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In the news: Zorin OS 15.2 Now Available; Firefox to Get an Additional Sandbox Layer; Microsoft Defender ATP is Coming to Linux; South Korean Government Considers Move to Linux Desktop; OpenSSH Now Supports FIDO/U2F Security Keys; and System76 Launches New AMD Threadripper Machine.
Zorin OS 15.2 Now Available
The latest iteration of Zorin OS has arrived. Version 15.2 is now available, which focuses on software bugs, security, and expanded hardware compatibility. This newest version might also serve as the last release until the developers of Zorin OS unleash their upcoming Zorin Grid, which gives admins the ability to manage massive desktop rollouts from a web-based dashboard.
Since the last release of Zorin OS (Summer of 2019), the OS has been downloaded over 900,000 times and has been included in numerous "best of" lists for desktop distributions. So this latest version should be seen as yet another step forward for the open source operating system.
Zorin OS 15.2 is based on Ubuntu 18.04.4, so it includes the 5.3 version of the Linux kernel. The .2 release also adds support for AMD Navi GPUs (including the Radeon RX 5700), as well as support for 10th gen Intel processors and newer model MacBook and MacBook Pro keypads and touchpads.
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