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In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] TomArrr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Glad to be a statistic

[–] arendjr@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago

Don’t be so gloomy! You’re an individual number too! 😜

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

Same.

[–] EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 hours ago

I switched from Windows 10 to Mint. While there is a steep learning curve with basic things like adding an icons to the menu, I'm wishing I made the move earlier. There is a noticeable performance improvement with Stable Diffusion.

[–] blue_skull@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I'm just waiting till I can install SteamOS honestly. Love my steam deck, and wanted to turn my old win 10 PC into a Linux machine but has issues getting any distro loaded because I'm dumb and it's old. Hoping that when they release SteamOS for the chumps I'll be able to work it though probably will just be left holding an old win 10 pc lol.

[–] kayohtie@pawb.social 2 points 1 hour ago

Bazzite is basically that, with a foundation of Fedora Atomic instead of Arch, but otherwise it's extremely similar, designed to be super easy. Even as a Linux nerd it was a breath of fresh air compared even to the simplicity of some other distros.

[–] RogerMeMore@reddthat.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Haha same here! I'm holding off on upgrading too until SteamOS officially drops. My old PC has been a bit of a challenge though, hopefully it'll be worth the wait!

[–] kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Honestly, I wouldn't wait for valve, they do things on their own time.

Bazzite is basically the exact same thing. There's a few technical differences but they don't really matter for a normal user

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 7 points 5 hours ago

Pretty sure 80% of them are just people distro hopping, we know the Linux community 😂

[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Fuh door uh!

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Deb-Ian, Deb-Ian!

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 36 minutes ago

I think they broke up.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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[–] end_stage_ligma@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 minutes ago

Gen II.

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[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Eli5 zorin...

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 16 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Zorin OS is a Linux distro. Linux distros are different Linux-based operating systems. Kinda comparable to how Samsung-Android looks and feels different than Pixel-Android or Amazon-Android (aka FireOS). All of these are distributions of the same operating system.

The same exists with Desktop Linux, but the distros differ more than the Android distros differ.

With that out of the way: Zorin OS is a Linux Distro that is focussed on people migrating from Windows. The user interface looks a lot like Windows, it's setup with Wine (a tool that lets you run most Windows programs on Linux) out-of-the-box.

It's a quite decent starting point for someone migrating from Windows to Linux and it's a commonly recommended "beginners' distro".

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I've never had much luck with Wine running Windows programs, unless the programs were ancient. Maybe I'm just unlucky?

[–] Pumasuedeblue@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

At this point, any programs that won't work in Wine either have a component that cannot be run in Linux (kernel level anti-cheat for example) or has a DRM/execution stack that enforces Windows use (ie Abobe.) Most of my Windows emulation is gaming, and I've managed to get Fitgirl installers and even cracks/updates to run through Wine and Proton. My opinion only: At this point any program that won't run on Linux is intentional, either by design, or by neglect.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, exactly. My issues are with the Adobe suite, Affinity and Microsoft Office.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

Yup, Adobe and Microsoft def a no-go. Especially Outlook.

For MS, the o365 web apps work as fine as they do on windows. Outlook is nearly at parity with the windows app. (I think they're slowly making the windows apps web under the hood)

Adobe has to be pre creativecloud

You can run a windows VM, then use remote-desktop but it completely defeats the purpose unless you're just trying to edge into privacy.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago

This is pretty accurate. Wine (and really Proton) have gotten very good recently. Most software that isn't actively hostile to Linux users will work.

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