Hi,
Yesterday I installed Zorin OS 16.1 from Windows 11. I think the boot time is too long (over 2:30 minutes), because in Windows it took less than 10 seconds (I use a SSD). I tried to run systemd-analyze, the screenshot is attached. I've also tried to delete some flatpaks, but it didn't work.
Sorry for my bad english, I hope someone can solve my problem.
I would create an EFI partition of 512 Mb at Start, format to Ext4.
Then create a root partition of 80 Gb and mark it as '/' (root file system) and flag as bootable, also format to Ext4.
Then create whatever is left as '/home' - again format to Ext4.
Do not activate TRIM - this is know to damage SSD's in Linux and Data cannot be recovered. There is no need for a swap area where SSD's are concerned. You need to install using the 'something else' method to manually set up your partitions.
Well when Zorin 17 comes out towards end of next year, it will be based on Ubuntu 22.04, so you might want to reconsider? Remember Canonical has a vast development team compared to Zorin's two devs!