A couple Questions

1- how do i know which zorin i am running?

2- are there any mobile phone programs that work well under zorin?

I use zorin as my primary system and love it.

I am running a Motorola Q9H with windows mobile and a HTC Tilt 8925 with Windows Mobile also..

One more question, How do I get Respondus Lockdown Browser to work with Linux? I installed a Windows XP virtual box, but I get an error that I can't run the browser in a virtual environment.


Thanks so much!!!

I am wanting to sync the phone with the computer so I can access the file system.

Thanks...glad to hear they will include gnome3 (without unity of course)...I am really looking forward to checking out Zorin 5
I'm sure memory consumption on the hard install would be a lot less then on the live session....but was just curious about it....

You are very helpful....would be nice if more activity was going on in this forum....it's an excellent distro and needs more community participation...

That's ok buddy...i suspected that might be the case since Ubuntu doesn't have it either (they expect it to be in the next version)...
I've been looking at the live dvd of Zorin 5 RC and it is REALLY NICE...some very nice improvements over Zorin 4 including a much more attractive default desktop wallpaper and lots of nice refinements and of course newer applications...

Unfortunately, just like all the other distros that have the new kernel (including mint 11 of course)...There is a major BUG in it that causes many (but not everyone) to have a large increase in power consumption (as much as 30%!) my Toshiba Laptop if one of those "lucky ones" that gets the bug...The result is my fan is constantly running to prevent overheating...And even worse...after a few hours it will often cause the computer to shut down altogether...

I don't experience it on my current Mint 10 installation because that uses the previous kernel...Both Ubuntu and Debian are well aware of the bug and it is considered a major issue...it was discovered about a month or so ago when people started downloading distros like ubuntu 11.04 en mass...The problem is being worked on...unknown when it will be fixed...

So no Zorin 5 for me at this time, unfortunately....A shame as i REALLY like it a lot...Will have to stay with Mint 10 for now....No point in going to Zorin 4...i'd rather have Zorin 5 installed...

Nothing the Zorin guys can really do about it...a fix will have to come from ubuntu and debian...

Before doing a hard install of Zorin 5 or any other distro based on the new kernel, one might want to run the live dvd for a few hours to see if it affects their particular system...

Due to a regression inherited from the upstream linux kernel, Natty 11.04 can exhibit a 10-30% increase in power consumption. This is a known issue which is actively being investigated. A SRU will be released onced a viable solution is found. For more information, please see
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a ... ffda&num=1

That information above is from the Ubuntu release notes for 11.04....
Just a "heads up" to keep in mind...

swarfendor437,

As for the Respondus Lockdown Browser, no luck, with that article, still unable to get it to work. The error still comes up about the browser can not be installed on a virtual machine.

Any other thoughts or ideas??

Thanks

swarfendor437....yes it is disapointing as i would have loved to install zorin 5 when the final release comes out within the next two weeks...

Of course, once the bug fix in the new kernel has come down through ubuntu, then it should be ok for me to install...It's just a question of when...Hope it will not take too long...I know they have given it a high priority because it affects many computers (though not all...if you run the zorin 5 live dvd and don't observe it happening then you are one of the lucky ones)...