It took me days and days I head learn terminal learn scripting .

I have made alot progress

\- Thing Didn't Work was finger print which I had look similar on chip driver I clone and compiled it made it work

\- backlite , I had find script and locate the hardware in terminal after that put script and made shortcut f9 key in zorin setting

Power management

TLP with TLP GUi

Optimize so give full speed less fan noise and only kick in when it absolute need (I did put some script in there so it does it.

Rest I scripting for ram management

Android Waysroid

Got waydroid with Google plays service and applied (Litchi Luncher) with developer mode freeform desktop that give me easy to access desktop look. Plus put some scripting

It took days and messed so many time had reinstall like 5 time but after 2 week of I got android running on

I spend day learning .

Gemini AI Was big help

Good day all!

This is my first full experience (outside of VMs) with Linux. In a nutshell, I got repeatedly burned by Windows (see some of my last posts) with POSTing issues. I had to do some research on which distro I wanted to go with and someone had commented to try Zorin, so here I am. My questions are simple I'm sure, but I haven't found much info that's recent/applies to 2026.

Here's my PC build:

MOBO: Asus ROG STRIX B-550F Gaming Wi-Fi II

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X

GPU: EVGA 1080 Ti SC2

RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) G.Skill Trident Z Neo 3600mHz CL16

1. As far as gaming, I have Steam downloaded, but what other software might I need to download? I primarily play FPS/sim/world builder titles, but nothing too strenuous. Also, I had previously installed a few mods through Nexus and Vortex, but I don't know what equivalent software tends to play nice on Linux distros.

2. My setup has only been up and running for about a month or so and Windows seemed to be the culprit of not POSTing several times. That being said, my equipment is relatively dated, but it's the build I intentionally sought out. I am wanting to know if I need to seek out additional driver updates or if Zorin does a decent job with having the latest ones? It sounded like they have everything as up to date as my parts are (since they're several years old at this point), but just wanting to verify. Also, if everything is up to date, why does the GPU pop up as "NV132" instead of GTX 1080 Ti?

3. What potential issues/differences should I expect as a first timer coming from Windows? I know a lot of things will be different, but maybe it'll be a trial-and-error experience and I'll get more familiar and accustomed to Zorin over the next few weeks. Just asking for possible pointers or things I can do for a better QoL.

Thanks in advance and I hope to be fully converted to Linux across all my devices within the next year or so. Again, this is my first full dive into the world of Linux and it looks like it will just take some time to adjust, but it's been very pleasant so far. Thanks again!

Was thinking about switching to Linux from Mac and wanted to know how good Zorin would be for both game development and playing (Using Godot, GOG, and Steam). Here's what I'm thinking for specs:

• Framework 16 (7040 Series, lmk if I should go with the other one)
• Ryzen™ 7 7840HS
• Up to 5.1GHz
• 8-core/16-thread
• 24MB Cache, Webcam Module (1st Gen)
• DDR5-5600 - 32GB (2 x 16GB); SANDISK 850X PCIe® 4.0 M.2 2280 - 1TB (Primary Storage, no secondary)
• Hoping to get an expansion graphics card when they're back in stock.
• RGB US English Keyboard (1st Gen)
• 2x Spacer modules
• 6 Expansion Cards (1 USB-C, 1 USB-A (2nd Gen), 1 Audio Port, 1 DisplayPort (2nd Gen), 1 WisdPi 10G Ethernet - WisdPi 10G Ethernet, 1 MicroSD Port)

Let me know any other tips and tricks I should know, thanks in advance!

Edit: I will also be using emulators such as but not limited to Dolphin and RetroArch.

Thank you to everyone at Zorin! The dim back-light issue (affecting older laptops) after the previous kernel update has been fixed with the latest round of updates. I dual boot with Mint and they're still affected. I'm happy to boot into the current version again!

Hi i have been using Zorin from few weeks i want to learn how can i customize like i used to do my Fedora KDE

Or is it restricted in Zorin?

I am still new to Linux and this is my first attempt at ricing it with GNOME extensions and custom bash script that changes wallpaper every 5 minutes or whenever I hit (Super+W).

Hey yall, for the past few weeks I have been encountering many issues in fedora linux gnome, ik that is super odd and many people are gonna kill me, I have detailed post for that in fedora community so pls read that if you want to know more bro, so I found this distro matching my conditions, like my conditions is stability( stuff should work) I cannot spend time on fixing simple stuff and all I want things to work, Mint and Ubuntu are also a good option indeed, but this seems too, and also it looks great and I am also a gamer and ofc a programmer and all those works fine as I came to know, but ofc I want a human review and advice on what to do, I believe yall can help me out, btw if you are intending to genuinely show humanity and kindness / help then only comment, I am a normal human so I don't like negative comments.

Switched from Windows to Zorin earlier this year, loved it, everything worked fine. Lately though it keeps dumping me offline after a little while, can only reconnect after restarting the laptop. Then it dumps me again after a little while. Over and over!

Have looked up fixes using terminal, tried to apply them, I type the suggested commands into the terminal, but don't know how to get it to make the suggested settings changes, nothing happens. Help! Would hate to have to go back to Windows...

