You may need to point to the security update to explain this claim.
Zorin OS never contained that .xz exploited package, nor did Ubuntu. It was in the Testing Branches only, and was only in Fedora, Arch and Debian builds of Cutting Edge Testing (Including some derivatives as well as Tumbleweed).
Hi Treker. I know you are happy using good old Z16 Pro.
I only upgraded Z16 to Z17 at the last minute when Z17.3 was well established. I can say my experience of Z17.3 Core has been as good as Z16, so that could be a possible route for you to consider. The only annoying thing for me has been Firefox and Thunderbird .debs requiring extra work instead of straightforward installation from Software Store.
I personally will not consider upgrading my old laptop to Z18 myself at this time.
Wasn't this a Thing with Ubuntu, too? Maybe I don't remember right.
Thank you. I'll stop with the semi-snarkiness. You're right, of course. Besides, this whole Zorin thing has run its course for me (at least with regard to the feedback aspect). It's clear the developers do not wish to engage. That's on them. I've already also cut back on my participation here, so I'll let that speak for itself.
Ha. Not gonna lie; you've tempted me to try out Zorin OS 16 more long-term. I had no problems whatsoever with X11 on Zorin OS 16. It was absolutely solid. I don't know. I'm happy with my current setup (MX Linux XFCE). I've had it installed for ... let me see now. 6 months? That's the longest I've had any distro installed on my PC since I started my Linux journey. Also, point taken about "cutting edge."
Cheers.
Ubuntu came out of that unscathed. But your memory might have an explanation:
The compromised code for xz was proposed for Ubuntu Noble early on. It was never accepted nor adopted and that it was proposed is unsurprising given that "Jia Tan" was pushing pretty hard (for some reason...) to get his backdoor widely accepted as quickly as possible.
It was not released in Ubuntu, though and Ubuntu remained unaffected.
Same. Everything just worked. For me, 17 was pretty solid, as well.
18 brought a variety of issues inherited from Ubuntu. The Noble Numbat release carried a large number of changes to the Base Ubuntu and how it works as well as tighter and stricter GTK4 and LibAdwaita changes. And Polkit changes.
On top of that, this did collateral damage: The Wine install fiasco that still plagues us due to a dependency package assumed by Wine that does not actually exist - and they still have not fixed years later.
And then there is the kernel 6.17 that rolled down the pipe adding kerosene to the fire.
And the ZorinGroup has been unconscionably quiet on most all matters, not addressing any concerns that we raise. This includes fixing a members account status that has remained in limbo for over a month; addressing the A.I. Proposals and other things (@littlekun recalls some proprosals).
There is a fine line between projecting and pattern recognition.
For me, if I am not getting back to someone after very long periods of time; it means that I have shut down and am ignoring them.
Zorin OS 18 also demonstrates a lot of Gnome Shell Crashing issues; Nautilus issues; File Share issues; Zorin Upgrader issues; There is so much that a shut down seems plausible.
What did the "Latest and Greatest" bring us for Zorin OS 18?
A lot of headaches. Mysterious troubleshooting.
Reduced system conformity. Stronger push for alternative Display protocols and packages. Stronger LibAdwaita dependency. And to one side, the GIMP change to 3.0 which is arguably the worst package change in history.
It has been making me shut down. Who am I to judge?
There is a very strong case here for sticking with what works.
Yeah, could be. Well, then the LTS Model was in this Situation pretty helpful.