I have and use Zorin OS on my laptop, but now I wanted to put it on my desktop. Or rather, have a separate internal drive for Zorin OS. I paid for Zorin OS 15 Ultimate awhile back and made a bootable USB. For some reason after selecting using modern Nvidia drivers after booting from USB, I still get a black screen.
All the basic troubleshooting steps have been covered such as testing integrity, fast boot off, secure boot off etc. I still cannot get the installer to work for Zorin. Is it an issue with the 15 Ultimate iso not working with the new Nvidia GPUs?
I was able to install other distros with no issues, but I cannot install Zorin, which would be my preferred distro. Is there anything else I'm missing? Or would the Zorin OS 16 Ultimate version be the one I would need to use as an installer?
Depending on how new you’re talking, this is to be expected.
There is a minimum driver version that every Nvidia GPU has, if Zorin 15 doesn’t support that version of the driver you simply cannot use it without lots of more manual effort.
Nope. It's a re-purchase. But I'll wait until Zorin 17 is released this year. Suggestion: use Zorin 16 Core meanwhile. The Pro is for supporting the development of the Zorin OS with pre-installed apps (which can be done via the Store).