Loving Zorin - my wife saw it and had me write up instructions to set up dual boot on her new Zen book. It Works but was actually written for you guys wanting to try Dual-booting as a guide put together from the materials on this site.
Creating a Dual Boot Zorin (Ubuntu)/Windows On Modern Hardware:
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Things to do on the windows side before OS installation:
1- pick your C drive and shrink volume to half size. Left click.
2- Under Power Options -> Change what closing the lid does to suspend and Change what pushing the power button does to power off only, you get a window that has a section grayed out at the bottom. Make sure you click the shield, provide your password or hit allow,
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Now into the Bios -
1- UEFI type is preferred over Fat
2- disable Secure Boot and password & TMP (all versions)
3- disable Fast Boot & Hibernation
4-Disable Intel RST (Rapid Storage Technology)
5- change boot order to usb device first
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Now Create USB β Suggest Rufus software β though slow, it is thorough β the iso to use
the Desktop version β here β Enterprise Open Source and Linux | Ubuntu. You will also find tips on how to use Rufus here - Create a bootable USB stick with Rufus on Windows | Ubuntu and here for Zorin - Zorin OS - Make your computer better.
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Now - Before You Install I mention it again because it is important. Boot your USB with the Ubuntu (Zorin) live image and select Try Ubuntu (Zorin) OS. Once your desktop loads, left-click (here-on-in referred to as click or double click) the 9 dot icon on the left of the taskbar to access the App Menu. In the search box of the app menu, type: gparted. Double Click the icon in the window, on the right, below the search box. This will open GPARTED in the center of your screen. Then follow these instructions at this sight β editing personal choices and replace the OS Zorin name (an Ubuntu derivative) with Ubuntu - but not for us:
[HOW TO] Partition & Install Zorin 16 Following these simple instructions you will now be ready to install Ubuntu.
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Install Ubuntu (Zorin) using your personal preferences β it will install and then ask to reboot β yes β wait till it asks to remove flashdrive, then remove and F12 into bios to choose operating system to boot to first β choose Ubuntu /(Zorin)which will then upon restart offer you the choice of rebooting into Windows or Zorin. Choose Zorin. Call up Terminal and put in - timedatectl set-local-rtc 1
then type in the requested pw if asked for β but once entered, then
then sudo update-grub -then enter
- time is fixed for the Linux side.
Now restart and select Windows side, boot in, go to Time and Date in control panel and make it look similar to this -
A nd then hit the Sync. Button, Your clock button and time is now synch.ed.
Now restart in bios once again and set correct day and time there, then go to Windows and reset once again in Time settings β done.
Go back to Zorin and update till no more updates, then download useful aps, etc.
Suggestions here -
Commands and Links:
Update & Upgrade:
sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade
Install Favorite Apps:
sudo apt install vlc gimp gparted synaptic
Install Ubuntu Restricted Extras (Media Codecs):
sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Install Timeshift Backup Tool:
sudo apt install timeshift
Install Preload:
sudo apt install preload
Improve Laptop Battery:
sudo apt install tlp tlp-rdw
Just run the above command and you donβt need to do anything else. Itβll make your laptop battery last longer by implementing some power-saving protocols. Sorry, I forgot this one in the video.
Firefox Tweaks: Go to -
about:config
layers.acceleration.force-enabled
gfx.webrender.all
Change DNS:
8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4
Install Tweak Tool:
sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool
GNOME Extensions:
https://extensions.gnome.org/
Numix Theme and Icons:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install numix-gtk-theme numix-icon-theme-circle
Synaptic Package Manager:
sudo apt install synaptic:
Bleachbit:
sudo apt install bleachbit
Note - To make doc formats easy, pick a Windows style font (or Microsoft β (can download for free), and pick Microsoft extensions such as .docx, or .xlsx β and so on. As Done here.
Enjoy! And I hope it helps others as well.