Episode 2:11: Tatertop and the Legend of Zorin
0:00 Cold Open
2:09 Banter: Tater Top
11:35 History: Zorin OS
50:24 Distro Talk: Zorin OS
1:18:23 Housekeeping
1:25:01 App Focus: Syncthing
1:33:02 Next Time
1:37:10 Stinger
Coming up in this episode
1. We fry the tater top
2. The Legend of Zorin
3. And how we fit in
4. We sync some stuff
5. And finally, pick an empty distro
Banter - Tatertop
First gen chromebooks (https://google.fandom.com/wiki/Cr-48)
End of support :-( (https://chromeunboxed.com/iconic-google-cr-48-chromebooks-end-of-life-may-have-arrived/)
Flash the BIOS (https://www.insyde.com/products/developertools)
more BIOS info (https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-devices/h2c-firmware)
More hacks (https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-devices/cr-48-chrome-notebook-developer-information)
Intel Atom N455 (https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/49491/intel-atom-processor-n455-512k-cache-1-66-ghz.html)
Zorin OS
Zorin OS (https://zorin.com/os/)
Wikipedia page for Zorin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorin_OS)
Screenshot from Zorin 2 (https://img.vivaolinux.com.br/imagens/artigos/comunidade/zorin.png)
Dedoimedo blog post about Zorin 3 (https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/zorin.html)
Distrowatch review for Zorin 4 (https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20110117#feature)
Zorin OS 5 article talks about Look Changer (https://www.tech-faq.com/zorin-os-promising-but-still-typically-linux.html)
Zorin OS 5 Pro ships with Background Plus! (https://youtu.be/Coiae3Erhjk)
Zorin OS 6 can be a bridge between Windows and Linux (https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20120709#feature)
The City of Vicenza, Italy went with Zorin OS (https://blog.zorin.com/2016/04/29/the-city-of-vicenza-is-choosing-zorin-os/)
Interview with Artyom by InfinitelyGalactic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQwomIhA9Hs)
Windows App Support (https://zorin.com/help/install-apps/#windows-apps)
Zorin OS 16 Releasse announcement (https://blog.zorin.com/2021/08/17/2021-08-17-zorin-os-16-is-released/)
Zorin OS Forum (https://forum.zorin.com/)
Zorin OS Grid (coming soon) (https://zorin.com/grid/)
Site: zorin.com
Base System: Ubuntu
Desktop Environment: Core: Gnome Lite: XFCE
File Manager: Core: Files Lite: Thunar
Package Manager: dpkg - apt
Kernel: HWE Ubuntu 5.11.0-40
Display Manager: *Core: GDM Lite: lightdm*
Display Protocol: X11
Project Leaders: Artyom and Kyril Zorin
Housekeeping
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App Focus
SyncThing
This episode's app:
* SyncThing (https://syncthing.net/)
Next Time
With us trying out Zorin OS for this past month, that means our next show will be topic based. We have a few topics planned for you and all of them will affect you in the Linux User Space.
Our next distro to check out is Void Linux (https://voidlinux.org/)
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