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Depthcharge

Fri Oct 21, 2016 3:14:51 am

Forgive me if this is in the wrong place or has been asked before. Windows has pissed me off for the last time, but I still need my hardware. I thought I would give Linux a try. My reading tells me Zorin is closest to the Win7 I have been using. I attempted to boot a test version off of a usb stick, using unetbootin, but I keep getting a corrupt kernel msg. I got the ios from zorinos using firefox as I have read that makes a difference. Can anybody help, please?

Depthcharge

Fri Oct 21, 2016 3:21:26 am

Zorin 9.1 core

Swarfendor437

Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:55:05 am

It was not the one marked as '-a' was it? This won't have any codecs present! ;) :D

Depthcharge

Fri Oct 21, 2016 12:22:25 pm

I managed to get it loaded onto a USB, but after waffling a bit, I chose to load Ubuntu instead. Now I would like to switch from Ubuntu to Zorin, but I cannot get Ubuntu to boot from the USB. How do I do this?

Depthcharge

Fri Oct 21, 2016 12:24:16 pm

Yes, Zorin 9 Core. I previewed it and liked it, I just thought Ubuntu would be easier, but I hate the side-bar after using it s bit.

Depthcharge

Fri Oct 21, 2016 3:53:36 pm

Finally got it installed and I am updating now. Just playing around, I am noticing a lot of little glitches. My system tray disappeared,my wallpaper won't stick. Are these sorts of things common? Is it going to be a constant battle fighting these nitpicks?

Depthcharge

Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:20:13 pm

After update and a couple restarts Zorin keeps telling me it encountered an internal error. What is this?

Depthcharge

Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:25:06 pm

Tried to run another update. This time I got a "requires update from untrusted sources." What do I do?

Depthcharge

Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:27:27 pm

http://zorinos.com/download.html

This is where I got it from.

Depthcharge

Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:49:13 pm

Dropbox doesn't work. Nothing works. Did I mess something up?

Depthcharge

Fri Oct 21, 2016 5:26:42 pm

I was unable to change my profile pic until I changed the Look and then my system tray came back. Is this seriously a finished product? I sincerely hope somebody can help me with all of these seemingly endless issues. Thanks in advance.

Swarfendor437

Fri Oct 21, 2016 9:38:58 pm

Depthcharge wrote:Dropbox doesn't work. Nothing works. Did I mess something up?


http://askubuntu.com/questions/680776/h ... tober-2015

https://itsfoss.com/solve-dropbox-icon-ubuntu-1310/

Swarfendor437

Fri Oct 21, 2016 9:43:34 pm

Depthcharge wrote:I was unable to change my profile pic until I changed the Look and then my system tray came back. Is this seriously a finished product? I sincerely hope somebody can help me with all of these seemingly endless issues. Thanks in advance.


Zorin 9 used a modified version of Avant Window Navigator (AWN) which creates the panel and more specifically, indicator-3 applet - you can follow my guide on how to change this setup:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7983&hilit=good+old+days#p38603

or alternatively, install Cairo-Dock:

download/file.php?id=3448&mode=view

The Zorin team have made a brave and sensible decision not to have AWN present in Zorn 12 Beta:

download/file.php?id=4679&mode=view

Depthcharge

Sat Oct 22, 2016 2:31:08 am

Thanks, Swarfendor437. I'd like to think I'm not an idiot. I do my research. But, could you dumb it down a little for me? I'm leary of adding more apps . Seems like it would only complicate things. Anyway, thank you very much. I will look into it when I get back to my machine. It has been suggested at bleepingcomputer that a bad dl/copy/burn may be responsible.

Swarfendor437

Sat Oct 22, 2016 3:10:12 pm

If you used Windows to download the .iso, check out my tutorial video on how to use winmd5free from winmd5.com:

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v28335038JpeNGXzP

Always 'burn' (if DVD) with imgburn - get it from https://ninite.com at slowest speed if burning a DVD - slowest speed most modern burners go at is currently 4x. ;) :D