Mine was also no by default.
I was able to change it to yes and reboot but it didn't work 
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$ sudo apt install fprintd libpam-fprintd
fprintd-enroll -f right-middle-finger
enrolled a finger. For example:
$ fprintd-enroll -f right-middle-finger
Enrolling right-middle-finger finger.
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-stage-passed
Enroll result: enroll-completed
$ # then verify
$ fprintd-verify
Using device /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0
Listing enrolled fingers:
- #0: right-middle-finger
- #1: right-index-finger
Verify started!
Verifying: right-middle-finger
Verify result: verify-match (done)
All good. Now all that was needed was to add the fingerprint requirement to the authentication system, PAM. This is usually done by editing files in /etc/pam.d/ (there is one file per authentication context: login, sudo, gdm, polkit-1, etc), but I discovered that on Debian it could also be managed by pam_auth-update, a small utility that can fill the PAM configuration according to profiles defined in /usr/share/pam-configs/. Conveniently, Debian provides /usr/share/pam-configs/fprintd, which allows to enable fingerprint authentication everywhere, cleanly.
$ sudo pam-auth-update --enable fprintd
And that’s it!
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joao@joao-Inspiron-5406-2n1:~$ fprintd-enroll -f right-middle-finger
Impossible to enroll: GDBus.Error:net.reactivated.Fprint.Error.NoSuchDevice: No devices available
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Try
$ sudo apt install fprintd libpam-fprintd
And try the steps again from my last post.
It was already installed
I also tried this but it didn't work drivers - How do I get the fingerprint reader to work in Ubuntu 21.04? (XPS 15) - Ask Ubuntu
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The only thing you can try now is
wget -O ~/Downloads http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/pool/public/libf/libfprint-2-tod1-goodix/libfprint-2-tod1-goodix_0.0.6-0ubuntu1~somerville1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libfprint-2-tod1-goodix_0.0.6-0ubuntu1~somerville1_amd64.deb
Reboot
fprintd-enroll
I just don't think these Dell fingerprint readers will work Zorin.
Impossible to enroll: GDBus.Error:net.reactivated.Fprint.Error.NoSuchDevice: No devices available
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Starting with 21.10, you may not need to do this anymore as Linux kernel 5.12 and newer will support the device out of the box.
Sorry, it didn't work 
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I am sorry for having no working solution...
The only solution is to try a live linux distro that has kernel 5.12 and up.
Manjaro, Ubuntu 21.10, Pop! OS 21.10
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Downloaded package, installed missing dependencies and then installed download.
ran fprintd-enroll
Impossible to enroll: GDBus.Error:net.reactivated.Fprint.Error.NoSuchDevice: No devices available
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According to that page the fingerprint needs a firmware upgrade, i dont know if this can be done on Zorin.
No problem, I'm glad you tried your best to solve my problem.
I love Zorin, so I'll get to live without the fingerprint sensor 
Thank you very much for trying, i hope one day someone fixes it
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I saw that also and tried, but I'm not booting via UEFI so....
@Inspiron-5570:~/Downloads$ fwupdmgr upgrade
WARNING: UEFI capsule updates not available or enabled in firmware setup
See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:capsules-unsupported for more information.
WARNING: UEFI firmware can not be updated in legacy BIOS mode
See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:legacy-bios for more information.
Devices with no available firmware updates:
• WDC WD10SPZX-75Z10T1
• WDC WDS256G1X0C-00ENX0
No updatable devices
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Here you can read everything but....Use at own risk!
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joao@joao-Inspiron-5406-2n1:~$ fwupdmgr update
Devices with no available firmware updates:
• IM2P33F3A NVMe ADATA 256GB
• System Firmware
• UEFI Device Firmware
• UEFI Device Firmware
• UEFI dbx
No updatable devices
The only "safe" thing i would suggest is to use a different distro that uses kernel 5.12 or higher kernel to test the fingerprint.
You can try the 5.15 kernel from here
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tuxinvader/lts-mainline
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-generic-5.15
Again use it at own risk, i dont know if your zorin installation will gets broken or not. They made it for the lts releases which zorin 16 is based on.
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nevermind, it didnt work 
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Linux mint have this one:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=302947
Also here is a video tutorial:
and this:
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