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I tried Zorin, even paid for the pro version, which is simply a distro with added bloat, repackaged from free software to sometimes look like their own. I was impressed by the clean stock look, but it's pretty limited in terms of customisation. Just go to Linux Mint. Much bigger community and therefore support and let's you customise it a lot more. It's also lighter imo and more stable, although stable is always subjective.