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Zorin OS 18 Downloads Skyrocket in the Last 48 Hours
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Over the past few years, the Ubuntu-based Zorin OS has rightfully earned its place among the top desktop Linux distributions, especially for its clean, polished, and user-friendly design, giving a great user experience.
It’s built mainly with newcomers in mind—particularly those considering making the jump from Windows to Linux—purposefully providing a desktop that feels comfortably familiar to anyone used to Windows.
As we informed you, the latest Zorin OS 18 release landed just a few days ago. And whether by coincidence or clever timing, it was announced on October 14—the very same day Microsoft ended support for Windows 10. The message couldn’t be clearer: Windows users, Zorin OS is ready to welcome you.
OMG Ubuntu:
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Zorin OS 18 Released with New Look, New Apps + More - OMG! Ubuntu
Zorin OS 18 is based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS with the Linux 6.14 kernel, and uses a heavily customised version of GNOME Shell 46 which, in this update, has been “redesigned” with a floating rounded panel and adds a new window tiling extension.
The distro’s development team say this version aims to ‘significantly improve’ productivity and app compatibility and make the system the “ideal choice” for anyone looking to switch to Linux now that Windows 10 has reached the end of support.
Alongside new ISO downloads for Intel/AMD devices (Zorin OS doesn’t support ARM64 devices), users will be able to upgrade from Zorin OS 17 to 18, including those who pay for Zorin Pro.
Same site later:
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Zorin OS 18 Broke Download Records on backdoored Windows 10 EOL Day
Zorin OS 18 was the "biggest launch ever", passing over 100k downloads in 2 days, say makers of the Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distro – those trying it? backdoored Windows users.
PCWorld:
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The 'death' of Windows 10 led to record growth for Zorin OS Linux | PCWorld
Last week, Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10, forcing users to either extend support in a few limited ways, upgrade to Windows 11, or switch to a non-Windows operating system if they want to keep using their now-unsupported machine.
Linux is one option for users who are interested in non-Windows operating systems, and many Linux distributions (which are various flavors of Linux, each with their own design philosophies) have been trying to attract Windows 10 users during this transitional phase. It seems at least one of them has been pretty successful.