{"id":188188,"date":"2016-11-21T07:58:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T05:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=188188"},"modified":"2016-11-21T08:00:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T06:00:10","slug":"the-linux-alternative-to-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/188188-the-linux-alternative-to-windows-10.html","title":{"rendered":"The Linux alternative to Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking to move from Windows 10 to a secure open-source operating system and don&#8217;t want to learn a new interface, <a href=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/2016\/11\/20\/zorin-os-12-ubuntu-linux-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BetaNews<\/strong><\/a> has suggested you try Linux-based\u00a0Zorin OS.<\/p>\n<p>The publication said\u00a0that moving from Windows to\u00a0GNOME or Unity can be &#8220;confusing and scary&#8221;, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/zoringroup.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/18\/zorin-os-12-core-and-ultimate-are-here-our-biggest-release-ever-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Zorin OS version 12<\/strong><\/a> has been designed for &#8220;Windows-switchers&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The core version of the OS is free, while the Ultimate version sells for \u20ac15.<\/p>\n<p>Zorin OS 12 is powered by Linux Kernel version 4.4 and\u00a0is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This means it will be\u00a0supported with security updates until April 2021, stated the report.<\/p>\n<p>Features of the OS include\u00a0Google Drive integration and the Chromium browser is installed by default.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/186669-new-macbook-pro-easily-beats-superior-windows-laptops-video-editor.html\">New MacBook Pro easily beats superior Windows laptops \u2013 Video Editor<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking to move from Windows 10 to a secure open-source operating system and don&#8217;t want to learn a new interface, BetaNews has suggested you try Linux-based Zorin OS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":127880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[36,1799,26970,39868],"class_list":["post-188188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-active","tag-linux","tag-windows-10","tag-zorin-os"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188190,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188188\/revisions\/188190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}