Zorin OS 12 Passes One Million Downloads Mark, 60% Are Windows and Mac Users | Linux Today

Zorin OS 12 Passes One Million Downloads Mark, 60% Are Windows and Mac Users

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Marius Nestor
Nov 1, 2017

Zorin OS is an Ubuntu-based distribution targeted at those who want to migrate from Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s macOS computer operating system to an Open Source alternative that offers them a more secure, stable, and reliable computing environment. Zorin OS 12 is the latest stable version of the Linux OS, and it got its second point release in September 2017. Both the Zorin OS 12.1 and 12.2 maintenance updates helped the Zorin OS 12 series to pass the one million downloads mark since distro’s initial release on November 18, 2016, and the best part is that over 60 percent of these downloads are from users using either Windows or macOS, which means that Zorin OS’ mission was successfully achieves.

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Marius Nestor

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