I would not count android as a linux distro (or GNU/Linux for the FeetFungusEaters). While android uses the linux kernel, the userland is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, and it can not run most applications one associates with a linux distro.

Android is moving in that direction, but is not there yet.

If Zorin does not cut it (highly unlikely), go mint first, then Kubuntu.
Mint (just like Zorin) tries very hard to resemble Windows. Meanwhile, Kubuntu is just Ububtu with KDE. It will bear justa a passing resemblance to Windows. Nothing wrong with kubuntu, nor some ill will towards the project.

But if the goal is to be "windows-like" mint >> kubuntu.

This article is about ZorinOS.

ZorinOS tries very hard to mimic the UIs os OTHER OSs, including, but not limited to, Win7, Win10 and MacOS (you, the user. chooses which one it mimics).
Linux Mint also Mimics the UI of Windows.

So, Linux UI going to the deep end for years is not relevant (is offtopic) in this particular thread.

PS: By the way, ZorinOS offers paid support, which may be usefull for independent professionals for compliance/certification/legal/auditing/(cyber)insurance reasons...

No. The AI is a red herring. It has nothing to do with this. What these systems are doing is using actual rent amounts that tenants pay to determine what to charge. That rent information is not publicly available. That's the problem. If these systems stuck to the rents sought in publicly posted advertisements, it'd be no problem. Using that non-public information to set rents is already illegal; it's a form of price-fixing. What this law does is makes it clear that it's illegal to do even if the information transfer is conducted by a third-party.

It isn't really twice as fast in Europe, though. While, yes, standard US outlets are 120V versus Europe's 230V, amperage also matters because what controls cooking time is wattage and wattage = voltage times amperage. In the US, kettles are typically 1500W or, if you dig a bit, 1800W. You can also find much smaller ones for things like camping and travelling, usually around 600-800W. Looking at European models (which is difficult to do from the US), I see that 3000W is pretty common in the UK, where they use ring mains: 240V at 32A, of which a maximum 12.5A draw is allowed per outlet. Mainland Europe, however, doesn't use ring mains, and commonly has circuits of 230V at 6A or 10A, although 16A are supposedly also common. Higher amperages also exist but for specific purposes only (same as in the US). At 6A, you can only do 1380W kettle, less than in the US, assuming intermittent use. If the manufacturer assumes continuous use, then it's limited to 1035W. For 10A circuits, it's a bit better at 2300W/1725W. Looking at what's actually available, I see a lot of 1200W and 2000W models, which aren't far off from what the US has. Only the UK has the higher 3000W models, as well as China, but China doesn't really count because their safety standards aren't really up to snuff.

Anyway, all of this is academic, because my 1800W kettle boils 1.5 L of water in about 3 minutes. That's good enough for anyone, and much faster than my gas stove is. If that minute and and a half was that important to me, I'd run a 240V outlet and buy a UK 3000W kettle, but it's just not worth it. What I'm saying is that the 230V versus 120V debate is missing the point. In the US, all circuits are 15A minimum, which is more wattage than the smallest EU circuits, and, in the US 20A circuits are practically standard for most purposes (you usually just have to have multiple outlets on the same circuit to use them, or the special 20A outlets or the 15A/20A combo outlets that I see in most new work around here. Yup, 20A devices use a different plug from 15A devices, but it's possible to have an outlet that can handle both at the same time.) This means that it doesn't really matter which voltage you use; you can do the same things with it.

Also, I'd like to point out that most US homes have split single phase 240V 200A service, while most EU homes have single phase 240V 63A service. Some older homes have 100A or 150A, but 200A is standard in the US for new homes and retrofits. And, in some areas, three phase is becoming more common. In particular, delta high leg three phase, which gives you 120V, 208V, and 240V circuits and 240V delta three phase power, which is the best of all worlds, again at 200A. The usual three phase is 120vY208v, which is nice, but you don't get a true 240V. This is also why we went with 240V over 230V like the EU or 220V like China. Most things will run just fine of either 208V or 240V, which means that we can use most of our stuff with either type of power. Only motors really give much of a crap, and they often have tapped windings so you can use either with the same motor. Anyway, 200A service is way better than 63A service. I've read that for new work, 125A service is becoming quite common in the EU, but I haven't seen anything about anything as high as 200A service for homes in the EU or UK. So, we got you beat there. Having everyone at 200A service makes electric car charging a much easier thing to do. Having three phase everywhere would be even better, but 63A 230V three phase, wattage wise is the equivalent of roughly 110A 230V single phase, so even if the euros are doing three phase, the US still has them beat. Now, 125A 230V three phase would beat out our single phase 240V 200A service but just barely. Of course, when the US eventually switches everyone over to three phase, it'll be at 200A, so we'll still win, especially if delta high leg gets used, which is what you'd want to use for retrofits from split single phase. USA USA USA!

