Hello! I have this problem. I'm trying to install ZorinOS, but as soon as I enter the username and all that and click on Continue, the installer just closes and the installation doesn't go.

On top of that, when I try to restart the installation I get the error "ubi-partman failed with exit code 10. Further information may be found in /var/log/syslog. Do you want to try running this step again before continuing? If you so not, your installation may fail entirely or may be broken"

After that I tried manually partitioning the disk, but the installer still closes itself.

Please help

Hello guys. I m a windows user life long. I m thinking of switching to linux with this zorin os 17.1 i just wanted your views on what can go wrong and what things should i consider before making switch.

1. I usually use my PC normally with data transfer from Android phone to pc and vice versa, telegram on pc .

2. i use pc to unlock bootloader on phones so i need ADB drivers and Android driver with terminal commands .

3. I use MS office but i think Libre will just do fine.

4. how to safely transfer all data of windows pc to linux like , will this gonna completely format all my data ?

I need help

After like 2 hours of using it crashes. On the up left corner I see blinking. Using lenovo ideapad 1 (Athlon Silver, 8 gb ram

I really wanna switch to Linux but I am nervous.

There is my knowledge about me:

I know a little knowledge about terminal ( like apt etc basic things)

I am a long time windows user

I used Mac OS when I was 10 - 12

Should I switch? I think zorin os best for me.

I've been running Linux for over 20 years via multiple distros. (Yes, I was a distro hopper.) I've always came back to a Debian/Ubuntu based distro for various reasons like easy printer setup, wifi, etc. My last run with Zorin 17.1 Core kept me with a usable and not have to mess with it distro. But, I saw all the hype about Fedora 40, installed it to try it out. Not bad at first. But, when my laptop went to sleep it wouldn't wake up without a hard reset. I experienced other little things like software dependencies and such. I did like that there was no booting text, but that was about the only real positive. But, the same can be accomplished in Zorin with this simple fix: https://forum.zorin.com/t/hiding-startup-codes/27004

Just my view and option

I'm new to linux gaming. I wanted to try how games work so I gave it a go. On my Zorin OS I transferred an old game from a DVD in order to test how games work in general in Linux. After that I installed Wine using Terminal. Then I installed Zorin windows app support using Terminal which I think also installs some version of wine along with Bottles.

Case 1- I double clicked on the exe file and the game opened. Not fully but the first logo screen appeared.

Case 2- I created a bottle and transferred the game inside the .var/flatpak bottles directory and executed the exe. It also ran and the first logo appeared. Bottles app had a lot of configuration options including DLSS, Fidelity FX and many more. But the drawback is I've to put the game in the flatpak directory without it I can't use bottles. Also in the components section, under runner subsection there are two options soda-9.0-1 and sys-wine-9.0. I think one is included in the windows app support and another is the actual wine software.

Case 3- I tried launching the game using the terminal by giving command wine game.exe and it showed a lot of errors like Unhandeled type and broken nvidia Randr detected. I tried putting the game at different directories including .wine/directory but the game wouldn't launch only the errors were there.

So I've my doubts regarding these cases. First of all the double click case is the most convenient one. Just click twice and that's it. Bottles provides a lot of options and settings. So which is the best option to run games in linux? And how they differ? Which provides the best performance without any latency issues snd stutters?

Yesterday, I was using my Zorin installation like usually, when all of a sudden it became extremely laggy. I left it for 30 minutes and even though change was happening, it wasn't responsive. I had to force restart it and now Zorin boots into busybox and stays there. I was only using Arduino IDE and nothing else. It also reports some BIOS ACPI errors if I remember correctly.

I honestly don't understand, I thought Linux was supposed to be reliable, I spent so much time setting it all up just to use my old Windows dualboot to recover a bunch important work files. It's on a 3 month old ssd and windows on same disk stayed untouched, boots normally and doesn't detect any errors on SSD.

All in all, Zorin was my third and likely last attempt at Linux. First few were all barely usable with shitty user interfaces and needless setting up, but Zorin attracted me with its nice UI. Given that the only so called advantage in this situation was its supposed reliability, I see no purpose in installing another Linux distro for my work. Oh well...

