Running Version 24.04 on a Dell inspiron 16. Want to get started on ESP32 boards but I have not been able to get the CH340 USB driver to work yet. It is installed, or at least I think it is installed, but Thornny, Python IDE, can not find it. I have learned a lot while working on this even learned how to use grub, 
Below is the output of dmesg and lsusb showing the driver is installed, I think. Threre is one error concerning the driver not being signed but it does not look like it stopped it from being installed. If someone can help me get this thing working I would greatly appreciate it.
(PYenv) ron@ron-16-U:~/PYenv$ sudo dmesg | grep “ch34*”
[72756.538345] ch341: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[72756.538356] ch341: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[72756.542774] usb_ch341 1-3:1.0: ttyCH341USB0: ch341 USB device
[72756.542935] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb_ch341
[72756.542938] ch341: USB serial driver for ch340, ch341, etc.
[72756.542939] ch341: V1.8 On 2024.08
(PYenv) ron@ron-16-U:~/PYenv$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f3:0c99 Elan Microelectronics Corp. ELAN:ARM-M4
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:557a Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Integrated_Webcam_FHD
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:886c Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth Radio
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1a86:7523 QinHeng Electronics CH340 serial converter
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub