[Installation] [Solved] Can't change logon screen

[almoendaledeb]

{Love to show screenshots, not sure how, not a client of imgur?}
No matter which DE I choose (Cinnamon/GNOME Wayland/GNOME Classic, etc.) at the Login Screen, it remains the default one (aquamarine with UserName/Password box in very high resolution). Having come from LMDE I wanted to get the "last logged on username" rather than having to type my username in every login (I'm the only user on this machine).

I tried `sudo tasksel` to add GNOME (default seems to be Cinnamon), and installed gdm-tools (which seems capable of changing theme, but never alters the login screen or background image).

Any chance this is related to the installation image ISO I used? Does Debian have other sub-distros like KDE/XFCE available? I do prefer Cinnamon, but would like the UI to be more "Minty" if that's a thing?

Also, the button to launch applications is somehow hidden off to the lower left of the desktop screen (left of the file folder) somewhat "invisibly" although when I move the mouse to the lower left corner it pops up on mouse click (related?).

Here is neofetch if that may help determine the cause of this behavior:

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 `$$b      "-.__              WM: Mutter (Muffin) 
  `Y$$                        WM Theme: qob (Default) 
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     `$$b.                    Icons: menta [GTK2/3] 
       `Y$$b.                 Terminal: gnome-terminal 
          `"Y$b._             CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600U with Radeon Graphics (12)  
              `"""            GPU: AMD ATI Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mob 
                              Memory: 2201MiB / 13824MiB

[None1975]

Hello.
If you using lightdm login manager, then by default, LightDM is configured so that the user should enter both their login name and password. The login name is considered sensitive information.
It is possible to provide the user with a selection of available user accounts. The most recently used login name will be selected in the list. The user still has to enter their password to login. This provides a useful compromise between security and convenience for a single-user desktop system.
To enable the user list, place the following setting into /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_my.conf:

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greeter-hide-users=false

[almoendaledeb]

Wow thank you @None1975 , that worked a treat! I think the issue with the hidden menu button may have to do with my dual-boot Debian 12 / LMDE Faye (Debian 12 deriv) and sharing the /home mount between the two. Using the super key in both OSes brings up the needed menus anyway. So, I'll mark this [Solved]. Thanks again!