Zorin OS 12 Downloaded over Half a Million Times, 60% Are Windows and Mac Users

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Zorin OS 12 hits half million downloads

 

Believe it or not, the Zorin OS 12 open-source operating system passed the half million downloads mark today, as the development team proudly announced the milestone on the official Twitter account of the project.

 

Zorin OS 12 launched last year on November 18 based on the long-term supported Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system. It's dubbed by the development team as "the biggest release ever" and it introduced an entirely new Zorin Desktop experience that promises to make your PC more powerful and enjoyable to use.

 

During these past four months since its release, Zorin OS 12 has been downloaded over half a million times from the official website, according to the Zorin team, who said that more than 60% of these are coming from Windows and Mac users who wanted to migrate to an open-source, Linux-based operating system.

 

"Just over 4 months after the release, we’re excited to announce that Zorin OS 12 has been downloaded over 500,000 times," reads the announcement. "We’re also happy to see that over 60% of these downloads were coming from Windows and macOS, reflecting our mission to bring the power of Linux to people who’ve never had access to it before."

 

Zorin OS 12 Lite Edition is coming soon

The first point release, Zorin OS 12.1, also arrived and contributed to the half million downloads mark, along with the Zorin OS 12 Business and Education editions, and it now looks like the development team is working hard to release the Zorin OS 12 Lite flavor featuring the a brand-new Xfce-based desktop environment.

 

A first preview of Zorin OS 12 Lite is coming in the next few weeks so stay tuned on our Linux news section for the latest Zorin OS articles. In the meantime, you can download the Zorin OS 12.1, Zorin OS 12 Business, and Zorin OS 12.1 Education Live ISO images right now from our website if you want to install the Ubuntu-based operating system on your personal computer.

 

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