issue134:critique
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- | I’ve been a Linux fan for close to two decades and have used Ubuntu derivatives for a good chunk of that time. Some of you may even remember I wrote a few reviews here and there for this magazine some time ago. | + | ===== 1 ===== |
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+ | **I’ve been a Linux fan for close to two decades and have used Ubuntu derivatives for a good chunk of that time. Some of you may even remember I wrote a few reviews here and there for this magazine some time ago. | ||
In my OS trials I’ve come across some oddities such as ArtistX (take everything in the store and ram it on a DVD and then wonder why most of it didn’t work), PearOS (made it look so much like Apple’s OS X they were seen by some as a Hackintosh substitute), | In my OS trials I’ve come across some oddities such as ArtistX (take everything in the store and ram it on a DVD and then wonder why most of it didn’t work), PearOS (made it look so much like Apple’s OS X they were seen by some as a Hackintosh substitute), | ||
- | My major problem then became gratification, | + | My major problem then became gratification, |
- | Then came Linux Mint and I didn’t look back, especially when Ubuntu went to that awful Unity desktop and started losing market share. | + | Je suis grand amateur de Linux depuis presque deux décennies et pendant une bonne partie de ces années, j' |
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+ | Lors de mes essais de systèmes d' | ||
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+ | Mon plus grand problème est alors devenu la gratification, | ||
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+ | **Then came Linux Mint and I didn’t look back, especially when Ubuntu went to that awful Unity desktop and started losing market share. | ||
However, wanderlust got the best of me again so I decided to look at other offerings to play with. ArtistX went bye-bye a few years ago, PearOS (was bought out, changed their name to Pearl OS or Pearl Linux – even they aren’t sure, and became another Ubuntu clone), Ultimate Edition defected to KDE but is still as dark as ever, and UberStudent wasn’t uber enough and all but stopped updating nearly 3 years ago (and then the website vaporized, too). | However, wanderlust got the best of me again so I decided to look at other offerings to play with. ArtistX went bye-bye a few years ago, PearOS (was bought out, changed their name to Pearl OS or Pearl Linux – even they aren’t sure, and became another Ubuntu clone), Ultimate Edition defected to KDE but is still as dark as ever, and UberStudent wasn’t uber enough and all but stopped updating nearly 3 years ago (and then the website vaporized, too). | ||
- | Yet others, like base Ubuntu and derivatives that start with K or L, were just too plain. | + | Yet others, like base Ubuntu and derivatives that start with K or L, were just too plain. |
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+ | Et alors, Linux Mint est arrivé et je n'ai pas regardé en arrière, surtout quand Ubuntu est passé à l' | ||
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+ | Toutefois, l' | ||
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- | In my research I came across Zorin OS, an Irish offering I spotted a couple of years ago and tried. | + | **In my research I came across Zorin OS, an Irish offering I spotted a couple of years ago and tried. |
Yippee (all lack of enthusiasm intended). | Yippee (all lack of enthusiasm intended). | ||
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Like your Linux websites short and to the point? | Like your Linux websites short and to the point? | ||
- | You’ve come to the right place at www.zorinos.com. | + | You’ve come to the right place at www.zorinos.com. |
- | In short, you get your choices, what they include, how much they cost and what you’ll need in the way of computing power. | + | Au cours de mes recherches, j'ai découvert Zorin OS, proposé par un groupe irlandais, que j'ai vu et essayé il y a deux ans. Il s'est fait remarquer surtout par un commutateur qui permettait de changer le menu et thème du bureau de ceux basés sur Ubuntu vers des sosies de Windows ou d' |
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+ | Youpi (tout manque d' | ||
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+ | Autrement, ce n' | ||
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+ | Je pense qu'ils ont enfin compris et ont décidé de renforcer leurs incitations à des essais en créant la version Linux du tour de passe-passe du secteur automobile (vous le connaissez : Acura est une Honda embellie, Infiniti est Nissan et Toyota produit la gamme Lexus, le tout à des prix scandaleusement plus élevés que ceux des modèles de base dont elles sont issues). | ||
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+ | Vous aimez les sites Web Linux courts et directs ? Préférez-vous qu'ils ne ressemblent pas aux Pages jaunes de la ville de New York ? | ||
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+ | Vous êtes au bon endroit chez www.zorinos.com. Rien que les faits, môssieu. Même pas une bonne galerie, à mon avis. | ||
