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This is the final version, uploaded on 28 July 2019
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This is the final version, uploaded on 28 July 2019 1
Introduction/Foreword (whatever …) 5
System Requirements 6
Zorin OS Ultimate, Education, and Core 6
Zorin OS Lite and Education Lite 6
Update your system!: 7
Advice on where to get Zorin 7
Validation of downloaded .iso 8
Changing the Boot order 11
How to manage UEFI when installing Zorin: 11
A warning to Notebook (Laptop) owners!: 11
Basic manual formatting and installation 12
Booting on older ‘non-PAE’ enabled kit 12
Booting from a USB on a Notebook/Desktop whose BIOS prevents booting from USB 12
Only Zorin to be installed? 13
GNU/Linux dedicated Hardware Manufacturers/Suppliers 14
1. Booting your Zorin media in ‘live’ mode 15
2. The Live Desktop – a guided tour 17
a. The Zorin Menu and its sub-menus 18
b. Zorin Appearance 27
d. Zorin connect 31
e. Activities Overview 34
f. The right side of the Panel 37
g. Settings 42
i. Appearance 43
ii. Notifications settings 47
iii. Search locations 48
iiii. Region & Language 52
v. Universal Access 53
vi. Online Accounts: for those of you (unlike me) are “connected” 63
vii. Privacy: Screen Lock; 64
viii. Screen Sharing 69
viiii. Sound 70
x. Power 73
xi. Network 73
xii. Devices 74
xiii. Details: comprises of About, Date & Time, Users, Default Applications.
To add additional users you have to ‘unlock’ your account first using the unlock button – you will be asked for your login password. The following screen should then appear 91
3. Precautions to be mindful of when installing! 94
a. Installation type 94
b. Account details 94
4. First things to do after installation. 95
a. Change Software Sources first, then Update the system. 95
b. Update the System: Menu | System Tools | Software Updater 96
5. Essential Applications that are missing(/not running)! 98
a. Synaptic Package Manager 98
b. Gdebi Package Manager 102
c. GNOME Tweaks (gnome-tweaks) –[formerly gnome-tweak-tool] 104
i. Extensions you should consider adding (in no particular order) 112
1. Keys Indicator 112
2. Text Scaler 112
3. For Notebook users – Battery Percentage and Time 112
4. Dynamic Panel Transparency 113
5. EasyScreenCast: (for recording your desktop) 116
6. Random Wallpaper 116
7. System Monitor(s) 117
8. If you are a notebook user there are three useful touchpad extensions: Touchpad Indicator, Toggle Touchpad, Extended Gestures 120
9. Weather Applications 121
10. Alternative Menu. 123
d. Dconf Editor 125
e. ClamTk 126
f. Gufw (Gnome uncomplicated firewall) 127
g. rkhunter (root-kit hunter) 128
6. Inspect 3rd Party .deb packages before installing 129
7. Accessibility 131
8. Recommended Applications 143
a. PDF Mod (by Novell, the makers of Open SuSE): Available from ‘Software’ or via Synaptic 143
b. Shutter 144
e. MultiSystem: (with iso tester via Vbox) 163
f. Calibre – Ebook reader/viewer/converter 164
g. Graphics Packages/3d Modelling 165
h. DeskTopPublishing – Scribus 170
i. Video Editing 171
j. Other Screencast application: 171
k. Internet packages 172
l. CD Emulation. 173
m. WINE 174
n. Accountancy Application 175
o. Virtual Machine Software 175
p. K3b 175
[ Author’s note on images provided. Please be advised that the mouse cursor is no where near as big as that portrayed in the screenshots.
For the purposes of this manual I created a virtual image of 12.2 in Virtual Box and when Shutter captured the mouse cursor it captures the Host cursor not the Guest OS cursor – as would be the case of any screen capture application. The mouse cursor was a downloaded theme from gnome-desktop.org – Hackneyed 64 – get it from here: https://www.opendesktop.org/p/999998/ Left handed cursor theme also available from this link. ]