Zorin has potential but like all other Distros of Linux, lacks

Please review this thread:
https://forum.zorin.com/t/introduction-to-general-help-please-review-before-posting/5483/3

I understand your points have merit. However, this is a community forum populated by many people that helpfully volunteer their time to assist others.
There is no person, on this planet, that does not need to refer to the literature once in a while. Linus Torvalds is quite adept, but has expressed utter confusion about how to make things work in Gnome and even KDE.
Because we are all human.

I certainly understand your frustration that your monitor is not being properly detected. However, that thread is currently in its infancy and we have not even determined if that is a Linux issue directly or not.
While Linux, as a whole, only accounts for about 2% of the Operating System Market, Apple closer to 12% and Windows Dominates it... Really any speculation about seriously competing with Windows pales in light of those Statistics.
MacOS is quite solid, if a bit annoying, well supported and well developed and is a two trillion dollar company.
And it cannot make a sizable dent in Windows Dominance.

And the reason why this is, is pretty clear. People like to stick with what they know.
When Google rushed in as First on the market for the Smart Phone operating system with Android, anyone that followed suit floundered - even Microsoft. It's not so easy to get a Windows Phone, these days.
And eBay was first on the market for Online Auctions and no competitor has ever been able to cut in. The buyers go to the main source of where the sellers are. The sellers go to where the buyers are.
And while I can search the web and find countless cases of other users having trouble getting their monitor detected on Windows, it is all too common that be forgotten once a person has that trouble on Linux.

This forum is not the proper place to discuss the possibility of monetizing Zorin OS, nor of suggesting on a FOSS Forum that it be made closed Source. This is liable to create some very earnest discussion indeed.
A.K.A. Brawl.
For this, I can only suggest you contact the ZorinGroup directly and offer your suggestions.
Zorin OS is a great stepping stone for motivated individuals that truly wish to learn and unlock their computing potential, rather than remain dependent on Microsoft care and support.
For this reason, the troubleshooter aims to solve Problems, not feel forced into falling back.

Thread moved to Feedback Forum.

EDIT:

It is worth noting that there are inaccuracies in this statement. The Windows NT kernel is nothing like the Linux kernel. And while MS Windows does incorporate some BSD code, it is not developed from Unix, nor Unix-like. By pretty much any definition, really.

The issue of Drivers is relevant, though. And however new or old an Operating System (that the user interacts with) is not as relevant as the changes made in hardware OS's and the drivers needed to communicate with them. Drivers are a case of Constant Development.

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