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+ | **In short, you get your choices, what they include, how much they cost and what you’ll need in the way of computing power. | ||
As for the basics, you’ll need a computer running: | As for the basics, you’ll need a computer running: | ||
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Lite. Made for older computers, this is free to download and comes in at 1.4GB. | Lite. Made for older computers, this is free to download and comes in at 1.4GB. | ||
- | Core. At 1.5GB it includes a few more programs but is still free and can run well on newer computers. | + | Core. At 1.5GB it includes a few more programs but is still free and can run well on newer computers.** |
- | Business Lite. Contains all the Core programs plus a few more geared to the business owner with older computers. | + | Bref, vous devez faire des choix : ce qu'ils comprennent, |
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+ | Quant à la version de base, votre ordinateur devrait avoir : | ||
+ | • Au minimum un processeur à un cœur, à 1 GHz. | ||
+ | • Au moins 1 Go de RAM. | ||
+ | • 10 Go d' | ||
+ | • Une résolution d'au moins 800 x 600. | ||
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+ | Les requis des versions Lite de Zorin sont baissés à un processeur à 700 MHz, 512 Mo de RAM, 8 Go d' | ||
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+ | Pour faire court, presque n' | ||
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+ | Pour ce qui concerne les versions, vous trouverez (en 32 ou 64 bits) : | ||
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+ | Lite. Fait pour des ordinateurs vieillissants, | ||
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+ | Core. À 1,5 Go, il intègre quelques programmes de plus, mais reste gratuit et peut bien fonctionner sur des ordinateurs plus récents. | ||
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+ | **Business Lite. Contains all the Core programs plus a few more geared to the business owner with older computers. | ||
Business. | Business. | ||
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Ultimate. | Ultimate. | ||
- | For those on a budget, like me, you can opt to go to www.osdisc.com where a DVD copy will set you back about $8 with shipping (the pay a cut to Zorin); however, beware of Softpedia.com where they advertise it for €9.99 but then link you to the Zorin page where it jumps up to €19. | + | For those on a budget, like me, you can opt to go to www.osdisc.com where a DVD copy will set you back about $8 with shipping (the pay a cut to Zorin); however, beware of Softpedia.com where they advertise it for €9.99 but then link you to the Zorin page where it jumps up to €19. |
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+ | Business LITE. Contient tous les programmes Core plus quelques-uns destinés aux propriétaires de sociétés utilisant des ordinateurs vieillissants. Elle coûte 15 € par ordinateur (ou un peu moins de 19 $ US au moment où j' | ||
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+ | Business. Contient tout ce qu'il y a dans Business Lite avec quelques programmes supplémentaires. Elle pèse un peu plus de 2,5 Go et le prix par ordinateur est le même que pour Business Lite. | ||
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+ | Education. Destinée, évidemment, | ||
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+ | Education Lite. Vous l'avez deviné : une plus petite version d' | ||
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+ | Ultimate. Comme le suggère le nom, c'est la cerise sur le gâteau, mais le téléchargement de 3,6 Go comprend l' | ||
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+ | Pour ceux qui, comme moi, doivent se restreindre, | ||
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- | As for me, I merely borrowed a DVD from another user. | + | **As for me, I merely borrowed a DVD from another user. |
I opted to try mine on all old 80GB HDD I had left over from my Windows 7 days and installation wasn’t anything painful or slow. In fact, from start to finish took the usual 20 minutes or so and I imagine that time would have been cut substantially had I been using a USB drive to SSD instead. | I opted to try mine on all old 80GB HDD I had left over from my Windows 7 days and installation wasn’t anything painful or slow. In fact, from start to finish took the usual 20 minutes or so and I imagine that time would have been cut substantially had I been using a USB drive to SSD instead. | ||
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Turns out it’s there, just playing hide-and-go-seek. | Turns out it’s there, just playing hide-and-go-seek. | ||
- | Gee, and this is a beginner’s introduction to Linux over Windows? | + | Gee, and this is a beginner’s introduction to Linux over Windows? |
- | For those transitioning from early Windows (XP through 7) to Linux, you might appreciate Zorin’s attempt to make users feel at home. The desktop exudes minimalism and functionalism at the same time. Plus, there are options under settings for those desiring a little more visual zest (at least in paid versions). | + | Quant à moi, j'ai tout simplement emprunté un DVD auprès d'un autre utilisateur. |
