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Did you find out what happened or what you needed to fix? If not, which version of Ubuntu and are you able to check the logs either in /var/log or journalctl (depending on Ubuntu version)?

Hello, I second Linux Mint for ease of transition from Windows. However, you would be doing yourself a disservice by jumping straight into another GUI rather than to learn (and further develop) the ins and outs of the Linux operating system. This is, of course, your choice. I don't know how interested you are in non-mousey-clicky stuff. I like to explain Linux in terms of Lego. Say you download a Lego castle and install it on your system. Sure, now you have a shiny new castle to play on/with. Now imagine downloading the parts and arranging the Legos your way. Now that's a castle. That, my friend, is Linux. Anyhow, I'm getting preachy-speechy here. If you are interested in learning, check out the first two (free) courses online from edx.org at https://www.edx.org/course?search_query=linux : Introduction to Linux Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface Good luck!

Laptop Slackware Linux. VMs setup with CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu in order to test or remain familiarized. My laptop is my productivity machine. I come from a sysadmin background (now a DevOps engineer) and only use the GUI as a last resort. This machine is used for anything between programming to photo editing. HTPC Windows 10 Pro. Not necessary to use this OS, simply setup this way for familiarity since my gf also uses it. But I am considering a Linux distro installation in the near future. Gaming PC Windows 10 Pro. Unfortunate, but gaming requires it still.