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It's hilarious that there were a bunch of articles recently about "omg, so many Zorin downloads!" Then the only person I've ever seen even mention it gets downvoted. Makes me think it was just some astro turf campaign.
oh it certainly was some sort of astroturf. Previous to that my comments I felt like I was the only one who would mention it. Seems like the thing with zorin 8 being spammed has had a sorta streisand effect but I still like it. Also someone keeps commenting all the versions cost money so there is a kind of reverse astro turf going as well. Its kinda funny given its an irish company and with the popularity of european things. Its just the way things are.
Idk why nobody knew about it until recently, ime (and I've never used Zorin), I feel like even before the recent (likely paid advertising) campaign I still saw it almost once or twice per thread, usually something like "I'd go mint, unless you need cutting edge then Fedora, or if you really need it to look like windows then there is Zorin," some saying "I haven't used it but I hear it's windows like" and stuff. I've seen stuff like that consistently for the last 4 or 5 years since I switched and I was the one asking distro advice and being told mint, fedora, zorin, or pop. It has never been the top answer but it was always there, lurking in the shadows.
yeah I likely did not read through and thought I was the only one back then.