Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days 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-square348linkfedilinkarrow-up11.46Karrow-down153
arrow-up11.41Karrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square348linkfedilink
minus-squareYurkshireLad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days 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-down2·6 days agoZorinOS, Microsoft, AND Apple can all go fuck themselves. Free, open-source will have a bigger market share after this dust settles
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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.
minus-squareYurkshireLad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoTHIS is the year of the Linux desktop!
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
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.
THIS is the year of the Linux desktop!
Thanks Microsoft! Lol