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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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[–] Pantir@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

Those are crazy numbers, really exciting.

[–] EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 18 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.

[–] TomArrr@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Glad to be a statistic

[–] arendjr@programming.dev 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] TomArrr@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

True that. There are many Toms, but only one newLinuxUserWindows11Vagabond_578428

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[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] RogerMeMore@reddthat.com 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe, but those 780k users have plenty of good reasons to choose Linux over Windows 11. It's all about personal preference and what works best for them.

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 points 14 hours ago

Wasn’t criticizing the switch. I’m all on Linux as well, it’s just that’s it’s probably a misleading number

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Is Zorin OS recommendable? I'm ready to at least dual boot if folks think thats cool

[–] blue_skull@lemmy.world 7 points 20 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 17 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Garuda is Arch, and is also focused on being super easy, gaming focused, and performance tuned. It's not immutable though.

[–] RogerMeMore@reddthat.com 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours 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!

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

Fuh door uh!

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Deb-Ian, Deb-Ian!

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I think they broke up.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago

RIP Ian Murdock.

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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Beeee Esss Dee!

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

Eli5 zorin...

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 16 points 23 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 23 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 23 hours ago (3 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.

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