Yeah, I assumed Vanilla Gnome just altered gnome (I think my icon pack got changed and that was it)
Vanilla Gnome is supposed to be a bit of Gnome Flashback.
I only ever tried it out when I first switched to Linux. I tried it out because I switched away from Microsoft and I found Gnome to be too much like Microsoft. I went from one restrictive OS to another restrictive OS.
I thought Vanilla Gnome would ease that tension. It did not and I removed it shortly after... So I do not remember many of the details.
I switched to Zorin OS Lite not long after and although I had an initial reaction and did not like XFCE, that swiftly changed and before long, I felt much less restricted and back in control of my own machine.
I can tell you how to remove it...
sudo apt purge vanilla-gnome-default-settings vanilla-gnome-desktop
sudo apt clean && sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt install --reinstall zorin-os-desktop
But tweaking or modifying it- I realize today how much I forgot yesterday.
While I don't think this is a good idea, theoretically could I reset Zorin's gnome to stock gnome?
Yes, but the only way I know of is by removing the vanilla-gnome-desktop.
At least you know you can do it...
It may be that a user far more familiar with Vanilla-Gnome knows far more about how to customize it.
I tried searching the web for the GDM3 login screen issue but came up empty handed.
I did what you did, I think my mistake was that I thought Vanilla Gnome was Gnome (I think I searched for something that ended up telling me about Ubuntu and Ubuntu's modified Gnome and somewhere got confused)
I was pretty sure that I recall that I could choose the desktop at login, so I searched this.
According to this... Yes. It appears in the log in options as Gnome Classic:
https://www.how2shout.com/linux/install-gnome-vanilla-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts-focal-fossa/https://www.how2shout.com/linux/install-gnome-vanilla-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts-focal-fossa/
I wonder if your installation of Vanilla Gnome actually got corrupted...
It might have.
I used $ sudo apt install gnome-session gdm3 and did get a second thing to log into... but it looks the exact same as the Zorin thing
(also my lock screen is fixed, thanks)
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So I tried stock gnome with Nobara OS on my new laptop, which was really nice. However, I had some problems with it and want to use Zorin. Would it be possible to install stock gnome on zorin?
Nobara OS is currently above Gnome 40.
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