This is often asked about.
Today i installed KDE on my external test drive because i wanted to try out KDE + Sweet KDE theme. I still need to configure KDE because it has so many options. So i switched back to gnome for other stuff and now it looks quite cool haha.
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People who updated the system with those updates from above might run into a issue with the "show applications" menu. It will look the same again as Pop! OS 21.04.
To fix that issue open terminal and write
sudo wget -O /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/pop-cosmic@system76.com/applications.js https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pop-os/cosmic/8628c618072bdabca00ad3f279d038da95bbdc67/applications.js
After installation log off and login again and it's fixed.
I switched to Pop! OS a few days ago and I am surprised with the stability...
It uses kernel 5.16 which is a plus for me..
They made the "show applications" menu bigger as well:
Personally speaking, I am impressed with what they have done. Another great thing is that they have Snap removed by default which makes the OS bloat-free. Canonical should learn from them..
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LoL the design is better what was before or i am wrong?
What version is it? 21.10 or 20.04?
21.10...Design is better, yes but you should note that I am using Gruvbox theme and not the default.
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Something like that? Very good a colours not a strong and not lighting. Good for eyes and code designer who using a terminal mostly in jobb.
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That's why I like it...Most dark themes are too dark and light themes are good but not very appealing to me anymore.
From this guide this is possible your theme.
The gruvbox i saw have 5 stars.
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Nope that isn't mine...Though it looks cool. I have a reddit account with 0 posts..Might as well delete it.
I don't have reddit but if you can share shortly tutorial or links how to do that will be good point. I bet in Zorin also can do that the same "UBUNTU" distribution. Interesting the iso 21.10 only 2.5GB it is a 50% lower from Zorin ISO.
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Its really easy actually, but I don't know how it looks like in XFCE but since it uses gtk3 so I presume that it should work fine:
Download Gruvbox theme:
extract the compressed folder
create a ~/.themes folder if it doesn't exist already in your home directory.
put the extracted theme folder in ~/.themes folder
Here is the Gruvbox icon theme for XFCE but I use Tela brown icons
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Yeah this feature was included in the same update as the one which included kernel 5.16. I even came to know about Pop!_OS Chat.
When I installing a newer version ZORIN the place where put a Gruvbox is
/usr/share/themes/ in xfce but i wondering how to copy if i cannot?
Something not going properly.
Here is example copy
cd /usr/share/themes
sudo cp /pathtodownloadedtheme/yourtheme.tar.gz /usr/share/themes
but how unpacl that is zip
You can use the unzip command, followed by the filename.zip
For example:
unzip Gruvbox-Dark.zip
Usually a .zip instead of a .tar.gz implies that is a parent Directory that contains the theme folders. So if you cannot see your theme in Zorin Appearance, check if you need to Move the Theme Folder into /usr/share/themes instead of leaving it nested in the master folder.
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Ok. Today I gived last chance POP OS.
Testing with 5 minutes must be a joke then i gived him more time.
One what I saw they really fixed many things with version 21.10
I am installed drivers for nvidia.
also installed a couple themes nordic,gruvbox and we will se what next. Zorin and POP OS are ubuntu then this is just some diffrents "LEGO". I want see also how people talking about kernel old is good new is wrong. I will also checked xfce is better from Gnome.
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Ok. Fast experience with newest kernel and Gnome in POP OS.
The software working stable and music not doing pause when changing or loading some software background.
The Gnome configuration desktop and themes are more complicated from xfce.
I mean you need go there and install in webbrowser some app extension to get dash to dock. Look better for eyes but for me it could be like Temple OS but not working smoothly with my experience.
In Zorin I don't have that issue with a game.
One what was very terrible and dissapoint a simple a game from 2013 warframe.
When playing after trying both drivers nouveau and nvidia drivers the game working not smoothly. Something like a car when you start engine and after some 20 meters he stop. Something like shortly freezing on nvidia. On drivers nouveau game don't loading everything freeze.
Maybe it doing a conflicts and then better uninstall nouveau drivers?
In Zorin I don't have that issue with a game but don't recognize resolution what i put somewhere and cannot change with xandr.
POP OS what i saw using only flathub packs. Good move also remove snap from Zorin.
I am really want to know where are this all youtube channels where talking about how it all is good and perfect.
So if you have some solution how to help me with "freezing" when i start digging web.
Sound is good maybe because they using a pipewire?
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In Pop! OS you don't need dash to dock there are taskbar settings in the settings app:
Yep you need to install "User Themes" extension in Pop! OS to apply third party themes. In Zorin OS that extension is installed by default.
Try using Proton-GE. Maybe it will fix the issue. You can visit protondb to see how people got it working. I am not a core gamer so I don't think I can be of much help... 
Yes flatpak is much better than snap. Snap slows down the boot as well. Flatpak doesn't do that.
They still use pulseaudio.
Prefer using proprietary driver instead of nouveau drivers.