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Only Zorin to be installed?:
If Zorin is going to be the only system on your device, then choose the first installation option where it wants to wipe everything out. - If you have a Note/Net-book you may want to backup your entire drive/system using either Acronis or free system backup software and an external Hard Drive before commencing. Particular care should be taken if attempting to install to an emmc device – these are worse than Celeron and Sempron powered devices as they have limited storage space (normally 32 Gb) and limited memory (2 Gb) and if one component fails on the main processing board, the machine becomes dead as nothing can be replaced/repaired. So avoid Chromebooks and their adversarial spin-offs like the plague! If you have the spare cash to buy a machine that is dedicated to run GNU/Linux then I advise you take a look at the following potential suppliers – but read reviews before taking the plunge: