Hi there! Been a while since I've been online, as per my computer s&!t the bed on me lol...
Pretty close to having all my new parts for my build.
My current system is an Intel I7 4790S, 16gb ddr3, and an rx480 all on an asrock itx board.
New system is an AMD R5 7600 with 32gb DDR5, and same GPU for now since new stuff is expensive lol...
Question is, do I need to do anything special within the os after hardware install?
I don't want to lose my data and settings if I can avoid it. I know Windows doesn't like hardware changes, but I'm hoping Linux is more forgiving in this department.
if you're running a zorin version 17, I would think it should be fine by default. I'm running a 7xxx series amd chip and the 6.5 default kernel there detected it and ran it just fine. If it's version 16, it MAY be a bit annoying depending on the kernel, but it should still function.
Yes, I want to use my existing drives which already have my Zorin root and home directories on them as they are.
Version is 17.1. Computer quit on me a couple months ago now, so I can't tell you what kernel version. I do know it's more than recent enough for drivers.
In Windows, there can be conflicts with old drivers when switching from Intel to AMD, or from Nvidia to AMD etc. so I thought I'd ask if those issues tend to come up in Linux. So far, the Linux kernel has been very forgiving!
Theoretically this should work. I would make one Suggestion: If your old PC isn't already in his Parts, start the Machine and update the System. And then built Your new One.
Yeah, I can't. The old machine died on me. Nothing I can do until the new one is built. I'm confident though that it should work, based on what's been said so far. Should have the last part in a few days and we'll find out!
Because of RGB: Are You using the Flatpak Version from the software Store? If yes, it couldn't be working because it is a Flatpak. They run only with limited Permissions. You could try it with Flatseal - a Program to manage Flatpak Permissions.
Or you go to the Developer's Website and download the .deb Version. There have a List with supported Devices, too. Here the download Overview with the List:
It should be pretty easy to install ZorinOS 17.x series on your new machine as there is and option to Try or install ZorinOS right in the boot menu that you see after you've gotten past the one time boot device selection menu in your UEFI (whiuch every body should be uing)BIOS.
Oh! Thank you! I will have a look and see what version I have. I have had it for a couple years now so I don't remember. I only got it originally for my G series keyboard lighting. Got that sorted using a combination of windows and OpenRGB on linux.
I shall do some tinkering. Thanks for your help!
Thank you for the reply! I actually didn't need to as everything in my old install worked perfectly as soon as I powered up. Didn't even skip a beat.
Cheers!
Tes
quick update:
I went to their website and installed the Debian version. Everthing is there now! I did some quick tuning and changed everything to static red and it worked like a charm!
Yeah, so I got the experimental one but none of the plugins would install. So I uninstalled that and am now running 0.9 stable. There were also some other bugs in the exp version, like you try to set it to red and it would instead go bright green. lol I thought it was the app but to my surprise, rolling back to 0.9 stable fixed it.
