Hi everyone, I rather create a new thread, as there are many different ones about the upgrade since October.
Any news on the official OS 18 upgrade? I am on 17.3 Pro and do not want to mingle with workarounds or fixes. Is there a timeline for a stable upgrader into OS 18 Pro?
To the best of my knowledge you can't do upgrades between Pro versions. My advice to you would be to make a note of all the Software you use in 17.3 Pro and then get Zorin 18 Core and install the Software you use that way. The only downside being you don't get the different desktop layouts.
Zorin 17.3 Pro will upgrade to 18 Pro through the upgrader without issue (as long as you have a license for 18 Pro).
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I upgraded as soon as the "beta" upgrader was available without issue. Others have had issues, so I would say it depends on your hardware. I've seen a lot of people reporting issues with NVIDIA 3xxx Series cards. If you have one of these cards, I would be cautious. <- I think this is more of a NVIDIA driver / ubuntu issue issue more than a Zorin one, but it appears to give some a headache non the less.
Unfortunately, until now no exact date is known yet as to when the upgrade tool for Zorin 18 will be officially released.
The last built was from 8 weeks ago, no updates after that.
Yes, you can. I did from 16 to 17 pro, but my computer is not a test computer and I do not want to lose the work and personalization I've done, so that's why I have not jumped into the beta version and I rather wait until the final official upgrade release.
I'm getting ready to give up on the upgrade. I tried a 'beta' on my desktop, and it failed. I tried it knowing that could happen and was content doing a clean install. With my laptop on the other hand, I would rather not rebuild as that's my daily driver.
But I'm getting impatient. What about you all? Ready for a clean install? From someone who has done it mainly because I was curious about OneDrive integration, which is a good start but not really useable, I'm thinking it might not be worth a clean install, but it would be nice to be running the same version...
it sometimes feels like I'm patient by nature, sooo … XP
I can wait ^^"
[insert Spongebob "I don't need it" GIF]
Your comment here seems to be missing a lot of context.
Would you like the post deleted after you review it and facepalm?
I don't use Zorin any more. My current quandary is to decide which GNU/Linux to install on my last new hard drive. My heart wants to go with systemd-free PCLOS Debian, but my head is telling me to go with Q4OS, the best rolling distro I have ever come across.
I'm new and this is my first post and I don't understand this reply here. I came to learn about Zorin and this does not help, it isn't even about Zorin OS.Confused 
Off topic, no?
Interested to learn about Zorin Pro and upgrading. Following.
Hi and welcome.
I made a departure from Zorin after I accidentally trashed Zorin 15 after a family argument. Around this time I discovered systemd-free distributions. I still have an affection for Zorin as at the time I joined (Zorin 4 about 2010) was the only (then) GNU/Linux distro that looked anything close to Windows following the demise of Freespire, the community edition of Linspire.
I would see how you get on with Core first before jumping into Pro. The only difference between Pro are additional themes and a ton of Software that you could install yourself using Synaptic Package Manager. In the meantime you could acquaint yourself with Zorin 18 Core by taking a look at the Unofficial Manual I have written for it:
This thread is about the upgrader tool if you want to upgrade from Zorin 17 to Zorin 18 without doing a fresh installation.
I think the upgrader tool to upgrade from Zorin 18 core to Zorin 18 pro is different from this upgrader tool (I think it is function within the upgrader tool that should already be available now, but I'm not sure).
Like fr think about it, zorin 18 was released back in october... Its been 4 months and we still don't have the upgrade available yet..
Guess we will just have to be patient... anyways cant waitđź«
The fact it's been this long should be of significant concern to everyone here. No communication. No blog post. No nothing. The question is: Why? I think this will not end well. I don't like saying dire stuff like that, but facts are facts, and ... yeah. Just gonna let the situation speak for itself.
there has beed alot of new stuff added to ubuntu 24.04.3 as of late this may make anything that was progressing along to have to be restarted i made a post on how i did it but i dont suggest it unless you have a backup of what you have as its only in test phase right now
Over the years many, including moderators, have been raised the same questions but only in return to receive nothing more than silence or a word release-when-ready. I guess we all just got tired asking the same things over and over again.
From the OS usability aspect I have no complaints but from communication aspect now I just feel this:
Hi There,
Wayton here
I track updates weekly on a little thread here in the forum and package upgrades.
Something i've got planned for my weekly thread is actually that the updater has seen a slew of updates.
Please launch your "Software updater tool" update to the latest version and see if your "Upgrade Zorin OS/Zorin OS Upgrader" has an option for 18 now, I'd be thrilled to know as this helps my posts (and since i am running a fresh install of 18.)
I don't see any changes . I have 17.3 Core running and when you click on Upgrade Zorin OS option when it comes up it just says 18 Core coming soon .
I'd presume the back end work is being done given the updates that are rolling through, ill reply back to this thread if the updater gets and update