Zorin OS 12 is an open source operating system based on Linux. According to a tweet from the development team, the operating system has surpassed half a million downloads.
Zorin OS 12 was released last year on November 18th and is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus). The development team calls it “the biggest release ever” and introduces a completely new Zorin Desktop experience that promises to make your PC more powerful and enjoyable to use.
In the four months since its release, Zorin OS 12 has been downloaded over half a million times from its official website, according to the development team, which reports that over 60% of downloads came from Windows and Mac users looking to switch to an open-source, Linux-based operating system.
“Exactly 4 months after release, we are excited to announce that Zorin OS 12 has been downloaded over 500,000 times,” the announcement reads.
“We are also pleased to announce that over 60% of these downloads came from Windows and MacOS users, reflecting the success of our mission to bring the power of Linux to people who have never had access to it before.”
It should be noted that a first version of Zorin OS 12 Lite will be released in the coming weeks. It should also be noted that this distribution is very good to start exploring the Linux platform, but it is far from what I consider Linux.
So we can recommend the distribution to those who are thinking of trying Linux, learning a few things, and then moving to another distribution that adopts more of the Linux philosophy and not that of Windows.
