haiku OS vs Zorin can also be started... if so - all these posts may be cleaner deleted rather than moved...

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I am happy to read about comparison between Temple OS and Zorin OS. We are already too busy helping other people here. I can save this Haiku OS question for the rainy day :wink:

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Ah, thanks for this tip.
I've never thought of that.

BTW, here is a very interesting review on UI of Windows 11 at Register - my other favourite IT news site.

While I am not in any rush to use Win11 for any serious purpose at the moment, it is nevertheless still interesting to follow its evolution.

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I see it more as an opportunity to keep myself out of going to senile :wink:

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You would appreciate Register, especially if you like British sense of humour. I especially like BOFH (b a s t a r d operator from hell) series.

Ah, your husband might share the same opinion as mine :rofl:

Joke aside, I found this article just today:

Practicality aside, it is impressive to see Windows 11 running on mobile phone as well as on Raspberry Pi.

This just confirmed one more time that this hardware restriction by Win 11 is not absolute but more on the arbitrary side.

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