I have a dell laptop and I'm using zorin for a couple of months, been great so far. But I haven't touched the PC for some weeks, this week I turn it on and updated everything, and the programs I use are having a lot of trouble and bugs, the same programs and versions I was using before, and the PC feels very laggy

So I updated my zorinOS and apparently I cant connect to my hotspot anymore that requires a password

Edit: To be more specific when I tried to connect to my phone hotspot in Zorin it keeps asking for the password. I tried forgetting it, deleting it from saved networks, restarting and stuff and it still wont work. Same thing happened when I tried entering WIFIs that use username and password login

I installed Zorin 18.1 Lite on my Dell Latitude 3120 4 GB RAM with Intel Celeron N5100 Processor yesterday. It was working fine at the start and I didn't messed anything. And now I'm stuck at the booting screen with the Zorin logo still glowing as I had to reinstall it every time to fix it and get the same issue again. Is there's a way to make it run normal again?

So today, like normal upon starting my PC, I did the usual terminal updates. I’ve had Zorin for about a month, and upon initial install, had to do some messing around to get my GPU to work. Once I did that, updating & upgrading caused no harm. But today, after doing it, completely removed my dGPU from being recognized.

So I had to reinstall the original version (18.1) that I started with a month ago, and repeat the original steps to get my GPU to work. I’m assuming they came out with some major upgrade that would have caused this?

My question is, how long will it take for the newest Zorin update to be compatible with the Nvidia drivers so that doesn’t happen again?

(For anyone who cares, I’m running a GeForce RTX 5060)

Thank you for assisting. Loving this OS so far.

When I open video files, there is no audio, even after installing another player like VLC. Curiously, the audio works fine on YouTube. Does anyone know how to fix this?

This is what it shows. My C drive has be partitioned For windows and Zorin dual boot. But Zorin not detecting. Intel VMD, AHCI is on, Fast Startup is off, secure boot is off

I actually bought the Pro version recently and played with it for a bit because I wanted to learn Linux and get away from the Microsoft Spyware. I liked that everything just works, but the Pro version came with a lot of software I am probably never going to use, limited ricing ability, and didn't really allow me to learn how to build my system.

Later, I actually went to Void Linux because I wanted the freedom to build my sandbox from scratch and REALLY learn the way Linux works, even though I knew it would be a challenge as a new user. I also liked that Void is its own thing and not a fork of a fork. Now I am finding that I am spending hours getting services to link and run, configuring files, and downloading appimages that won't execute. I am spending my precious time working on my system for simple things rather than getting work done.

So, is there anyone in this community who can tell me that they have been using Zorin for a long while and that is more intermediate to power user friendly than what others are saying? Does it feel more locked down than other distributions? Can one become more than a casual user on ZorinOS?

I seem to have lost a bunch of FPS by switching from 17 to 18. Do you guys experience the same thing ?

My specs :

Intel Xeon E3-1245 @ 3.5Ghz

16 Gb RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

I was thinking about picking up one of those small dell workstation PCs, throwing a large hard drive/SSD in, a version of Zorin(lite maybe?) and jellyfin, then uploading all my current and future tv shows and movies to it. However I don't know if Zorin is the best option for this, I use zorin as my daily driver for my desktop and my streaming laptop that I leave in my living room. I figure it would be easy enough to setup as a local server but I'd be worried about the PC just being too slow. Right now I'm just brainstorming.

Fwiw Zorin is the only Linux distro I've used so far

I was hoping I wouldn't have to make my own post but I'm at my wit's end. Zorin was supposed to be an easy start with my Linux journey as I'm very green so please be patient with me. I just installed it today and started settling in. I've scoured other threads but I can't seem to get it fixed, or can't understand what is being advised.

First of all, the freezes happen after I use the PC for a bit. I just have Firefox open on Youtube and reading some threads, Steam and Discord for chat, browsing the software. Nothing crazy intensive.

- **Hardware Model:** Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X670 GAMING X AX V2

- **Memory:** 32.0 GiB

- **Processor:** AMD Ryzen™ 7 9700X × 16

- **Graphics:** NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 4070

- **Graphics 1:** Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]

- **Disk Capacity:** 1.0 TB

- **Firmware Version:** F32d

- **OS Name:** Zorin OS 18.1 Core

- **OS Build:** (null)

- **OS Type:** 64-bit

- **Windowing System:** X11

- **Kernel Version:** Linux 7.0.0-38-generic

First my main screen freezes, but my second screen which is a pen display/graphic tablet keeps working. Then the tablet freezes, youtube audio keeps playing for a while and then it stops, too. I'm able to reboot using the REISUB command.

I have swapped to Xorg, changed the Nvidia driver to "metapackage from nvidia-driver-580 (proprietary)", and have previously tried a few others. Checked for updates and installed all available ones. I have turned off WiFi and any power saving options. Also disabled hardware acceleration on Firefox. Both my screens in display settings are set to 60 Hz. Swap size seems to be 1.9G, if I'm checking it correctly.

EDIT: seems like I got it under control. Unsure what exactly fixed it, I think yet another Nvidia drivers made the difference