--- title: Zorin OS 18 Broke Download Records on Windows 10 EOL Day description: Zorin OS 18 achieved over 100,000 downloads in just two days following its launch on October 14, 2025, coinciding with Windows 10's end of support. Over 72% of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/yqsc79p5d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Zorin OS 18 Broke Download Records on Windows 10 EOL Day | daily.dev og:description: Zorin OS 18 achieved over 100,000 downloads in just two days following its launch on October 14, 2025, coinciding with Windows 10's end of support. Over 72% of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/yqsc79p5d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yQSC79P5d.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Zorin OS 18 Broke Download Records on Windows 10 EOL Day **[Linux Community](https://daily.dev/sources/linuxcom)** · [@simon125q](https://daily.dev/simon125q) · 45 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Zorin OS 18 achieved over 100,000 downloads in just two days following its launch on October 14, 2025, coinciding with Windows 10's end of support. Over 72% of downloads came from Windows users seeking alternatives to avoid hardware upgrade requirements for Windows 11 or paying for extended Windows 10 support. The Ubuntu-based distribution includes features specifically designed for Windows migrants, such as expanded Windows application compatibility, OneDrive integration, and web app tools. If even a small fraction of Windows 10's 40% global market share switches to Linux, it could significantly boost Linux adoption and the open source community. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@florianfilloux** · 1 upvotes > Nice, 100 000 new wokes in the linux community ! **@toopro** · 1 upvotes > Great to have more people in Ubuntu... Years after playing with forks /add-ons above Ubuntu we all be back to standard ubuntu :) but each need to have its own journey to it))) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Linux in 2026: Why Millions Are Switching Away from Windows for Good](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-in-2026-why-millions-are-switching-away-from-windows-for-good-ms78bw6xm) · Medium · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#ubuntu](https://daily.dev/tags/ubuntu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/yqsc79p5d) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/yqsc79p5d","headline":"Zorin OS 18 Broke Download Records on Windows 10 EOL Day","text":"Shared: Zorin OS 18 Broke Download Records on Windows 10 EOL Day","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/yqsc79p5d","datePublished":"2025-10-25T10:21:35.586Z","dateModified":"2025-10-25T10:21:35.588Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Szymon Omieciński","url":"https://daily.dev/simon125q","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZNKkeUvQ--/f_auto/v1762695887/avatars/avatar_g4ZJecDKXrCh6bYVK1iyV?_a=BAMAK+ZW0","description":"Student | Backend | Go | Python | Linux | NeoVim","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":25550}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":45},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/65UXqDAcf"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nice, 100 000 new wokes in the linux community !","datePublished":"2025-11-20T08:23:21.463Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/yQSC79P5d#c-xQXR5pByQ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Florian Filloux","url":"https://daily.dev/florianfilloux","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJuzLYjVlyw5F8KtGFjiLnhh2kTuY9JpA6QgxoyzMvaTu5ryQxr=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Great to have more people in Ubuntu… Years after playing with forks /add-ons above Ubuntu we all be back to standard ubuntu :) but each need to have its own journey to it)))","datePublished":"2025-11-24T21:08:19.798Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/yQSC79P5d#c-QUbA4QVbw","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Кирилл Слайк","url":"https://daily.dev/toopro","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJOqTnvdTtAT579MCkEM1ZLygdYnKf66k1g3oRiLLaN_vPS8G-KDg=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/linuxcom","name":"Linux Community"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Linux Community","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/linuxcom"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Zorin OS 18 Broke Download Records on Windows 10 EOL Day"}]} ```