Zorin doesn't boot - Stuck at Splashscreen

[Ponce-De-Leon]

AZorin explains here the Thing with the 6.8 Kernel and Nvidia Drivers:

After update, display is really slow and screen is tearing

Thanks for the flag @zabadabadoo! We've investigated this issue and have found that specifically the upstream proprietary NVIDIA 545 driver package currently doesn't have a kernel module that's compatible with Linux 6.8 yet. We've found that most other versions of the NVIDIA driver package should nevertheless be compatible with the latest kernel update: 550 545 535 530 (auto-upgrades to version 535) 525 (auto-u…

And here is a How To to set an older Kernel to default boot:

[HOW TO] set an older kernel to default boot

You may need to use an earlier kernel than the current kernel used by Zorin. This method allows you to set the kernel that you will boot into by default. To set the new kernel to default: Boot into the kernel you wish to be Saved. Open terminal and run: sudo nano /etc/default/grub Change GRUB_DEFAULT=0 to GRUB_DEFAULT=saved Hit enter to drop down a line. Add GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true ctrl+x to exit, then the y key to say yes to save, then the enter key to save as current configuration. Ru…