Zorin, a Linux distro that positioned itself as a familiar and accessible entry point for users leaving Windows, continues to move with growing confidence toward reaching a broader user base. I say this because the most recently published information on the subject is impressive.
Following the release of Zorin OS 18 on October 14, the project recorded more than 100,000 downloads within the first 48 hours. In just one month, that figure climbed to 1 million. Now, Zorin OS has reached another milestone.
According to a post on the distribution’s official X account, Zorin OS 18 has reached 2 million downloads in less than 3 months since release, marking the fastest adoption in the project’s history. But what’s even more interesting is the fact that more than three-quarters of those downloads came from Windows users.
All the negative comments here have nothing of substance to say. It’s like Baader-Meinhof for pessimistic pricks.
I’m interested in seeing some impressions that aren’t “I keep hearing about it so it’s bad”
How bad can it be? It’s just GNOME with a few extensions to make it look like windows.
Marketing is everything. I bet if Fedora or Mint or shoot, even Arch spent even a sliver of what Zorin is on marketing, they’d get the downloads too.
My guess is a lot of people give Zorin a try, and find out it’s both Freemium and also kinda jank, and end up with somethign else later.
Zorin sure has spent some money on press lately.
Zorin is solid and easy. Would def recommend to any new users from Mac/Windows.
interesting I don’t see Zorin in the Steam Hardware Survey
The smallest distro in their list is Linux Mint 22.1 64 bit at 1.42%
(Linux Mint 22.2 64 bit is at 7.85%)
Might report as Ubuntu
Zorin is nothing but marketing bullshit, and ripping off OSS and branding it.
I thought Mint was the familiar and accessible entry point for users leaving Windows… guess I’m out of the loop these days
So are stockholders going to figure out Nadella is killing Microsoft? Or will this be another Elon situation where the company loses customers, but the stock price continues to rise?
nah they no longer care about retail. the real mullah is made in corporate and B2B.
That’s the driver behind every enshittificatiom behavior.
Or will this be another Elon situation where the company loses customers, but the stock price continues to rise?
ABSOLUTELY NOT! You forgot the 18 gazillion dollar pay package for doing a bad job!
