Zorin OS

Zorin OS
Distribution of Linux
Zorin OS 16 Pro desktop.png
Architecturex86, x64
Release type
Initial version
Latest versionZorin OS 17.2
Initial release1 July 2009
User interfaceGNOME, Xfce
Package manager
Terminal shell
SKUs
Core
Lite
Education
Pro
Pro Lite
Ultimate (formerly)
Based on
Ubuntu
Status
Active

Zorin OS is a distribution of Linux based on Ubuntu. This distribution has an interface that is designed to look like Microsoft Windows or macOS for newcomers that are new to Linux. Many programs are designed to look similar to those found in Windows.

Releases[edit | edit source]

Version Release date
Zorin OS 1.0 1 July 2009
Zorin OS Limited Edition '09 7 December 2009
Zorin OS 2 1 January 2010
Zorin OS 3 10 June 2010
Zorin OS 3.1 23 August 2011[a]
Zorin OS 4 22 December 2010
Zorin OS 5 6 June 2011
Zorin OS 5.1 23 August 2011
Zorin OS 6 18 June 2012
Zorin OS 6.1 8 November 2012
Zorin OS 6.2 27 February 2013
Zorin OS 6.3 14 May 2013
Zorin OS 6.4 28 August 2013[b]
Zorin OS 7 10 June 2013
Zorin OS 8 27 January 2014
Zorin OS 9 15 July 2014
Zorin OS 10 1 August 2015
Zorin OS 11 3 February 2016
Zorin OS 12 18 November 2016
Zorin OS 12.1 7 February 2017
Zorin OS 12.2 8 September 2017
Zorin OS 12.3 16 March 2018
Zorin OS 12.4 13 September 2018
Zorin OS 15 5 June 2019
Zorin OS 15.1 13 December 2019
Zorin OS 15.2 5 March 2020
Zorin OS 15.3 8 September 2020
Zorin OS 16 17 August 2021
Zorin OS 16.1 10 March 2022
Zorin OS 16.2 27 October 2022
Zorin OS 16.3 27 July 2023
Zorin OS 17 20 December 2023
Zorin OS 17.1 7 March 2024
Zorin OS 17.2 19 September 2024
Legend:
Old version
Older version, still supported
Current stable version
Latest preview version
Future release

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. Released 8 months after Zorin OS 4 and at around the same time, when Zorin OS 5.1 is released.
  2. Released 2 months after Zorin OS 7.