I just installed Zorin this weekend. I had backed up my documents onto an external hard drive beforehand. I am trying to access that hard drive now, but I can't seem to be able to do so. I think it is because of Windows Bitlocker. Does anyone have a process for decrypting a hard drive?

Edit: Actually, I'm not sure if it's Bitlocker encrypted. I never had to input a password when plugging it into the computer.

I find it odd everytime i switch os between windows and zorinos, i have to pair my bluetooth mouse. Reboots is fine ut alternating makes it no linger pair. Could there be a solution to resolve this?

I have an old Asus TP203N laptop and after installing Zorin I have lost all boot menu options other than Zorin. In Zorin I can still see the recovery partition but I have no way of selecting it in the boot menu

I tried, even though this is for 16, https://forum.zorin.com/t/new-16-3-install-no-wi-fi-adapter-found/28813/6 I also tried perplexity and chatgpt. No luck.

I disabled fast boot in windows by powershell command since my UI does not have that option.

Wifi works perfectly well on windows.

<b> SOLVED<B> As of 2/1/2025, Mediatek does not have linux drivers based on threads in other distro forums. Try using USB Dongle or RJ32 cable(My choice). I will get wifi dongle later.

I installed Zorin OS, free version, on a mini PC (Spec given below). It has windows 11 pro which works perfectly well.

I also followed this article: https://ostechnix.com/dual-boot-zorin-os-and-windows/.

But when my bootable disk is taken out, windows shows automatically. The boot sequence is configured for Windows boot.

Question: Can someone share an article, video for step by step to install on a mini like this given below?

Mini PC NAB9 Intel Core i9-12900HK 14 Cores/20 Threads,up to 5.0GHz 32GB RAM 1TB PCIe4.0 SSD,Dual 2.5 G RJ45 LAN Mini Computer,2 x HDMI/USB-C(4K@60Hz),7X USB

EDIT: This youtube video helped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emH32aCEZVk

Guys, I'm getting a recurring error that says 'ACPI Error: Aborting Method ...' when I try to boot into ZorinOS, and the system won't start. I tried disabling ACPI and even the graphics drivers, but nothing works. Even when I try to reinstall ZorinOS, I get the 'ACPI Error' during the 'Detecting file systems' phase, and the installation process never continues.. I really need help with this.

Good morning friends, I installed Zorin OS in a separate partition of my Windows 11, because I wanted to leave it in dual boot, but now when I turn on the computer it goes directly into Zorin, it doesn't give me the option to enter Windows 11, does anyone know how to fix it? ?

Let’s chat about Linux Distros shall we? I started with Linux around 2001. Back then, I purchased Linux books and magazines with CD installable Linux; Red Hat, etc. Later, I ordered Ubuntu 3.5 inch discs through the mail. I was always in search of a better Operating System to replace Windows.

Times changed. The Internet opened up and gave options to a vast ocean of many Linux distributions to download and try. And let me tell you, I tried just about every distro I could! I remember the days when your wifi or printer wouldn’t connect. And, sometimes your trackpad wouldn’t work! The search to fix any issues was frustrating!

Now, today we have access to so many different distros based on some other distro that it’s insane! And, of course, you have the Arch, Debian, BSD, Fedora and other users that swear that’s the distro to use. That’s all well and good. I do respect anyone that has a strong feeling toward any distro they like. Simply, It’s Linux and we have options. Good options, Free options.

But, I must say, after my 20 plus years of downloading and either booting into or actually installing over 200 plus distributions, I’ve finally found one that works perfectly for me and mine. My prerequisites for a good distro are: 1-No text during boot or shutdown. 2-All of the requirements of wifi, sound, monitor adjustments, and printer settings are available even on Live boot; not just after installation. 3-No weird workarounds for audio or video playback. 4-Monitored/alerted updates; automatic with the option to install right then or wait for a bit. 5-Easy access to install/remove software.

I know… It depends a lot on your hardware. And, that is more than true. I’ve had distros that worked well on one computer, and not so well on another.

Zorin is it. I’ve installed it on multiple computer systems without any problems; computer setups encompassing a vast array of specs and peripherals without any issues. Quite simply, Zorin is our daily driver. My experience has tested it over and over. It’s great for gaming and I even use it for accessing our Meta Quest VR (music files for PowerBeats VR and SideQuest for other neat stuff). And, yes, if you really want to… you can mod BeatSaber.

As for Zorin updates and upgrades… All have gone well without a problem. That’s something!

Hello there Is there anyone using zorinos for gaming? And how is the experience . Edit : i use Nvidia gpu btw

I keep getting this error "Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages." whenever I try to change my DE using sudo apt install, and when I use "sudo tasksel" I get an error that says "apt-get failed (100)".

Well, I tried to download zonin os on my Acer aspire 11 notebook, and everything was going normally until it got to this screen and it's been like that until now and I don't know how to solve it.

I'm genuinely considering switching from Windows 11 to Linux for the first time, and decided on ZorinOS over Mint, mainly due to the UI. Now, I use my laptop for normal avg user stuff, youtube, browsing, etc.

However, I also do video editing with Davinci Resolve and do use MS Office for uni quite a bit, especially PowerPoint & Word, nothing crazy or over the top, just avg uni presentations and research.

