I always install more than one user and more than one desktop (usually Cinnamon and Mate) so I can compare or easily recover. Though you CAN do Ctrl-Alt-F1 and install a desktop from a console!
Something has got messed up. Ubuntu + Gnome (3?) doesn't need USB MS user to be root. Try creating a new user and then a different desktop if a new user doesn't work. I used to use Ubuntu for years after Red Hat and then switched to Mint + Mate when Canonical drank Mobile-Win8 kool-aid (or antifreeze) and had "Unity".
One nice feature of most Linux is Themes and Desktops. Win10 is now less configurable than Win 3.x, Win9x, Win8, XP, Vista etc. I had one laptop, a notebook, with SIX choices of desktop at logon time to see which suited the miniscule screen best. Setting font dpi to 65 helps with low screens.
Last edited by Quoth; 06-02-2021 at 08:04 AM.
Reason: desktop options.
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