*This process will take a significant amount of time, and thus, you can go out, have some coffee, or chit chat with your friends and colleagues as long as the process continues. Now the installation or the process of copying files will start, and once it is done, click on ‘ Restart Now ’ when it appears. Now enter your name, password and other details in the respective fields, and again click on ‘Continue’. Step 9: Create a Username and Password for Zorin It should be automatically detected if you’re not using some kind of proxy it VPN. You will be asked, whether you want to make changes to the disk.
Click on ‘ Install Now ’ when you are ready with your option. Considering, you are installing Zorin OS on a fresh PC, go with the default option i.e. It’s time to decide where and how you want to install Zorin OS. You will require an always-on internet connection to download updates during the installation. Just mark the appropriate options and click on ‘Next’.
You can now decide whether you want to download updates, and other third-party drivers and programs, at the time of installing Zorin OS. It ‘ English (US) ‘ for me, and most other people living in India. Now choose the keyboard layout, and click on ‘Continue’. Some basic tasks will be carried out, and click on ‘ Install Zorin OS ’ when you get the option.
Once it boots from the respective device, choose ‘ Try or Install Zorin OS ‘, and hit the enter key, which should be the first option. You will have to change some settings in the BIOS setup menu, and the option should typically come with the name ‘ Boot Devices Priority ’. Use a created bootable USB drive or a bootable DVD with Zorin OS and boot your respective PC or Laptop with it. So let’s get started with the installation process. Installing Zorin OS is way easier than installing most other distros, kudos to the graphical user interface featured by the installer. Step 3: Boot Zorin OS using a bootable USB drive or DVD
exe tool that doesn’t need to install, just run in and select the Zorin OS and then its ISO file after that USB drive which you want to use to create bootable. Whereas to create a bootable Pen drive for Zorin OS, first download Universal USB Installer. The downloaded Zorin OS will be in ISO image format to burn DVD you can use some third party software such as Free ISO Burner. Step 2: Create a bootable Zorin OS USB drive The download should automatically begin after that.
You can just click on the option that says, ‘ Skip to download ‘. Next, you will be asked to enter the email address, which is optional. Open the, and scroll down to find the option that says ‘ Free Download ‘. It is a little bit tricky to download the Zorin OS ISO, as the free download option is kind of hidden below the paid option, which costs around $39 or around 2700 INR.
Step 12: How to install software on Zorin OS Step 1: Downloading Zorin OS So here I will discuss how you can install it on your system, and the reasons you should choose it over others. Zorin OS, which is built on top of Ubuntu can be the best mate for your immediate switch from Windows to Linux.
Even though Ubuntu, Linux Mint, CentOS are the most popular Linux distributions, you can even try out others, if you are a newbie, and is switching to Linux from Windows. Distros are available to choose the appropriate one for yourself.īut choosing the most appropriate distro from the list might not be a dime a dozen if you don’t want to spend time trying out each of them and find out whether it is the perfect cup of tea for you. Linux is open-source as I already said, and thus, there are several distributions aka. Most Windows users are accustomed to the user interface and switching yourself from that might be the toughest thing ever, if not the availability of certain Windows applications for Linux. But the switch from Windows to Linux isn’t going to be as easy as you might think if it long since you are using Windows. It is great that you have taken the decision to switch from Windows to the open-source Linux platform, which indeed will surely help you in the long run. Here is the way to download and install Zorin OS Linux free and open source operating system on Windows PC or Laptop using a USB drive or DVD disc.