Firefox is crashing Zorin very often. I came across a post saying that X11 might solve this problem, but I don't know how to switch. One post said that on the password screen, click the gear icon in the lower right corner. But Zorin goes right to the desktop without a password screen so I don't get the gear icon. Is there a different way to switch to Xorg?
Yes.
It sounds like you enabled "Auotmatic Login" which is why you are booting straight to the desktop.
You can disable Wayland by elevating to Root:
Terminal command:
sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
Arrow key to this line: #WaylandEnable=false
And remove the hashtag at the front (The hastag 'comments' the line out) so that it looks like WaylandEnable=false
Tap ctl+o to overwrite, then enter key to save current configuration.
Tap ctl+x to exit the editor.
Log out and back in or reboot.
Then launch terminal and check if you are on Wayland or Xorg:
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
Thank you! Things are running a lot smoother now!
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