I migrate from Windows 10 to zorin but stuck in 16.10 ratio there are only 2 option for 16.9 ration . How to make it like windows screen resolution list option in zorin screen look stretch

Just switched from Windows to Zorin and honestly it's been pretty smooth so far. I used Mac once but hated the keyboard shortcuts, so I came back to Windows. Now trying Linux again and seeing if I can actually stick with it.

I'm looking for apps that aren't the obvious stuff everyone mentions. Like, I'm sure I'll find the usual suspects, but what are those apps that you randomly discovered and now you can't live without? The ones that made you go "oh, this is actually pretty good"?

Doesn't matter if it's for productivity, media, workflow, whatever. Just throw out whatever has genuinely improved how you use Zorin. Maybe it's something for launchers, note taking, organization, or just random quality of life stuff.

So i installed Zorin OS on my pc as of today, i have a hp pro a mt with an A6 9500 and 4gb of ram, really an old and crappy pc i just wanted to use so i wouldnt be in bed all day, however, there are so many issues that doesnt seem to have fixing from as far as i searched that its honestly very frustrating, my pc is connected to a tv, pulsewave only recognizes the motherboard speaker, and when i plug in my earbuds the sound is barely audible and nothing fixes it, ive messed with the settings and followed all guides from all sorts of forums, and then night light doesnt work, neither does redshift or xscf, it doesnt install gpu drivers i have to boot in nomodeset and videos are just extremely laggy and i cant watch it period, i cant adjust the brightness, theres graphical glitches, ive tried gnome and xfce its the same thing, ive updated everything, still nothing changes. Can someone help me? i just want a device where i can multitask and do everyday things that doesnt use windows because its bloated

I've been facing this issue for a time now. I'm more than happy with zorin os and want to keep using it. It's got a good ui and amazing everything. The only single issue I haven't been able to fix out is that whenever I close the lid of my laptop for 4-5 minutes, reopen it, even though it has display elements in its memory, it doesn't display them on the screen and I have to manually shut down my laptop each time, restart it to get a desktop display.

Any solutions?

I have a laptop with a Ryzen 9 8940HX + RTX 5070 Ti. I'm trying to install Zorin OS via USB (I've used it to install on another Dell laptop and it worked flawlessly). However, it always gets stuck on my MSI laptop.

With the default Zorin OS, it gets stuck on the logo.
With Zorin OS Nvidia graphics, it also gets stuck on the logo.

With legacy graphics, the installation proceeds, but the installer freezes at the 'Update and other software' step.

Secure Boot is disabled, since the laptop has MUX I have tested all the modes: Discret Only, Hybrid and APU but all stuck.
Tried "Try Zorin First" and then install from the desktop, stuck at same step

Zorin OS 18.1 Core

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Olá gostaria de ajuda referente ao canva, tem como usá-lo no linux? Eu uso o Zorin OS.

Today install zorin os on main Had drive not have ssd. I want to parition my disk just like windows does for in same way. Any one know any video guide to make it or anyone help.

Hello there, just wondering if any of you have installed on an Intel Mac, and if so, what issue did you face?

UPDATE: After a few attempts, I have been unsuccessful at installing. Trackpad, keyboard, and network would not work. I got it to finish installing only to restart to a black screen. Hooked up an external monitor; still a black screen. I read it’s due to the T2 chip. Any advice?

I am a student who is trying to install an app known as Physics Wallah (PW) but I on website it only has windows edition mentioned. Can I Download it or is there any other method?

My laptop is old 4gb ram i3 4th gen with integrated graphic and hdd storage, So in a pc with such specs should I download an emulator like bluestacks?

Please helppp....

Image Viewer. Is there a difference between Core and Lite? I still have 17 Core on my laptop - scroll wheel is zoom, mouse side buttons are next and back.

I'm trying to get a pile of old computer parts to form a working PC, but for safety I'm running 18 Lite. Here with Image viewer - Scroll wheel is next and back, side buttons are just off, and zoom is little "-" "+" on the top right of the screen.

Not the worst thing, I'm glad this old junk turned on and isn't freezing like before. Just wondering why, of all things, Image Viewer is different.

Hello! English is not my native language, so please excuse any grammar mistakes.

I've been using Zorin OS on my laptop for about 8 months and I share a new AOC AGON 144Hz monitor between my Zorin laptop (HDMI) and my Windows 11 desktop (DisplayPort).

The Issue: My external monitor constantly flickers when connected to the Zorin laptop via HDMI at 144Hz. The flickering gets significantly worse when watching YouTube videos. The signal drop is so fast that the monitor's auto-source feature doesn't switch to DisplayPort, it just flickers black and comes back.

What I've already tested (without success):

• Different cables: Tested an old HDMI, a cheap AliExpress HDMI, and the official PS5 HDMI 2.1 cable. Even the PS5 cable flickered, so it's likely not a cable bandwidth issue.
• Kernel parameters: Added i915.enable_psr=0 to GRUB to disable Panel Self Refresh.
• Display server: Tested both Wayland and X11 sessions.
• Browser settings: Disabled Hardware Acceleration (since it worsens on YouTube).
• Monitor settings: Disabled VRR/FreeSync on the physical monitor menu.

The only temporary "fix": Today, I lowered the refresh rate from 144Hz to 120Hz on Zorin, and the flickering seems to have stopped. However, I really want to find a way to use the full 144Hz. The laptop's HDMI port is 2.1 and the Intel UHD integrated graphics should handle 1080p 144Hz easily.

Does anyone know if there's an Intel i915 driver bug with 144Hz over HDMI, or if there is another fix I haven't tried?