Yeah, IPAs. I've tried to like them, but they are just too damn bitter. Now, regular Pale Ale is good stuff. It's like IPA but with 1/3 the hops and is amazing. I think IPA drinkers just think that more bitter=more better, but that's nonsense. Same as people who drink super dark espresso, neat. Like what are you tasting there? It's like drinking liquid vulcanized rubber. Oddly, though, I do have two shots of super dark espresso every morning, but I brew them with twice the normal amount of water (so as lungos), and mix them with 10 ounces of half-and-half, two scoops of unflavored whey protein isolate, a scoop of Dutch-process cocoa powder, and some creatine, choline, and inositol. It's awesome. (I pre-mix the powders for convenience and also to sieve out any lumps.) The espresso being extra dark is necessary because of how hard I dilute it. Even though I add no sweeteners, the milk's natural sugars are enough sweetness for me. The extra fat from the half-and-half and the cocoa powder really mellows everything out and gives it a great mouthfeel. When I want regular coffee, however, I usually just drink some medium-roast drip coffee or some of that espresso mixed half-and-half with half-and-half.

Fusion Energy would, eventually, be cheaper than all other forms of energy.

Fusion Energy would stop Global Warming because the carbon dioxide and other pollution of fuels would eventually be eliminated.

Yes, and about 50% chance we are kwool. In reality, remember this is a typical oversimplifies McKinsey stuff. there are more scenarios, for instance.

AI Platoes and EVs platoes, so we keep the current status quo.

there are many more scenarios, dependeding of your vision of the world (shades of gray, colour), and the number of dimensions you can handle (2, 3, 3+time, four, n-dimension manifold).

It is the folks at McKinsey that are stuck to 4 quadrants.

JDEC/DELL CAMM2 or Micron/nVIDIA SOCAMM memory AND Industry standard (non-propiertary) PCIe Gen5 NVMe storage

Otherwise, my Intel Air and Intel Mini will be my last macs.

Touch is just a nice to have, but not really needed.

I don't even want ALL models being like that, just one or two (perhaps the pro models for real pros) will be more than enough.

Thanks in advance apple.

That is definitely not how I remember those jokes going. The first one was about Jews, not elephants, and involved some absurdly large number fitting in the ashtray. The second was always, "Chicken Butt," for some reason, probably the rhyme.

To be fair, this "new" pronunciation is a lot closer to the Latin original, which didn't have a Y-sound at the front (so started with OO, not YOO) and had the emphasis on the first syllable. So, OO-ra-nus, with the a being a lot like the vowel in the English word "lot" and u being a lot like the u in the English word "push". The original Greek, from which the Latin came, had the same sounds except the final u was replaced with an o, which sounded like the o in "Oh, Yeah." Later versions of Greek shifted the emphasis to the final syllable, but never changed the vowel sounds significantly. Later versions of Latin changed the final u's sound to be like the oo in "Boo", same as the first syllable, except that the first syllable, in all cases in Latin, should be twice as long sounding as the other two syllables.

By that same logic AI kicks ass, that's why all big companies are installing it everywhere.

And full EVs kick ass, that's why the chinese and norwegians are buying them like crazy

Actually, the "bestets" arrangement is to use floating solar pannels and offshore wind turbines on the reservoir of a hydroelectric damm.

The hydro will provide the smoothing needed for renewables.

Failing that, the second best option is to colo the wind and solar with a combined cycle natural gas plant. After all, even if we stoped all gasoline and diesel burning, we still need oil for chemicals and plastic, and we still need helium for cool science stuff (like MRI) and both bring natural gas as a by-product.

Grid sized batteries are a crazy idea.

AI is not a bubble but a success; Full EV transition success: WE ARE SCREWED! NOT ENOUGH ELECTRICITY! EVERYBODY PANIC!

AI is a bubble that bursts; Full EV transition fails:
WE ARE SCREWED! SURPLUS INFRA GALORE. ALL THAT CAPEX WILL GO INTO OUR BILLS!

AI Bubble busts; Full EV transitions successfull:
KWOOL; enough grid electricity for all at fair prices.

AI is a success; Full EV trabsition a failure:
KWOOL; enough grid electricity for all at fair prices.