Zorin OS Support

I'm new to Linux and confused, Win XP stopped support in April and I understand that Zorin 8 ends support in June/July. Actually, what does that mean? A new version? More donations? Download a new Linux? I recently retired and looking at various OS's and trying to learn some of them. Thank You for your help.

Hi, the current release is based on 13.10 which runs out in June, but Zorin 6 is the current LTS (Long Term Support) release, which expires in 2017 (April).

You can get it from the mirrors listed here:

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Just go to the /6 folder of the site geographically nearest to you and go for 6 straight, the original based on Ubuntu 12.04.

Hope this helps.

Distros 'expire' in GNU/Linux because of Kernel updates and changes in Softwares that need to match the updated kernel and therefore security patches are no longer provided. But remember, GNU/Linux is provided at virtually nil cost compared to M$ products!

Thank you for your help....Zorin 6 (LTS) is workinh perfectly.

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Again I'm confused. I'm running Zorin 8 on one of my computers (Still learning) and after updating some software, i received a message the states "The software on this computer is up to date. However, Untuntu 14.04 is now available (You have 8)." Should I update? Will I lose the zorin desktop? Also, is there a tutorial (for beginners), i am very, very green at this Linux stuff but I want to learn as much as I can without all the high tech talk. I am recently retired and not a savvy with Linux (Yet).

Thanks,

Paul

Hi, no, don't update to Ubuntu 14.04 or you will break your Zorin install! This should be set to 'Never' in respect of Software Manager Settings - update to Ubuntu latest release. Wait for Zorin 9 to be released in due course - Wolfman has written a guide on how to upgrade to newer Zorin here:

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Hi Paul,

you can download a free Ubuntu manual from here, there is no Zorin manual!:

https://ubuntu-manual.org/