And by the way, I am trying to switch from my main PC Windows to Zorin, is there some experience about Intel Arc graphics cards? I have an Intel Arc B580, and I have read that there are drivers integrated for those after Kernel 6.12 . Is it maybe possible to switch the Kernel for the Live OS, just in case it doesnt work with the 6.8 Kernel?
In live session I don't think it is possible to install a newer kernel because you have to reboot.
To install a newer kernel on Zorin you can use e.g. cappelican mainline tool and follow this guide:
Probably you will also need newer mesa drivers. You can get them by adding the ppa kisak mesa fresh (or maybe it also works with ppa kisak mesa stable).
(you can still use the fresh ppa in Zorin - Aravisian has told me recently)
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Ah perfect! I will try it out! Almost made the decision to wait for Zorin 18, although I dont know what Kernel oder Ubuntu version it will have. But I heard it will come out before Win 10 gets obsolet.
Oh and should I install the newest kernel or is there a recommended Kernel Version?
When your drivers are included from kernel 6.12 on, then you can take kernel 6.12 which is a LTS (long term support) kernel.
kisak fresh doesn't support Ubuntu 22.04 anymore. So, the kisak stable Repo is neccessary:
Zorin doesn't have a newer Kernel than Ubuntu 22.04.
Zorin 18 should come with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Base. And this got newly the Kernel 6.14. So, this Kernel should be included in Zorin 18 so far the Dev's doesn't plan anything else.
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The End of the Support is relatively new. In the Past there stands a Date for the End. I don't remeber exact about it. But it was in August. So, it is not long. and it stands on the Site of the fresh PPA. Form that is my posted Picture. Here is it a bit bigger:
I asked Aravisian about this and he replied as follows:
Well I tried installing a newer kernel. It doesnt work. Every time I try to boot the new kernel, it goes into a blackscreen. I tried 6.12, 6.14 and 6.16. And my intel B580 is also not recogniozed, Zorin is only using software rendering, sadly.
Zorin does not currently have a newer kernel than Ubuntu 22.04.
It is a "catch as catch can" situation, where Zorin is often released with a higher kernel than offered in the Ubuntu base.
This caused some confusion in the past, where Zorin OS included the higher kernel, leading people to believe that Zorin had a higher Ubuntu base than it did.
But as the ZorinGroup test and seek a stable kernel that works for the majority of users and as Canonical backports higher kernels to the older supported base - they can catch up, which is where we are now with Ubuntu and Zorin OS 17 on the 6.8 kernel as of Aug, '25
In Lite, there is DPI (Dots per inch) scale that can be adjusted in Settings > Appearance > Fonts (Does nbot apply to Raw Images or Video)
In Settings > Appearance > Settings tab, there is a scaling option, but being integer based is not fractional.
You can use xrandr to achieve the same effect as Gnome on Xorg:
(Replace the example 'eDP-1' with your actual screen ID obtained using xrandr command):
xrandr --output eDP-1 --scale 1.25x1.25
Forpli is correct it will increase vRAM usage. If using a dedicated GPU, it can handle, it, though.
On integrated Intel - the system reserves a portion of your system RAM for graphics use.
You mention two different (Or I am misunderstanding) chipsets...
Intel's Celeron N4100 uses UHD Graphics; it does not offer Arc Graphics.
Is this two different machines?
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It is. I posted this a few hours ago:
And by the way, I am trying to switch from my main PC Windows to Zorin, is there some experience about Intel Arc graphics cards? I have an Intel Arc B580, and I have read that there are drivers integrated for those after Kernel 6.12 . Is it maybe possible to switch the Kernel for the Live OS, just in case it doesnt work with the 6.8 Kernel?
The Celeron Laptop is now working flawless, so I thought I asl for my main PC with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and an Intel Arc B580.
But it seems its not recognised by Zorin, its only rendering via software. It shows an intel corporation device e82 or something like that.
Sorry for the misunderstanding 
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Just thought to put it here, so I dont have to make a new thread.
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Making new threads is fine, to keep things organized and focused. 
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Sorry, I will keep that in mind ^^.
I guess I have to wait till Zorin 18, I read that the Intel card needs dependencies, which are only available above ubuntu 24. I could also misread that. The intel site doesnt really help: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/747008/intel-arc-graphics-driver-ubuntu.html
The intel Arc is newer and relies on a newer architecture - which is partly proprietary.
Support in GnuLinux as a whole has been spotty... The 6.8 kernel still lacks Full Support for the Alchemist series...
Most users can install the 6.14 kernel on Zorin OS 17, though. You will need to ensure that Secure Boot in BIOS settings is disabled - since Microsoft has not signed off on the available versions.
Secure boot is disabled. Whenever I try to install a new kernel via mainline, it always says, it was installed with errors and that dpkg had dependendcie issues. I also tried to deactive quiete splash to see what the error was , but it just stops doing anything after loading the usb devices. I could post you the terminal installation log, but its in german XD.
Oh use Tuxinvader.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tuxinvader/jammy-mainline
sudo apt update && sudo apt install linux-generic-6.12
I tried that about 5 minutes ago. Got a blackscreen on boot again.
On which computer?
