I hearing good for gaming.
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At the start of lockdown, I was using FerenOS as my workstation at home, which is KDE (Plasma) DE. At this point Zorin OS was simply for my use and I did not want work anywhere near it - then disaster struck and after an upset at home with family I accidentally wiped my Zorin 15.3 completely and unable to get any of the data back, even with testdisk! Then I somehow came across Devuan - this was setup by Developers at Debian who were extremely concerned at the adoption of SystemD - this was designed by a Red Had developer Lennart Poettinger and subsequently, Red Hat were pushing all distributions to adopt it - thankfully Devuan saw differently. So from a security point of view my second now first choice has to be an OS that does not come with SystemD as it is like:
having a red arrow cartoon style above your head identifying you, or in other words, giving your PC a barcode that anyone can read! The only downside to Devuan is that I could not use Braille Blaster to prepare Braille documents for work which led me to install Windows 7 Pro 32-bit to run the Windows version of the Software, but I also had to use Windows 7 for Outlook365 to access one mailbox that could not be configured in Evolution as it was a 'shared' mailbox. It was used for Job Requests that all prep staff and Teaching Assistants could access to see what modification work needed to be carried out. I also found an old Spanish version of 32-bit Okular! So Feren OS was my main go to from 20.03.2020 to mid December 2020. Then it was Devuan all the way up to my retirement. I have played with other Distributions in that time, primarily Artix which I would have stuck with had it not been for the fact Canon was not listed in Printers!
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Depends on the computer , my older laptop has Solus plasma for the remainder of it's life , because I wanted a rolling release and I was tired of constantly upgrading.It runs quiet and cool and I'm done reinstalling on that machine. I like Ubuntu Budgie and continue to test it and may go back to it in the future. On the Desktop, Zorin 16 Core and Win 11 are installed on different drives. Guess what gets more use ! 
Kubuntu would be my second so i can get some ubuntu with kde flavor 
I also installing operating system on diffrents hard disk. Budgie yes lightweight distribution.
This distribution also looking comparison Zorin.
Interesting this Budgie. Will trying on Beebox but only support to 2023
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22.04 will be released in April and supported until 2025. You might try Solus Budgie in a VM just to get a feel for it. U-Budgie comes with Nemo which is a Plus for me. Budgie on Zorin , not the Ubuntu Budgie DE.
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Primary Zorin 16.
Second now is mint and CutefishOS (VM) testing.
Some distro i like to use is, manjaro and openSUSE, but the commands on terminal not using apt, need to learn....Im in lazzy moment 
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I've moved to Manjaro on my eight year-old laptop last week, and it's been a breeze so far - everything worked out of the box, much like Zorin, with the open-source drivers. I've got the Gnome version due to needing better support for my touchpad, and the distro is noticeably lighter in performance than Zorin Core was. Perhaps it's to do with Arch being leaner on processes compared to Ubuntu, though someone may correct me. Haven't yet encountered errors when updating, or anything else troublesome.
I still have Zorin Core on my PC, and love it all the same.
Just like @Storm, I run a single boot of Zorin OS 16.1 as main, but I use Ubuntu, Mint, PopOS, Manjaro, Kali Linux, MX Linux, Fedora and Debian on VMs.
So the best idea is using Primary Zorin and another for testing purpouse on vm?
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Manjaro is also Mabox arch is rolling release. Manjaro what i know they updates coming rolling release and you don't need formatting older manjaro. That is one good topic.
I remember the pacman are packages and with customization have a many tools and user friendly.
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That is what stops me from using Arch. I am not that familiar with the arch package manager 
openSUSE's Offline images for Tumbleweed and Leap ( not their live isos ) allow you to pick from multiple desktop environments etc. You can remove or add packages and patterns during the installation process. Not every app is going to be available but you can search for it. You may be able to add apps from their repos if you are connnected during the install process. I have a wireless adapter that doesn't work with the installler so can't say for sure.
Mageia's Classic Installation image allows you to pick from multiple desktops and install multiple ones at the same time. You can select what role you want for the system as well as add and remove apps. When you get to the screen where you select desktop environment there is a Custom option and that is where you will find all the additional options.
Yes, I really like the package manager I have to say, I find it superior to the stock Zorin software store (because to me it's more unified, if far less polished). I do like that it's a rolling release, but that the Manjaro team hold back from releasing the latest and greatest thing before any issues are ironed out. Might be the perfect balance.
like this theme on your browser, looks clean...witch one is it?
365 0S Cyan, I like new blue and white also.
Thanks!
How do i apply this?
If the themes are in downloads right click the package select extract here. Open a new instance of files in Home and press ctrl + H to show hidden folders. Create a new folder named .themes. Drag the themes you want to try or use from downloads to the .themes folder. You can apply the theme in Zorin Core or pro from Zorin appearance or gnome tweaks. Press ctrl + H to hide hidden folders.
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