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.
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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.
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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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Partly in an effort to keep this thread alive, I'm going to pose a few discussion questions on the potential release of Zorin Grid later this year (as described in the interview).
Having Zorin Grid available in time for the end of life of Windows 10 could be a smart move, potentially picking up new customers who don't have the hardware for WIndows 11, and are perhaps looking for a change from the MS ecosystem.
Is there any indication of how Zorin Grid is going to be marketed?
- Will it be a cloud hosted admin service? (similar to Google Enterprise for Chromebooks) or..
- Will their be an on premise server install? What hardware / memory requirements might there be?
- Pricing - will there be Monthly / Annual client access licences? A server licence?
- Will licences be purchased in bundles of 10? 25? or just per seat.
- Will server machine OS have Long Term Support? Paid for support options?
I realise the Zorin bro's have a lot on their plate, and I continue to look forward to the launch of Zorin Grid. My mind is now extrapolating forward - will they have enough time to support the Grid "ecosystem"? Or will we be relying on community support?
Whilst many of the questions could come under the category of "commercially sensitive", I remain curious. After all the years of development if there have been no decisions made on the marketing, then perhaps a straw poll of forum users as to how they see Zorin Grid being released?
Regards,
R.
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I saw that one, too. Speaking of which, why do we only hear from Artyom publicly for these kind of things? Why not Kyrill? It's a honest question. Just wondering how they might've decided for it to be this way. No need to reply; just thinking aloud.
Agree with @StarTreker, probably just decided that's the best way to split responsibilities.
But, just thinking out loud as well, maybe it's a way to create one familiar voice and face for people to see and associate with Zorin OS. Being able to put a face to a project tends to create trust between user and product, this may be one way of doing that.
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Obviously they should wait till it is finished. But I completely agree that if they can have it truly finished well before the EoL of Win10 that it would benefit them immensely. The more heads up IT and other share holders have to consider options, the more likely they are to make the switch.
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Hopefully they can make some serious cash off of Zorin Pro and Grid in the coming months and hire more people to help with the rest of running a company.
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On the Zorin website Grid is capitalized. So I have the feeling that they are working on it.
But I still have to say this one single screenshot that is known from Grid makes me drool it's just beautiful to look at.
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Ooh, that is very nice! I love their attention to detail! Also, the simplicity of navigating looks faaaantastice. So many MDM, RMM and related tools have menus which are dozens deep and this makes it difficult to remember where that obscure thing you use once every few months is. Makes it nigh impossible for Helpdesk to learn it too.
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