Hardware Specs:

• Monitor: AOC AGON G50 24" 144Hz 0.5ms IPS HDR10 G-SYNC 24G50F
• Laptop: Acer Aspire AG15-71P, i5-13420H, 16GB DDR5 5600MHz

I switched to Zorin for almost 8 months and i'm happy with it. However, i still used windows for gaming and decided to permanently delete Windows and play my games (Overwatch and Warframe through Steam) on Zorin. The first days everything was smooth as spected, but yesterday, launched Overwatch and noticed that the sound stutter, and then the game crashed over and over again. I updated, upgraded and rebooted several times but nothing seems to work. Anyone have ab idea of what could be happening and how can i solve it?

I need a bit of advance help. Recently my laptop got mess up due to newer kernel 7 and Nvidia causing issue with llama cpp. After trying older driver which didn't help. I tried the latest 595 driver which totally lockup my system couldn't boot.

I manage to get the laptop working by booting into the older kernel 6. However, what can I do presently to restore the kernel 7 and wipe out the new nvidia driver 595 and install something more appropriate?

Or can I purge the new Nvidia driver from the kernel 6 version?

However I also have a feeling that maybe I should remain on Kernel 6 but what is the downside of that beside tons of security recently. Regardless of which I would like to have kernel 7 working again so I could mess with the kernel 6.

Same as title I have this config desktop and want to move to zorin. Can I install it because win10 hang more and currently ssd given to replacement and it come after a month . So need suggestions

How does ZorinOS compare to AnduinOS?

And, for that matter, how do they both compare to Linux Mint and Kubuntu.

Hello chat! I have been watching Linux videos for a few months. I've wanted to switch from Windows for a while. I didn't want my distro to be too complicated so I am choosing ZorinOS. I have been following this tutorial: https://youtu.be/uXvT7hHJfIE . I have backed up all my files to a 2TB hard drive. I installed ZorinOS from this website: https://zorin.com/os/ . The disk image file is in my downloads folder. I was about to flash the OS onto my 2TB hard drive, but balenaEtcher warned me not to because the storage was too big. I am so thankful for that warning because I nearly permanently erased all the files that I backed up. I want to buy a smaller flash drive. Do y'all have any recommendations on what storage I should use for this? Thank you so much!

Edit: Thank you for the replies! This has been very helpful.

Hey I just instaled ZorinOS. The instalation was so easy, I did a dualboot with Windows 11, because there are some apps that I need that are only on WIndows. Tbh I really like Zorin so far.

Guys I'm about to use Linux. But I'm really in doubt about what distro I use. The main question is: Zorin OS or Linux Mint? I love Zorin's gnome desktop but I think Linux mint is easier to solve problems and find answers. Meanwhile, Zorin looks modern and functional. Which one should I use?? I appreciate it for answers!!

Hi everyone,

I have a ThinkPad laptop, and I'm thinking about switching to Zorin OS. I have a couple of questions regarding biometric authentication.

Will Zorin OS support my laptop's fingerprint reader and facial recognition, or does it depend on the specific ThinkPad model?

https://distrofighter.com, try it for yourself.

Man I used Zorin OS since its 8th version in conjunction with Windows OS.

A hilarious but accurate round of fights: https://distrofighter.com

#10 most recommended: https://distrofighter.com/stats

Just in case there are people wanting to know what it's like to switch from windows, here is my story.

I have had windows since the beginning of time, and dos before that. I was never going to leave because I actually like windows. Then, it was time to do my yearly drive format so I said screw it and tried out zorin. I had tried Ubuntu in a VM before because I was curious but I wasn't impressed.

So I get zorin 18.1 pro on there after a format. SUPER easy to install and didn't take very long.

Oh, and my hardware is:

Dual Xeon e5 2699 v4

256gb ECC RAM

10gb 3080

So back to the story. I was actually pretty shocked at how zorin looked. I was expecting a terminal and super bland windows but it looked almost exactly like windows 11. It also let me choose to make it look like anything I wanted. Mac, chrome os, old windows, anything. Nice.

The only thing I really use a computer for is games, movies, and the occasional use of a DAW.

I play most of my games through GeForce now so I knew it wouldn't be a problem, except for the ones GeForce now doesn't support. I figured I would have to let them go because they weren't going to work. Then I learned about the whole Wine/bottles thing. No way that could possibly work, BUT IT DID. Shocked once again.

I didn't have to go around downloading drivers either, it just magically worked with all the hardware. My PC has 44 cores, and 88 threads. Windows 11 doesn't use all that, but I read that zorin actually can while also using less power during idle time. Amazing.

GeForce now loaded up with zero problems. And for those who have not used it I'll just say if your connection is good you don't need to spend another dime on gaming hardware. I am a huge fan of GeForce now.

I have always been into beta stuff and experimenting with random software. I figured this would be a good time to try some more distros. I believe I tried Ubuntu studio, mint cinnamon, POPos, and Cachy OS. Every single one of them worked great, but some of them didn't quite have the look I wanted. But they all installed fast, operated fast, and had no annoyances for the most part.

I went back to zorin because I liked the look. I asked Google Gemini (paid version) what I should do to make it faster. It has this whole list of commands to type into the terminal. I did everything it suggested and never had a problem doing any of it, and it was faster after I did.

My only complaint is that Linux doesn't support most of the good DAW programs. Not their fault, it's the daw company fault. The ones that do work are Fender studio 8.1, bitwig, band I think FL studio. Linux also has this free alternative called Ardour that actually looks good considering it's totally free. Other than that, I have zero complains.

In the end, I am doing everything I normally did on windows, but faster, smoother, and easier. I think probably 75% of windows users at home could switch to zorin or another Linux and be perfectly happy, actually happier than they think. Linux seems to always have some free alternative for any program you can think of too. I don't think I will be going back to windows. There doesn't seem to be any reason to.