Hello there,
I would like to open the grid topic again.
For years the Website says comming soon. Soon 10 Years later?
Any updates on Zorin Grid?
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I'm curious about Grid too. I remember seeing some pretty screenshots back when i first started using Linux in the late 10s.
I've never put my name down for updates. But you'd expect something about progress on the site.
EDIT - i've now read: Is Zorin Grid just an old pipe dream? - #5 by AZorin
It's pretty crazy that ZorinOS is just two people. It would be nice if they had just a little more human helpers.
Keep that thread open. Zorin Grid is a thing!
I too would like more information on this. This sounds like an amazing tool and if it is sold separately under the right circumstances and compatible with many/most Debian based distros I could see this paving the future not only for Zorin as a company but cementing them as the defacto for many businesses and a huge amount of market share for Education. I just hope it doesn't take so long to get to an Alpha or Beta that they miss the opportunity. The next 6 months could be critical for putting not only Linux as a whole, but Zorin specifically on the map as Windows 10 and ages out. I've worked in education for years and I guarantee you the education system isn't ready to shell out money for hardware which works but doesn't support the latest Windows.
Let me know if there is anything I can do to help with this. I'm not a developer but I'd love to beta / alpha test this, even if only in a home lab or to manage my families installs!
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Keep that thread open. Zorin Grid is a thing!
Also Nice would be a free Community Edition for private use (Home Labs Maybe up to 10 PC's)
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Good point about a potential for missed opportunities. Linux wasn't able to take advantage of the fiasco that was Windows 8. I don't think Win10 offered the same opportunity, as most users have become unconcerned with matters of privacy, ethics, principals thanks to the mobile phone revolution which ushered in the era of data mining on a previously unprecedented scale.
Win11 might offer a window (pardon the pun), but Microsoft is unlikely to leave it very open. I've recently read that people can, for $30 (presumably US$) get a 1 year extension on security updates for Win11. Microsoft will make a killing on that.
Honestly, governments should step in when one company can - fairly arbitrarily - relegate 100s of millions of devices to the scrap heap.
I agree:
Free - Homelab - up to, say, 24 devices.
Cheap - SOHO - up to, say, 48 devices.
$$$$ - Enterprise - unlimited.
Note @AZorin zorin talks about Zorin Grid in this interview. I think about 3/4 way through. He says that they would like to get it released by time Windows10 goes EOL. Interview with Artyom Zorin of Zorin OS
hehe, i hope it's more than 3/4 because they've been working on it for quite some time 
But, it'll be ready when it's ready. And we don't know if it will be available for us plebs
I meant 3/4 way through the interview.
Currently would be the perfect time to release Zorin Grid, due to the Windows 11 situation many would like to switch to Linux. This is already happening in the private sector, but small companies and such cannot do it because Ansible is often too complicated for many system integrators.
For anyone curious, he start's into it at minute 58:00 and is fully talking about it starting at 58:50.
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