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+ | J'ai choisi de l' | ||
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+ | Une fois installé, le démarrage se fait rapidement en 20 secondes ou moins, ce qui est étonnant étant donné que je l' | ||
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+ | Il se trouve qu'il existe bel et bien, mais qu'il joue à cache-cache. Il faut cliquer sur la zone de la barre des tâches près de l' | ||
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+ | Tiens et il s'agit d'une introduction de Linux pour débutants par rapport à Windows ? Les bleus veulent et s' | ||
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+ | **For those transitioning from early Windows (XP through 7) to Linux, you might appreciate Zorin’s attempt to make users feel at home. The desktop exudes minimalism and functionalism at the same time. Plus, there are options under settings for those desiring a little more visual zest (at least in paid versions). | ||
As you might have figured on your own, the Gnome versions put the menu option in a corner, Unity crams everything to the left, Mac OS gives you the bottom, center mounted, icon bar and Windows 7 gives you the Windows menu in the corner. | As you might have figured on your own, the Gnome versions put the menu option in a corner, Unity crams everything to the left, Mac OS gives you the bottom, center mounted, icon bar and Windows 7 gives you the Windows menu in the corner. | ||
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Then there’s the design I can’t figure out. You get an icon bar to the right and yet another to the left. When I clicked on it absolutely nothing came up. Guess it’s a work in progress or you’re supposed to do something I’m unaware of. | Then there’s the design I can’t figure out. You get an icon bar to the right and yet another to the left. When I clicked on it absolutely nothing came up. Guess it’s a work in progress or you’re supposed to do something I’m unaware of. | ||
- | There is another fault here, though. | + | There is another fault here, though. |
- | And this brings up a point an observer mentioned. | + | Pour ceux qui migrent d'un jeune Windows |
- | For those looking for a little visual pizzazz, there is an option | + | Comme vous auriez pu le deviner tout seul, les versions Gnome mettent l' |
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+ | Et puis, il y a cette conception que je n' | ||
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+ | Pourtant, il y a une autre faille ici : le changeur ne vous indique pas quel bureau est censé représenter quoi. Il vaut mieux bien connaître l' | ||
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+ | **And this brings up a point an observer mentioned. | ||
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+ | For those looking for a little visual pizzazz, there is an options | ||
As for programs you get the usual inclusions such as LibreOffice (which I upgraded to 6) but you’ll also find: | As for programs you get the usual inclusions such as LibreOffice (which I upgraded to 6) but you’ll also find: | ||
- | In the Audio/ | + | In the Audio/ |
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+ | Et cela soulève une question mentionnée par un observateur. Étant donné que tous les nouveaux ordinateurs Windows sont livrés avec 10 et que 7 est en réalité mort il y a quelques années, pourquoi quelqu' | ||
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+ | Pour ceux qui cherchent un peu de panache visuel, il est possible d' | ||
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+ | Quant aux programmes, il y a les applis usuelles, comme LibreOffice (que j'ai mis à niveau vers la 6), mais vous y trouverez aussi : | ||
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+ | Dans le domaine de l' | ||
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- | For the office crowd you’ll find FreeCAD, HomeBank (a nice Quicken sub), VYM (mind mapping), Planner (project planning), Calendar (decent Google interactive substitute), | + | **For the office crowd you’ll find FreeCAD, HomeBank (a nice Quicken sub), VYM (mind mapping), Planner (project planning), Calendar (decent Google interactive substitute), |
For the gaming set: Super Tux Kart, Xonotic (arena shooter), Neverball (one of my personal favorites), Neverputt, Pingus, Frets on Fire, Gweled and Warzone 2100. I probably missed a couple but you get the idea. | For the gaming set: Super Tux Kart, Xonotic (arena shooter), Neverball (one of my personal favorites), Neverputt, Pingus, Frets on Fire, Gweled and Warzone 2100. I probably missed a couple but you get the idea. | ||
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Finally, for those who can’t quite wean themselves off the Windows practice, you’ll find Wine and Play on Linux. | Finally, for those who can’t quite wean themselves off the Windows practice, you’ll find Wine and Play on Linux. | ||
