onboard isnt used by Zorin Core.
The virtual keyboard is embedded in the underlying gnome GUI code so isnt a 3rd party app.
As per the change log, the root cause is a delibrate change by a gnome dev and as such this isnt a Zorin specific issue (or any other desktop based on gnome... its intrinsic to the baseline gnome code)...hence why people using many different Linux platforms have been moaning about it.
There are no errors after removal... dmesg on reboot shows no issues at startup and running my "stuff" on my desktops then checking dmesg again is clean.
ibus really is a noddy little app (not saying its not useful) so its "reach/scope" when removed is small
"You researched this, learned what was working with what and smartly made a decision. Much better than trial and error or blind-guessing."
Thanks for the compliment ... but as a Unix/LInux systems level developer of 40+ years experience, I have some experience in hacking stuff so as not to break a system.
I have restorable VM's I can hack stuff in, I have bit level "dd" backup images of physical test systems which are easy to restore etc. Been doing this a while.
But I have no experience with desktop software like gnome... desktops have never been something I have needed to worry about professionally as all my work products have been below this layer.
Regards,
Peter