Cheers penguins, it was nice while it lasted! (I think?)

yesterday, I was trying to install the latest nvidia drivers in my zorin to set up an editing software. I ran some commands from stackoverflow and everything seemed to work fine. today when i booted my device, console is being loaded instead of the zorin gui, it asks my login and password and starts up the console.

how can I revert this and go back to my original gui zorin?

Request help/guidance on installing ZorinOS on a 2019 Intel MacBook Pro. It appears that Apple throws blockades on installing Linux on their hardware. If anyone has successfully installed ZorinOS on a late model Intel MacBook Pro, I would love to get the steps to bypass the Apple fences.

Since upgrading to Zorin17 I’ve lost the ability to lock my screen using Win + L.

Literally just won’t work. What am I doing wrong?

I do not get a power output with my Ryzen 5 7600 X. I tryed it with sensors and mangohud. Any ideas what i can do?
In Mangohud the power consumption is just zero.

Hi there,
I am looking for a way to run my Zorin 17.1 as a remote server setup without a physical monitor. Since I am using Wayland xrandr is not an option. I tried to install a virtual monitor using this link virtual monitor but no success. I tried using TeamViewer, which is my preferred solution, but once I unplug the monitor the remote screen just turns black. I also tried using the built in VNC interface, but every time I try to establish a connection I have to manually approve the connection on the device. Password auth doesn't seem to work. I think the way to go is installing a virtual monitor in order to spoof the graphics card.
Thanks a bunch for your help!

Potential Linux user here. I'm not comfortable with where Windows and Microsoft, in general, is headed. So far I've downloaded the trial versions of Ubuntu 24.04, and I think, Zorin 17dotsomething(?).

These won't be my only candidates, but I only have two available flashdrives. Yes, I COULD buy a couple more, but I'd have to shower, and get dressed, find my car keys. Lots of work.

In general, I think I like Zorin better than Ubuntu, but there is a glaring discrepancy between the two trials that I am uncomfortable with. That is Ubuntu's App center allows me to actually DL and install Brave browser and a few other apps. And it shows me non functional icons for others liike BitWarden. I can generally confirm that I can install apps that I am interested in fairly easily, and even get a feel for how the install process works.

But when I use the Zorin app center, it shows me the installed apps, and a blank screen when I use the apps to install list. Is this normal for the Zorin trial? Part of me thinks that maybe how the trial is set up prevents something like that, but part of me thinks that maybe I either have a bad trial, or Zorin has issues in this area.

Can anyone either reassure me, or that maybe I should keep looking?

EDIT:

A poor choice of words on my part. Sorry. You might say that I used the word "free" as in free from a full install. I downloaded the iso from https://zorin.com/os/ and installed it on a flash drive using balenaEtcher. After booting from the flash drive, I selected the standard "Try Zorin OS" as opposed to the full install. At no point, did I spend any money.

I see the ZorinOS Twitter account hasn't been updated for three years. I'm curious if this project is still alive and when we can expect to see a Zorin update based on the latest Ubuntu Version 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat?

Is it worth getting the pro version?

How do i use the non lts releases on zorin os

how can i make the hotspot mobile using wifi as source sir? cause when i turn on mobile hotspot, it need other connection such wired connection while my internet connection based on wifi

Hi guys! I'm working on my bomb lab assignment for the university and it's asking for another version of GLIBC (version `GLIBC_2.34' not found). I've checked another post in this subreddit regarding similar problem, it seems like installing 2.34 version is not possible. Do you know if I can do anything? Thank You in advance!

I'm thinking of upgrading my GTX 1070 to a RTX 3060. Will Zorin just "see" that I have put in a new card and want to change drivers? Or, will I have to mess around with the terminal to get everything to work right? I'm pretty new to Linux so, the easier the better. Thanks.

Hi there,
I am running a Lenovo ThinkCentre M72e with Zorin OS 17 and can't get my 4K monitor to work correctly.
I tried using xrandr, no luck.
My setup:
Lenovo ThinkCentre M72e, Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 2500 (IVB GT1)
monitor: LG 32UN88A-W running through a display port adapter (that's 4K capable) through HDMI to the monitor.

Any help is much appreciated!
If you guys need further hard/software information, let me know!
thanks!

I just came from windows 11, and linux mint, and audio sounds better on both of them. ZorinOS, by default, seems to have v-shaped or bass boosted sound. Any app to change it? I love the OS so much, much more customizable then mx mint. But The sound on is it god awful.