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Zorin OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed especially for newcomers to Linux. It has a Windows-like graphical user interface and many programs similar to those found in Windows. Zorin OS also comes with an application that lets users run many Windows programs. The distribution's ultimate goal is to provide a Linux alternative to Windows and let Windows users enjoy all the features of Linux without complications.

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 • 2022-10-27: Distribution Release: Zorin OS 16.2
 • 2022-03-10: Distribution Release: Zorin OS 16.1
 • 2021-08-17: Distribution Release: Zorin OS 16
 • 2021-04-15: Development Release: Zorin OS 16 Beta
 • 2020-09-08: Distribution Release: Zorin OS 15.3
 • 2020-03-05: Distribution Release: Zorin OS 15.2
 • 2019-12-13: Distribution Release: Zorin OS 15.1
 • 2019-11-21: Distribution Release: Zorin OS 15 "Lite"
 • 2019-06-05: Distribution Release: Zorin OS 15
 • 2019-03-20: Development Release: Zorin OS 15 Beta
 • 2018-08-13: Distribution Release: Zorin OS 12.4
 • 2018-03-16: Distribution Release: Zorin OS 12.3
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 • 2021-12-08 Zorin releases Lite editions for version 16
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Feature 16.2 15.3 12.4 11 10 9 8.1 7.1 6.4 5.2 4 3.2 2 1 Feature
Release Date 2022-10-27 2020-09-08 2018-08-13 2016-02-03 2015-08-01 2014-07-15 2014-02-21 2013-10-16 2013-08-28 2011-11-23 2010-12-22 2011-11-10 2010-01-01 2009-07-01 Release Date
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Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 2400-3000 2200-4300 1400-2500                       Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop GNOME, Xfce GNOME, Xfce GNOME, Xfce GNOME, LXDE GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME Default Desktop
Package Management DEB, Flatpak, Snap DEB, Flatpak, Snap DEB, Snap DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice OO.o LibreOffice OO.o OO.o Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 16.2 15.3 12.4 11 10 9 8.1 7.1 6.4 5.2 4 3.2   1 Full Package List
Package 16.2 15.3 12.4 11 10 9 8.1 7.1 6.4 5.2 4 3.2 2 1 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.2 1.1.3 1.1.0 1.0.29 1.0.28 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.23 1.0.22 1.0.20 1.0.18 alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 19.1.0 19.1.0 18.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.780 8.723 8.660 8.600 amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.0 4.4.18 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.2 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.90) -- -- -- -- -- -- 33.0.1750.115 30.0.1599.66 29.0.1547.57 15.0.874.121 8.0.552.215 15.0.874.106 -- -- chromium (114.0.5735.90)
cups (2.4.3) 2.3.1 2.2.7 2.1.3 2.1.0 2.0.2 1.7.2 1.7.0rc1 1.6.2 1.5.3 1.4.6 1.4.4 1.4.3 1.4.1 1.3.9 cups (2.4.3)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.3 4.3.1 4.3.1 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.1.ESV-R4 4.1.1-P1 3.1.3 3.1.3 3.1.2 3.1.1 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.45.5 1.44.1 1.42.13 1.42.12 1.42.12 1.42.9 1.42.8 1.42.5 1.42 1.41.14 1.41.12 1.41.11 1.41.9 1.41.4 e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (113.0.2) 105.0 80.0.1 61.0.1 44.0 39.0 30.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.5.6 3.0.11 firefox (113.0.2)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.10.1 2.8.1 2.6.1 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.4.12 2.4.11 2.4.8 2.4.4 2.4.2 2.3.11 2.3.9 2.3.9 freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) -- -- 5.3.1 5.2.1 4.9.2 4.8.2 4.8.1 4.7.3 4.6.3 4.5.2 4.4.4 4.4.3 4.4.1 4.3.3 gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.18 2.10.14 -- 2.8.14 2.8.14 2.8.10 2.8.6 2.8.4 2.8.6 2.6.11 2.6.10 2.6.8 2.6.7 2.6.6 gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) 2.31 2.28 2.23 2.21 2.21 2.19 2.17 2.17 2.15 2.13 2.12.1 2.11.1 2.10.1 2.9 glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2) 3.38.4 3.30.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.2)
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.04 2.02 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.00 2.00 1.99 1.99rc1 1.98 1.98 1.97beta4 0.97 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.3) 3.24.20 3.22.30 3.18.9 3.16.7 3.14.13 3.10.8 3.8.6 3.6.4 3.4.2 2.24.4 2.22.0 2.20.1 2.18.3 2.16.1 gtk (4.10.3)
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (23.04.1)
kmod (30) 27 24 22 21 18 15 9 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.3) 7.4.2rc3 6.4.6rc2 5.1.6rc2 5.0.2 4.4.2 4.2.4 4.1.3 4.0.2 3.5.7 3.3.4 3.2.1 3.3.2 3.1.1 3.0.1 libreoffice (7.5.3)
linux (6.3.5) 5.15 5.4 4.15 4.2 3.19 3.11 3.11 3.8 3.2 2.6.38 2.6.35 2.6.32 2.6.31 2.6.28 linux (6.3.5)
Package 16.2 15.3 12.4 11 10 9 8.1 7.1 6.4 5.2 4 3.2 2 1 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (10.11.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (10.11.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.1) 21.2.6 20.0.8 18.0.5 11.0.2 10.5.2 10.1.3 9.2.1 9.1.4 8.0.2 7.10.2 7.9git 7.7.1 7.6.0 7.4.0 mesa (23.1.1)
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2) 3.36.3 3.26.4 3.14.3 3.14.2 3.14.2 3.10.1 3.8.2 3.6.3 3.4.2 2.32.2.2 2.32.0 2.31.1 2.28.1 2.26.2 nautilus (44.2)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 260.19.06 195.36.24 185.18.36 180.44 NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) -- -- -- 7u91 7u79 7u55 7u51 -- -- -- -- 6b20 -- 6b14 openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) 8.2p1 7.6p1 7.2p2 6.9p1 6.7p1 6.6p1 6.2p2 6.1p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 5.5p1 5.3p1 5.1p1 5.1p1 openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1) 1.1.1f 1.1.1 1.0.2g 1.0.2d 1.0.1f 1.0.1f 1.0.1e 1.0.1c 1.0.1 0.9.8o 0.9.8o 0.9.8k 0.9.8g 0.9.8g openssl (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1) 5.30.0 5.26.1 5.22.1 5.20.2 5.20.2 5.18.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.10.0 perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.2.6)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.0)
postgresql (15.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.3) 3.8.10 3.6.7 2.7.12 2.7.9 2.7.9 2.7.5 2.7.5 2.7.4 2.7.3 2.7.1 2.6.6 2.6.5 2.6.4 2.6.2 Python (3.11.3)
qt (6.5.1) 5.12.8 5.9.5 5.5.1 5.4.2 5.4.1 5.2.1 5.0.2 5.0.1 4.8.1 4.7.2 4.7.0 4.6.2 4.5.3 4.5.0 qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3) -- -- -- 4.1.17 4.1.13 4.1.6 3.6.18 3.6.9 3.6.3 3.5.8 3.5.4 3.4.7 3.4.0 3.3.2 samba (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5) 245.4 237 229 225 219 204 204 198 -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.11.2) 102.2.2 68.2.1 52.9.1 -- -- 24.6.0 24.3.0 24.0 17.0.8 -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (102.11.2)
vim (9.0) 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.0.8 1.1.9 1.1.4 1.0.6 -- -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.16.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 1.20.13 1.19.6 1.18.4 1.17.2 1.17.1 1.15.1 1.14.3 1.13.3 1.11.4 1.10.1 1.9.0 1.7.6 1.6.4 1.6.0 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 16.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-05-31
Votes: 1


