Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIn 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 weekswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square340linkfedilinkarrow-up11.47Karrow-down152
arrow-up11.42Karrow-down1external-linkIn 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 weekswww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square340linkfedilink
minus-squareYurkshireLad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI wonder if ZorinOS gathers runtime statistics and can tell if those new installees stick with Linux or switch to Windows or MacOS.
minus-squarePattyMcB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·2 months agoZorinOS, Microsoft, AND Apple can all go fuck themselves. Free, open-source will have a bigger market share after this dust settles
minus-squareYurkshireLad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoTHIS is the year of the Linux desktop!
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoZorin is FOSS. The fact that there’s a pro version where you can pay for support does not break the GPL licence. FOSS does not mean everything must be free of charge. It just means the user can access the source code and modify/share it if they wish.
I wonder if ZorinOS gathers runtime statistics and can tell if those new installees stick with Linux or switch to Windows or MacOS.
ZorinOS, Microsoft, AND Apple can all go fuck themselves.
Free, open-source will have a bigger market share after this dust settles
THIS is the year of the Linux desktop!
Thanks Microsoft! Lol
Zorin is FOSS.
The fact that there’s a pro version where you can pay for support does not break the GPL licence.
FOSS does not mean everything must be free of charge. It just means the user can access the source code and modify/share it if they wish.