Zorin OS 16.2 is already among us to continue the development of this Ubuntu-based operating system, which has established itself over the years as one of the best ways to get into the Linux world thanks to the large number of devices and tools it makes available to the user. On this occasion, improvements in the handling of some very common elements in Windows stand out to minimize the impact of the transition.

For starters, it has Zorin OS 16.2 made it easier to install Windows applications through the “Windows Application Support” tool available in the “System Tools” section of the main menu. On the other hand, the database used for Windows Installer detection has been updated to suggest better alternativesso, for example, as of this release, Heroic Games Launcher is recommended as an alternative to the official Epic Games Store and GOG Galaxy clients, as the latter two do not offer Linux support.

Continuing with the details regarding Windows, those responsible for Zorin OS have renewed a collection of alternative fonts to those from Microsoft. Fonts such as Times New Roman, Arial, Courier New and Comic Sans are the property of the Redmond giant and are published under a proprietary license that prevents them from being preinstalled by Linux distributions.

To alleviate the problem of typographic fonts, especially when breaking a document, Zorin added OS 16.2 Carlito, Caladea, Gelasio, Selawik and Comic Relief as alternatives to Calibri, Cambria, Georgia, Segoe UI and Comic Sans respectively, which join others already present such as Arimo, Tinos and Cousine as replacements for Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New.

As a default office suite it is Libre Office 7.4which highlights various performance improvements, Microsoft Office document support improvements and WebP image format support, while Zorin Connect, an Android app, can display the laptop’s battery status and has improved multimedia controls.

The Education edition of this distribution includes GDevelop, which has been described by the people behind Zorin as “a full-featured, code-free game development software that lowers the barriers to learning programming while giving students an endless canvas to express your creativity.” .”

The VFX engine has been improved to improve the jelly feel and animation Ubuntu 22.04 LTS hardware support has been spiced up with GeForce RTX 4090 support via the latest me one of the latest NVIDIA drivers, support for Radeon and enhanced Intel graphics, a notebook framework for twelfth generation Intel Core processors plus support for the Xbox One controller, Apple’s Magic Mouse, USB 4 and other Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and audio devices.

Zorin 16.2 will have software and security updates until 2025. All the details of this release are published in the official announcement and the system can be obtained from the relevant download section of the official project website.