Computing 780,000 joined Zorin Linux

[polecat]

Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows 10 — here’s where 780,000 users went

After Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, Linux-based Zorin OS coincidentally gained 780,000 users.

www.windowscentral.com

I am fairly sure Mint,Debian,Arch among others will attract a lot more people joining it.

I got myself 6 Debians. Android on a phone. I will have Pop Linux, I think, next week .

French universitys moved to Linux I heard recently and some other countries

I would guess Linux is up by 1million to 10million, possibly higher.

 

[Dopious]

Article not found, might be for Linux users only to read .. hmm .. ;-)

 

[TheVigilante]

Article not found, might be for Linux users only to read .. hmm .. ;-)

The ferrets have ended up eating the article

 

[polecat]

Article not found, might be for Linux users only to read .. hmm .. ;-)

That's really weird I just read it by some kenyan guy pretty short like 300 words .

Since gone will ask for this post to be deleted

Post automatically merged: Dec 17, 2025

The ferrets have ended up eating the article

You are still on the ferret delivery route.

 

[Impulse]

Since gone will ask for this post to be deleted

I can delete this if you want, but I also found this news article on the same subject:

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

Windows-like Linux distribution claims over a million downloads in the past month for its latest build.

www.tomshardware.com

If you’d like I can change the link in the OP, or I can still remove the thread if you’d prefer that.

 

[polecat]

I can delete this if you want, but I also found this news article on the same subject:

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

Windows-like Linux distribution claims over a million downloads in the past month for its latest build.

www.tomshardware.com

If you’d like I can change the link in the OP, or I can still remove the thread if you’d prefer that.

No thanks for the find. I mostly use Brave but keep up since you found it by someone else instead

 

[BlogPro]

Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows 10 — here’s where 780,000 users went

After Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, Linux-based Zorin OS coincidentally gained 780,000 users.

www.windowscentral.com

Here is the original article that @polecat posted.

It was heading to a 404 because you added a period at the end of the URL and when Xenforo auto-converted it to a hyperlink it included the period at the end.

 

[Impulse]

Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows 10 — here’s where 780,000 users went

After Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, Linux-based Zorin OS coincidentally gained 780,000 users.

www.windowscentral.com

Here is the original article that @polecat posted.

It was heading to a 404 because you added a period at the end of the URL and when Xenforo auto-converted it to a hyperlink it included the period at the end.

Thanks! I’ve added that as the link to the OP now.

 

[polecat]

Thanks! I’ve added that as the link to the OP now.

Thanks very much