(I also just crack all the softwares that require subscription, so all MS and Adobe products are cracked, and I'm not looking to pay for alternatives because I'm broke)

4 questions:

1. Are there genuine good FOSS alternatives for MS that would do just as good for me (aside from Excel cause we know that's MS's golden boy)

2. I picked ZorinOS because I'm a Linux newbie, would it hold up well with something like Davinci Resolve?

3. I hate adobe with every fibre in me, but I love Acrobat, I love it so much it's practically what's keeping me on Windows at this point. Is there truly a FOSS as sexy as Adobe Acrobat for editing PDFs?

4. Based on my questions, should I just stick with Windows? Is there hope for me?

(My laptop is brand new and about 8GB RAM with around 400GB Storage, ASUS - Ryzen 7)

I asked GPT, and Google AI in my searching and both were complete failures. I do not want my audio to time out and for it to act as it does in Windows, but how? This is on my desktop.

Is there a way to customize the start menu pop up to look like win 11? I already centered and installed icons ....

Can someone list what I'm supposed to do or make a YouTube video? As I am new, I am trying to install ZorinOS 16 which is the latest edition.

Linux zorin-docker 6.8.0-51-generic #52~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Dec 9 15:00:52 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

https://preview.redd.it/m00icqpcysee1.png?width=569&format=png&auto=webp&s=7b3aeb032fc5fdffb6eb38ddce5d150f94766c59

https://preview.redd.it/s4lprutgysee1.png?width=352&format=png&auto=webp&s=a4114bc1c3f6a6c168be8eb80cbc5bb80293def6

Recently, my GPU died and I replaced with an AMD Radeon. Graphics are now choppy and laggy, which doesn't make sense since this is actually a better card than what I had before (and everything was smooth as butter). I've gone down the rabbit hole of amdgpu and all that to no avail. Would a complete reinstall of the OS help?

Here are my specs:

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in windows, i used to use microsoft edge. i had chrome installed but i used edge for a single reason, which is i could switch between edge tabs with alt+tab and each of the edge tabs showed up in the alt+tab menu along with other applications as separate windows, which made multitasking super fast.
now i've switched to zorin os (i'm a beginner to linux btw). can i have something like this here? i am not using edge here as the window functionality was integrated with windows, so there's no point in using that here. i would REALLY love alt+tab functionality back. what should i do?

edit: as an example, let's say i have 5 tabs open in chrome: youtube, whatsapp, reddit, google search, facebook
and i also have vscode, settings open
when i click alt+tab, i will get vscode, settings and chrome, just these 3 windows
but i want vscode, settings, youtube, whatsapp, reddit, google search, facebook all of them as windows
this was an edge feature in windows and i miss it a lot lol

Zorin's latest marketing email showcases what looks like the Chromebook pixel, is it able to be installed on that? (I have one laying around I'd love to install it on)

this i s what i seeing on terminal when i search what i need to update
Listing... Done

libvulkan1/noble 1.4.304.0~rc1-1lunarg24.04-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.3.204.1-2]

libvulkan1/noble 1.4.304.0~rc1-1lunarg24.04-1 i386 [upgradable from: 1.3.204.1-2]

vulkan-tools/noble 1.4.304.0~rc1-1lunarg24.04-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.3.204.0+dfsg1-1]

fall_kagemori@fall-Inspiron-3521:~$

then i type sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y and this happens
Hit:1 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease

Hit:2 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease

Hit:3 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease

Hit:4 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable InRelease

Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease

Hit:6 https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla InRelease

Hit:7 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/zorinos/apps/ubuntu jammy InRelease

Hit:8 https://packages.zorinos.com/stable jammy InRelease

Hit:9 https://packages.lunarg.com/vulkan/1.4.304 noble InRelease

Hit:10 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/zorinos/drivers/ubuntu jammy InRelease

Hit:11 https://packages.zorinos.com/patches jammy InRelease

Hit:12 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/zorinos/patches/ubuntu jammy InRelease

Hit:13 https://packages.zorinos.com/apps jammy InRelease

Hit:14 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/zorinos/stable/ubuntu jammy InRelease

Hit:15 https://packages.zorinos.com/drivers jammy InRelease

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree... Done

Reading state information... Done

3 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

W: https://packages.lunarg.com/vulkan/1.4.304/dists/noble/InRelease: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details.

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree... Done

Reading state information... Done

Calculating upgrade... Done

The following packages have been kept back:

libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386 vulkan-tools

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

why that?

The official zorin website suggests that it can run office (or as far as i understood) but other resources from reddit or other websites claim that you can't and you will have to use a VM.

https://preview.redd.it/s12uvunckbee1.png?width=966&format=png&auto=webp&s=f011feb9a7e30cdd952d5f5f3daa85368b5d338f

I'm trying to get the resolutions of my monitors set properly, but the Nvidia resolution keeps changing when I change the scale in Zorin. I apply the proper resolution in Nvidia Settings, but it resets the resolution when I change the scale in display settings. I also cannot write to the X Configuration File in Nvidia Settings because of permission errors. I have reinstalled the drivers completely, but I still have the same problem.

I had installed few apps recently and suddenly it disappeared from my taskbar and how hard I try, can't find to get it back. any tips??
*Lite version*

First distro I tried was Mint, but its power management for laptops was a mess, eben with TLP it either completely tanked the performance or tanked my battery (even downloaded the UI so I can tweak settings manually) Zorin's power management out of the box is just... seriously amazing Thinkpad X280 with a 48Wh battery btw