- | In general, daily operation I found Zorin to be okay but with a few quirks. | + | In general, daily operation I found Zorin to be okay but with a few quirks.** |
- | First, some taskbar icons seem to have an agenda of their own. The wireless icon was adept at disappearing and reappearing at will along with others like Dropbox. | + | Les gens en entreprise y trouveront FreeCAD, HomeBank (un substitut sympa de Quicken), VYM (pour les cartes heuristiques), |
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+ | Pour les joueurs, il y a Super Tux Kart, Xonotic (un shooter en arène), Neverball (l'un de mes préférés), | ||
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+ | Et pour ceux qui cherchent une expérience Internet, il y a Chromium (mais pas Chrome), Maps (un clone de Google Earth, également appelé Gnome Maps) et Weather (la Météo - je crois qu'il s'agit de la nouvelle version Gnome 3). | ||
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+ | Enfin, ceux qui n' | ||
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+ | Lors d'une utilisation générale, quotidienne, | ||
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+ | **First, some taskbar icons seem to have an agenda of their own. The wireless icon was adept at disappearing and reappearing at will along with others like Dropbox. | ||
Second, the software store is a hit or miss proposition with the latter being truer than the former. | Second, the software store is a hit or miss proposition with the latter being truer than the former. | ||
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Even when it did work the result appeared laborious with downloads getting off to a grand start and then trickling down to 1990s modem standards or just dying. | Even when it did work the result appeared laborious with downloads getting off to a grand start and then trickling down to 1990s modem standards or just dying. | ||
- | However, I do have to give praise to the store design. | + | However, I do have to give praise to the store design. |
- | Third, and finally, when it worked Zorin was indeed speedy with programs generally opening in a snap; however, it was prone to bogging down at the most inopportune times. | + | Tout d' |
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+ | Ensuite, le magasin des logiciels est très aléatoire et le plus souvent pris en défaut. Souvent, il ouvrait et essayait d' | ||
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+ | Même quand il fonctionnait, | ||
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+ | Cela dit, j'ai trouvé la conception du magasin excellente. Il est conçu intelligemment et sa mise en page devrait inspirer quelques autres distrib. Linux. Même un néophyte le comprendrait. | ||
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+ | **Third, and finally, when it worked Zorin was indeed speedy with programs generally opening in a snap; however, it was prone to bogging down at the most inopportune times. | ||
I even thought this might be a Chromium issue and installed Opera, a browser I’ve found speedier than Chrome. | I even thought this might be a Chromium issue and installed Opera, a browser I’ve found speedier than Chrome. | ||
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And, therefore, I can give Zorin OS Ultimate no more than 3 out of 5 stars. | And, therefore, I can give Zorin OS Ultimate no more than 3 out of 5 stars. | ||
- | If you are interested, I’d advise you start with one of the free versions first and work your way up. | + | If you are interested, I’d advise you start with one of the free versions first and work your way up.** |
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+ | Enfin, en troisième lieu, quand il fonctionnait bien, Zorin était très rapide : habituellement, | ||
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+ | Pensant que cela pouvait être un problème de Chromium, j'ai même installé Opera, un navigateur que je trouve plus rapide que Chrome. Que nenni, cela n'a rien fait. Le même problème surgissait de façon aléatoire et pas dans les mêmes circonstances. | ||
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+ | Et, si vous vous posez la question, il ne s'agit pas non plus d'une surcharge de la RAM. Puisque j'ai 6 Go de DDR3, un site Web ouvert ne devrait pas gêner l' | ||
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+ | Sinon, Zorin n'est tout simplement qu'un autre dérivé d' | ||
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+ | En fait, voici une idée : téléchargez Linux Mint avec ces opérations quotidiennes prévisibles et pourtant fiables. Ajoutez ensuite n' | ||
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+ | Vous avez ainsi non seulement un système stable, mais vous venez d' | ||
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+ | C'est pourquoi je ne peux pas attribuer plus de 3 étoiles sur 5 à Zorin OS Ultimate. Pour le prix demandé, il devrait fonctionner bien, bien mieux. | ||
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+ | Si vous êtes intéressé, | ||
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