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In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 4 points 6 hours ago

For a lot of users, the fact that it has the windows theme is what makes it special. They don't want to have to relearn where everything is.

That being said, I set my mom up with Mint because I didn't want to have to support Zorin.