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Zorin OS 12 Officially Released, the Biggest Release Ever of the Linux Distro

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Marius Nestor
Nov 20, 2016

Zorin OS 12 is the result of many months of hard work, and it looks like it’s the project’s biggest release ever. The GNU/Linux distribution is now based on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, it’s powered by the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel, and ships with the Zorin Desktop 2.0 desktop environment. As mentioned before, Zorin OS 12 now uses the Zorin Desktop 2.0, which is a major revamp featuring an advanced universal search functionality, richer notifications, activities overview, support for advanced display features on modern PCs, as well as many new and handy accessibility features.

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Marius Nestor

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