It is not a waste of time to find all the ways that don't work... each one is a step closer to the way that does work and may help someone with a similar issue. Please don't think you wasted our time. We volunteer our time freely because we believe in this OS and we enjoy helping others. You are welcome to ask for help any time, whether we are able to is another matter, but we'll try. Maybe in the future you to will find the joy of helping someone solve an issue... maybe not (it's not everyone's thing). Either way its what we enjoy doing.
Please let us know if 16 works for you or if you have issue with that as well, though some of these tips may solve any issue that arises.
I installed Y PPA manager and I must admit, I really like it.
It's got more functionality than the Software & Updates does. It can search for PPA's (I even found my own) and packages. It can back up your PPA list.
Granted... I can (and) do all that from terminal... But as a GUI tool, it is quite simple, yet advanced and simple to use.
I'd recommend it.
I am debating whether to do a wipe and reload. So far, Z16 Beta is running so well, I do not really see the point.
The reinstall of Z16 may be due to us Forum Members jumping the ZorinGroups case, resulting in an Early release Alpha and Beta to get our pitchforks put away.
Hopefully, I have paid some of that back by contributing to the forum slightly by now.
Since Zorin offers two desktops (Gnome and XFCE) only, I will tell you my opinion for those.
XFCE:
Light weight and highly customizable.
Gnome:
Heavier than XFCE but comes with more eye candies without customization.
If the machine is old/slow, XFCE (Zorin Lite) is more suitable.
If the machine is new/fast, then either Gnome or XFCE will do. It depends on how much customization one wishes to do.
From my personal experience, the answer is NO.
If you are OK with non Debian based OS, there are of course much choices.
I tried to install Kubuntu and Zorin OS on my computer but to see the kernels I went through virtual machines, using the same iso I tried to install on my machine.
I wanted to try installing Zorin OS or Kubuntu or Manjaro, I just want to have a linux