Currently running Zorin OS 17.1 Pro, which I understand is based on Ubuntu OS.
Can you tell how Zorin acts upon version updates of Ubuntu itself, currently 24.04 Noble Numbat? Do you keep up with upgrades of that version?
Zorin OS 17.1 is based upon Ubuntu 22.04 and that will it be forever 
However when Zorin 18 comes out in the future it will be based upon a higher Ubuntu release.
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A Zorin Main Version - in this Case Zorin 17 - stays at the same Base. Zorin 17 on Ubuntu 22 LTS. When a new Zorin Main Version will come, then will come a newer Base. So, Ubuntu 24 LTS will come in the Future with Zorin 18.
But that is no Problem because Ubuntu 22 LTS still gets Updates.
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Zorin OS 17.1 is now powered by the same version of the Linux kernel and graphics stack as in the latest Ubuntu 23.10 .
The Zorin OS 17 version series will continue to get support with software updates and security patches until June 2027.
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And I hope Zorin team will soon surprise us with Zorin 18 which is based on Ubuntu 24.04
From your experience, would it be smart to wait a month or so for Zorin OS 18 to hopefully come out or should I look for a different distro like Mint that consistently releases updated versions?
It will be close to 2 years when ZOS18 comes out. ZOS 17 which is based on Ubuntu 22.04LTS, only got released about only 7 months ago. Zorin tends to trail the Ubuntu LTS by about 18-20 months. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS was released just a few months ago, so expect Zorin 18 to come out around December 2025 or January 2026 - hopefully sooner than that.
Zorin has some older software but with their own updated backport repositories, Flatpaks, Snaps, and AppImages, that is rarely a concern.
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That will take way much more Time. No we have Zorin 17.1. And if they hold the Update Cycle it should come a .2 and .3 Version and then comes Zorin 18.
Linux Mint is on Ubuntu 22 LTS, too. But there should come Mint 22 this Year.
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