When is Zorin 18 coming?

I'm curious, when do we expect Zorin 18 (or whatever number is chosen) to release or be available. Or even announced? I tried searching for it, but cant say that i found anything in relation to what I'm curious about. And I'm sure a lot more are wondering!

Anyone has any ideas? : )

Definitely not this year, as Zorin 17 came out last December and they usually take more than a year to release a new version. There is not a confirmed date, as ZorinOS usually does the "release when ready", but I'd say it should be reasonable to assume somewhere between 2025 or beginning of 2026.

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Interesting. That isn't too bad tho.

Do you usually get kernel upgrades and so on during this wait period? or is this something you have to tackle/do yourself?

6.5.0 isn't bad by all means. But i wouldn't mind being closer to what 24.04 is on.

https://ubuntu.com/kernel/lifecycle
The kernel used on the 5th point release of each LTS seems to match the kernel used on the next LTS. Zorin 17 is based on Ubuntu 22.04, which is in its 4th point release, so I'm guessing it should get the same 6.8 kernel that 24.04 uses as soon as Ubuntu 22's 5th point release.

Since .4 was released on february, and from what I could find, these seem to happen every 6 months, .5 with the new kernel should release in August (next month).

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Oooo, thanks! Exciting!

Hello, I'm a new ZorinOS user, I've been reading the forum a lot, but I'm a little lost, is there any place where the staff and team communicate more, reddit, telegram, etc etc, I can't find much information without be here on the forum, maybe I'm in the right place hehehe is there any other platform where you can follow the "roadmap" where the ZorinOS team shows the progress of the work?

Another situation, is the ZorinOS team only 2 members, or is there more staff working on the project? How do bug reports work?

Sorry for these questions, but it's just to try to follow the project.

One last question, I'm using the pro version, if I want to help the project monthly is there any way, I haven't found this information other than "buying" the pro version.

Thank you in advance for your attention

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Zorin Blog or Twitter maybe, but it has been well documented on the forum about minimal communication from the devs, which is unfortunate.

That's all we are aware of, although they recently wrote regarding some future expansion.

"However, we have big plans to take the original goal of Zorin OS even further. From the expansion of our core team to the introduction of new products that will broaden the reach of Zorin OS to many new kinds of users. We can’t wait to share these developments with you over the coming months and years."
Source: Celebrating 15 Years of Zorin OS - Zorin

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In terms of image they have a good production, the website shows that it seems to be a big project with a future and I got the idea that there was a medium/large team behind the project, that's when I started reading that there were two people behind all this work, which is really impressive, but they really need a good structure to keep the project's evolution in step with other existing projects.

I read that too SWARF, and all I got to say regarding expansion of team size is, its about time! So many problems we face with Zorin OS, can be alleviated, by having a larger team. The Zorin bro's do a lot with their 2-person team don't get me wrong. But! There is a good reason why literally everybody else has a larger then 2-person team.

The more people you have, the more work gets done quicker. Also, the more eyes on the project, can also find issues faster too. And if you have a person or too, who can handle customer service, it will make that money people spent on PRO, feel like they actually got something for it, customer service wise.

In the end, I personally feel that Zorin OS, could be so much better in the future, when their is a larger team driving it. Its just common sense if you think about it.


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One wonders why the team isn't bigger.

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Because they like it that way. I might disagree with their descision, but its not up to me.


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The real question is when is 17.2 coming?

August / September :wink:

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Fair enough, if that's the reason. I'm not being critical, i'm curious :slight_smile:

Moderator Note:
Several posts removed that opportunistically covered highly political topics, though tying them into this Distros release schedule is tenuous, at best - not even relevant, at worst.
One post removed that referenced political commentary to ask what it was.

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lol, i asked what it was. No idea what he/she was talking about. I don't even remember the word used. Maybe i'm too old and don't get the lingo :slight_smile:

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Now is August... where is it?! :wink:

My mum's new (pre-loved) laptop arrived today. It's in great condition. I installed Windows just to make sure all the hardware was detected and ran the Asus diagnostic software, update the bios and whatnot. All looks good. As it's a 17" laptop, i expected it to have a 2.5" drive bay (internal access only) along with it's nvme drive. It does, but it doesn't have the cable! Asus is no Dell!

Anyway, i'm looking forward to trying Zorin on it. It's about 3 years old, so i hope the hardware is fully and nicely supported. 'Tis a bit of pot-luck with such matters but my experience with Linux in recent years has been excellent.

Whilst you still have Windows. Go to Power Button settings and turn off "Fast Start-up" i.e. un-check the checkbox.

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late August/early September

Windows will be wiped soon enough. But i did that all the same, thanks. :slight_smile: