I was thinking about installing Zorin so I created a bootable USB and used the try Zorin OS feature before install.
I went into the mouse settings menu and disabled mouse acceleration. And my cursor speed was more than cut in half. It was a drastic speed reduction, almost akin to moving from 800 DPI to 400 DPI.
I'm currently running Cachy OS on KDE and disabling mouse acceleration does not have this affect. I've run Gnome previously and don't remember the acceleration toggle having this drastic of a reduction in mouse cursor speed.
I'm wondering if anyone else has this problem and how to fix it.
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Just booted up a Fedora Gnome boot USB and the mouse acceleration button toggle not have the same drastic slowing effect. No clue what's going on with the Zorin OS preview.
You could test if it makes a difference when you switch to Wayland. Zorin 18 live session uses Xorg by default.
Go to the file
/etc/gdm3/custom.conf
and change the line
WaylandEnable=false
to
WaylandEnable=true
save it (confirm the authentication request) and then run
sudo systemctl restart gdm3
Now you are on Wayland.
Fedora and Cachy OS use Wayland by default so that may be a cause.
When Zorin is installed on your system and you are not in a live session you can switch between Xorg and Wayland at loginscreen (cogwheal).
Thank you! Switching to Wayland fixed it. Are there any big issues using Zorin primarily with Wayland (mostly worried about gaming) or is it fairly mature at this point?
It's hard to say. It depends on the hardware. Wayland works quite well for some users. However, Wayland might be better for some tasks, while Xorg is better for others. You'll have to try them out to see which one works best for you.