I have been dabbling with Linux since red hat 4.0 ( I was clueless) and have mostly used variations of Ubuntu, Though like others I have trialed many others before Zorin. I can make it run but I am still mostly a novice.

I have an HP all in one (with not enough RAM and too expensive to redo the board and add ram), from 2016, upgraded to running win 10. Joined with my HP 9020 printer scanner. I was ok but started runnning slow, required multiple reboots of both devices. Making life in the office a pain.

I loaded Zorin OS (I liked it well enough to pay for it) my inital challenge was the documentation ( yeah that much of a novice I read the directions) for partitioning as the documentation was not exactly what’s was on the screen. I talked to support but they were not as helpful via email as I might have liked.

Once I got past they and was fully setup .ZorinOS had that machine running like a scared cat

I downloaded the scanner software from the available options to find the combination of Zorin and the simple scanner software worked better and was more functional than the HP printer scanner software on my HP computer with Windoz 10 had been as long as I owned the combination. I have no had connectivity issues since staring ZorinOS

Because of my specific quirks I ended up buying a scanner suite ( can’t remember the name, everything is at the office and I am at home right now) that is phenomenal .

I will be slowly moving any devices except my current macs to Zorin OS as I can readily access my windows office files though the partition to pull the up in libre office.

I have an older Mac mini no longer getting new MacOS updates that will be a learning tool to have it run Zorin too.
I really like the ZorinOS


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Version: 16.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-26
Votes: 6


I find this distro to be very fast and efficient. It's gorgeous to look at and gives UI options to match essentially any desktop you'd like, which is impressive given its speed.

I'm still pretty new with Linux, and I've found ZorinOS to have the least amount of difficulties in doing what I need to do. I downloaded the Pro version and made my donation as I do value the team's efforts.

I've tried Pop_OS, Fedora, Ubuntu, and others I can't recall. At the end of the day I am sticking with Zorin because of its speed, ease of use, and compatibility with Ubuntu.





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Version: 16.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-24
Votes: 5


I have been a Linux user for over 20 years. I think I still have a Breezy Badger live cd around here somewhere, probably next to my old OS X Snow Leopard install cds that I just can't seem to toss. Currently I'm using Ubuntu, openSuse, and Fedora VM's for different work projects because I like variety and I can get paid to play with each.

I have two older laptops at home. And old MBP that no longer runs the latest Mac OS, and an old Dell Latitude. I have tried so many different distos ( I actually have the MBP ssd partitioned to run Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, openSuse Leap, and Zorin). Previously, I had the best experience with openSuse Tumbleweed, but I ran into problems with a kernel update. After spending a ton of time debugging, it was just apparent it was time to give up and try something else.

Came across Zorin OS on this site. Sounded like something that might fit my use case, as I wanted a stable distro that would not randomly update something important and I'd be stuck reinstalling again. I installed Zorin Core on the MBP and Zorin Lite on the Dell about a month ago, and I couldn't be happier. I think I've found a distro for these two computers that I can trust to work for quite some time.

Easy install, even installed the wifi and graphics drivers for the MBP, which are often something I need to do post-install via CLI. Beautiful interface and easy to customize as it comes with a custom Zorin Appearance control panel that allows you to change desktop themes in the GUI (not a common feature of Linux distros).


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