I dont know much about kernel versions, how high can I go? is there a way to test with a way to roll back if it breaks?
Yes, this is a safe action.
Ensure that in BIOS, Secure boot is disabled (off) because Microsoft won't sign the Mainline kernels.
If you want to avoid the Mainline installer, you can copy and paste in terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tuxinvader/jammy-mainline
Tap enter key to add the repository, then:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install linux-generic-6.12
Reboot to boot into the 6.12 kernel.
If the Kernel does not work, just reboot, enter the Grub Menu (Tap esc or tab at boot if you keep your Grub menu set to Hidden to reveal it), then select Advanced Options > Zorin on 6.8...
That will boot you into the previous working kernel.
To Uninstall the 6.12 kernel (if you need to):
sudo apt remove --purge linux-generic-6.12
Downloading 6.12 now, if they doesnt work what else is there, crashes are getting quite annoying trying to do anything, is there any logs/events viewer I can look at to see whats causing these crashes/freezes?
Now running on 6.12, about to be going to bed so likely wont know about crashes till tomorrow or the day after as im busy tomorrow
That would be journalctl, accessible in App Menu as Logs
Or in terminal.
If you have a crash/freeze, immediate run
journalctl -b -1 -p 0..3 --no-pager
In terminal after you boot back up to look at most recent crash logs.
The -1 is Last Boot and the other numbers are criticality priority.
Given your AMDGPU and that it seems to crash under heavy load ( a game, I think you mentioned in the Original Post), you might try preventing Power Management from interferring with a grub parameter: amdgpu.dpm=0
You would be using amdgpu.dpm=0, not nomodeset:
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The only thing I can't get a temp for, is my externally connected WD-B NVME 2TB drive. Since my internal NVME drives are 40C, I doubt the WD-B external drive is much hotter then 30C.
Another useful tool, is Mission Center, its a full suite app, looks very similar to the one Windows uses, so should be easy for Windows migraters to Linux to use.
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I would suggest to try it with Mainline. The good Thing is that it offers a graphical Interface where You can see the available Kernels. And You can with this install and uninstall Kernels. It is good when You want test different Kernels.
Like @Aravisian, I would suggest to try the 6.12 Kernel first. And then work up if it should not work.
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