Just a couple of weeks ago I switched to Linux Zorin. It looks and acts just like Win7. As an ex certified Windows tech I made the conscious decision to not go beyond Win7.
My only regret since the switch is not doing it sooner. Everything runs on Zorin that ran on Win7. It even has a program called “Wine” that allows Windows apps and programs to run in its native format on Zorin. When everyone else using Windows was sweating bullets from the crybaby malware or whatever it was called; I was living comfortably knowing it would not affect me. The beauty of it all is I dual boot with Zorin being the default but I can boot into Win7 if I so choose but so far there hasn’t been a reason to and I can access all my files in the Windows side.
There are other Linux options too like Mint or one that looks more like a Mac that runs on the far less expensive PC type computer you can actually work on yourself or the kid next door can too.
Once the ISO is downloaded and burned to a DVD; the user has the option when booting up to run Linux Zorin straight off the DVD to try it out without installing it or to install it. It runs much faster once installed though.
Very interesting; I’m not familiar with Zorin, but I”li’l check it out.
PCLinuxOS is also very good for both newbs (user-friendly for Windoze refugees) and Linux pros alike.
I have done the same.
Three new machines in my home, all run Win 7 x64.
Next one will be Linux.