I am a beginner at this with linux and have some questions.
How do I format my external hard drive to btrfs format?
How do I access the external hard drive from the terminal?
In some programs such as shotcut, the external hard drive is not available as an option when I save. Why? ... can it be arranged?
I need a window manager (a simple one), any suggestions?
And finally! I'm a youtuber and need a movie editor that works! I have tried kdenlive and shotcut, but in both programs the movie "hacks" when I play it ... Why? Do you have any suggestions for an editor that can work better? Before I switched from macOs to linux, I edited in Filmora and this was never a problem!
This guide may be helpful in installing Zorin in BRTFS. Zorin 16 is built from Ubuntu 20.04.
To access the external harddrive from terminal, usually, you need only CD into it; the path would follow from /media.
If it must be mounted first:
When you say you need a simple window manager, I am not sure what your needs are. Zorin OS Lite comes with XFCE4 which uses a straightforward Window Manager (XFWM4). There is also Openbox, AwesomeWM and so on... All of which are Quite Simple. You may find that installing XFCE4 on Zorin 16 (current build) may serve your needs, or you can install some of the other simple and lightweight Window Managers available on Zorin OS 16 just as easily.
You can install XFCE with
sudo apt install xfce4
This may be necessary for some that want numlock on at login screen (It comes installed with Zorin OS Lite, but Zorin 16 Lite will not be released until much later this year):
I have no relevant experience in Video Editing to make any recommendations that are worth anything. Perhaps others can chime in here.
Hello, I'm also using this thread as I'm also quite new to Zorin.
I have everything set up well so far and am very happy with how well everything works and how intuitive it is similar to Windows.
I have did dual boot with Windows 11 and the only thing that still bothers me is the worse battery life with Zorin OS compared to Windows 11.
Is this normal or are there special optimisation options?
Unfortunately, when I'm travelling I currently have to fall back on Windows 11...
Unfortunately, neither version seems to work on my system.
TLP did not even start and Powertop displays the following messages :
“Failed to connect to generic netlink”...
No problem, maybe I'm doing something wrong, i'm beginner and I have to find out so many things about Zorin OS.
But it's fun - like it and hope this forum can help me a little bit.
Btw, is it possible to copy text from the terminal to the text editor?
The key combination Ctrl + Shift +C/V only works within the terminal...
The shift key is only needed in terminal. Outside of that, the normal ctl+c/v works.
TLP works in the background - it does not run a GUI application that you interact with.
Slightly undervolting the NoteBook computer can increase battery life and reduce heating - so undervolting may be a method you could look into.
As for video editing I always use KDEnlive for editing screencasts of the desktop, then render the file to mp4 then upload to Vimeo without any issues.
