Zorin5 comes with all the stuff I install anyways on other distros! VLC, libdvdcss, Chrome, wine, etc
it's look changer provides ease of use (I prefer the windows 7 myself) and makes it easy for users switching to linux from the less-loveable OS's. When a style is changed it re-organizes the panel, the order of appearance when system is clicked, and how the target is reached. Zorin5 is using gnome by default which is a nice medium I think (not as big as KDE, and not as minimal as fluxbox). It doesn't come standard with a dock (such as AWN), but oh well, I can install that myself in either the package manager or the software center. And the liveCD runs alot slower then some other distro's I have used, But to be fair Zorin comes packed with a lot of extras. Overall I am happy with it, and not only would I recommend it, I have.

This review is of the 32-bit version of Zorin 5.2.

The DVD gives you an excellent supply of software from Ubuntu which all works. At least, Totem doesn't but you also get VLC and that does. Media codecs are included and all files, and a commercial DVD, played perfectly.

Apart from the large installation, the difference from Ubuntu is the user interface: a heavily customised Gnome 2. This is a lot closer to what Windows refugees will be used to than Ubuntu's Unity. It has a number of modes, imitating various Windows versions, and one is fragile. I frequently got a message "Menu has quit: do you want to restart?" Another reviewer had a similar problem. No harm was done, and the solution is to use a different mode.