How to use my dedicated gpu

I would try the 5.4 first. Then 5.8. Makes sense to go in linear order.

and is nvidia 340 is the right package?

I got an error

What do I do now

Try 390 driver

How? I only have Nvidia 340

between check this forum

You can try

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-390 nvidia-dkms-390

I say this because it is the one that had the most recent support of the two.

But as your link also points out- that card is Kind of Funny - it may be using a different chipset than expected - which is why the system may be intelligently only offering the 340.

now what do i do?

It installed... But I see that you still have not booted into either the 5.4 or 5.8 kernel...

because if i did i can t boot

but now i will on 5.4

nO wAY iT WoRKed i think i hope my laptop doesn t freeze

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well i think it worked
but can u sum all things because if i will reinstall zorin os in any circumstances i know how to use my nvidia driver

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Sorry for the delay, I am multi tasking here.

If you reboot, you may end up on 5.15 kernel. So, you need to Lock In the one you are using.

hi sorry for late respond i was afk
anyway i did what u told me but i wanna ask u a few questions
1:this isn t a question but i wanna u to sum up of what we did
2:how to dowload games like steam launcher and lutris and these things
3:can i download zorin forum on my pc?

  • We disabled nvidia-drm modesetting.
    options nvidia-drm modeset=0
  • Switched to an earlier kernel (5.4 or 5.8) that has support for your graphics (As it appears the later kernels dropped those drivers due to Nvidia dropping support)
  • Installed the Nvidia 390 driver, which has the most recent support.

You can start a new thread to address these. You can install with

sudo apt install steam

You must already have Wine installed to install Lutris. Once Wine is installed;

sudo apt install lutris

Yes, you can add a Zorin Forum Shortcut to your desktop on Zorin OS.
Highlight the Forum address in your browser addressbar. Click the highlighted address and drag it to your desktop and drop.

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thank you
but i still don t know how to add zorin forum to my desktop

When you:

Do you get a "Create Launcher" popup window?
I am using Zorin OS Lite - maybe Core is different in this regard.

i get add zorin forum search

Am I misunderstanding your question?

kinda i mean i dont see what u told me i saw add zorin forum search

between why when i watch a video on youtube it lags sometimes

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