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20 September 2024

Zorin OS 17.2 has landed

Three laptops running Zorin OS 17.2

We’re excited to announce the launch of Zorin OS 17.2 today. It's packed with enhancements that make the desktop experience even better, and under-the-hood improvements that make your computer faster, more robust, and secure.

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What's new

Zorin Appearance: Making the desktop more customisable than ever before

We've made additions and improvements to Zorin Appearance which help make your Zorin Desktop experience even more personal and comfortable to use.

Additional theming options

Thanks to users' suggestions, we've implemented the ability to change your cursor theme. To set it, you can now open the "Themes" section in Zorin Appearance, click the "Other" tab, and open the "Cursor" drop-down menu.

Cursor theme drop-down menu in Zorin Appearance

We've also made it easier to install additional themes in Zorin OS by adding a link to our new Third-Party Theme Installation Guide within Zorin Appearance. This guide also includes instructions for applying custom styling to native libadwaita apps, which is available thanks to an exclusive patch to the interface library in Zorin OS 17.

A new Windows section

You now have easy access to a plethora of settings to personalise how app windows behave on the Zorin Desktop. The new "Windows" section of Zorin Appearance has been neatly organised and thoughtfully designed to simplify changing window placement behaviour, how titlebars act, and how you can move the focus between open windows.

New Windows section in Zorin Appearance

Toggle Overlay Scrollbars

The "Interface" section of Zorin Appearance now includes the option to disable and re-enable Overlay Scrollbars. Users more familiar with legacy computing environments can now set scrollbars to always be visible in full width instead of dynamically appearing while scrolling inside apps.

Overlay Scrollbars enabled vs. disabled

Overlay Scrollbar enabled vs. disabled

The latest LibreOffice

We’ve included LibreOffice 24.8, the newest version of the award-winning office suite. With this upgrade, we're further achieving our goal of making Zorin OS the best alternative to Windows for work.

It brings even better compatibility with Microsoft Office/365 documents, a more powerful and contextual "Quick find" sidebar interface, a new presentation Notes pane under the slide, additional spreadsheet functions (XLOOKUP, XMATCH, FILTER, RANDARRAY, SEQUENCE, SORT, SORTBY, UNIQUE and LET), and many other improvements. Learn more about what's new ›

LibreOffice

Newer apps

Many other pre-installed apps are updated in Zorin OS 17.2 for a more feature-rich experience out of the box. That also means you'll need to download fewer software updates after installing Zorin OS onto your computer.

Built-in support for Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap packages ensures you’ll have the latest versions of your favorite apps in Zorin OS 17 for years to come.

App icons

Better security and compatibility

Many built-in system technologies have received improvements for better security, compatibility, and performance.

Zorin OS 17.2 is now powered by the same version of the Linux kernel as in the latest Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. It comes with updated drivers, bringing even better support for a wider range of hardware, such as:

• Intel Core Ultra processors
• AMD Zen 5 CPUs (including the newest Ryzen, Ryzen AI, and EPYC chips)
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20, 30, and 40 series graphics cards
• Logitech peripherals
• Various gamepads, including Nintendo Switch Online & Google Stadia controllers and the Lenovo Legion Go
• Lenovo laptop keyboards, such as on the Lenovo V14, V15, and G14 AMN models

The latest security patches are also pre-installed throughout the system. That means you can have peace of mind knowing you’re using the most secure version of Zorin OS ever.

The Zorin OS 17 version series will continue to get support with software updates and security patches until June 2027.

How to get Zorin OS 17.2

Upgrade

If you're using Zorin OS 17. You can upgrade to Zorin OS 17.2 by installing the latest updates from the Software Updater today.

If you're using Zorin OS 16. You can perform an in-place upgrade to Zorin OS 17.2 without erasing your files and data. To do so, view our upgrade guide ›

Download

All editions of Zorin OS 17.2 are available from our website.

Download Zorin OS 17.2

If you’ve already purchased Zorin OS 17 Pro, you can download a new copy of Zorin OS 17.2 Pro from the download link in your original purchase email. If you lost access to this email, you can resend it here.

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