They charge money for a free OS, but they don’t use that money to provide more than installation support. They don’t offer troubleshooting support or upstream improvements.

Problem is that Mint and Zorin don’t take security as seriously as they should, and so I’m worried about the risks that would pose.

Plus Zorin is a bit problematic for other reasons.

You think choosing your Linux distro is bad, imagine having to choose your electricity, water, internet, phone, banking, and insurance provider as well as your local councillor, workplace, school, career, entertainment, childcare, car, house, food, etc.

This “love choice, hate choosing” is a really valuable thing to understand.

Don’t swap to Ladybird, it won’t be completely secure when (or if) it releases and so far there’s nothing going for it other than it not being Firefox or Chrome. If you’re gonna swap then use the Servo browser which is already actually out.

It was a dog, not Homer.