Zorin OS 17 released

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Cant speak to your older hardware but Zorin in my case is fast run live session, fast to install, and a very quick experience to use on a 4th gen Dell E6440 laptop from 2011-2012.
They also have a light XFCE version for much older hardware.

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You are talking about hardware that is 5 generations beyond "hardware requirements", so it is not surprising it does better. Linux often touts running on older hardware, which is technically a good thing, but as a marketing point it can and does leave a user disappointed. It seems to encourage adoption of Linux, it would be far better to set system requirements so the user would have a good experience.

This is not a slam on Zorin. The same specs refer to Mint, Pop, Kubuntu Focus and most of the Ubuntu 22.04 derivatives. I just think Linux would have a broader appeal if system requirements were based on good user experience rather than simply on "it is technically possible" to run on this hardware.

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That was just a recent example, but Ive run Zorin OS 15.3 on a Dell Latitude E6400 from 2008 and it ran very well with no issues.

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They still havent released 17 for upgrade using the Zorin OS updater. They went to great lengths to launch it and here we are with no upgrade path.

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Still no sign of being able to update to 17 rather than reinstalling but at least they say its coming soon in the OS update app, LOL!!