> I couldn't find the top bar the help often refers to, there were no hot
corners or activity overview in either place.
Trisquel uses GNOME Flashback by default, which is not the normal GNOME
environment, but rather an alternative environment based on a previous
version of GNOME. The normal GNOME environment (which is much better in my
opinion) is GNOME Shell. If you'd like to try it out, you can install the
"gnome-shell" and "gnome-session" packages in Synaptic (from the System
Settings window), then when logging in, click on the little icon next to your
username and choose "GNOME" (instead of "Trisquel"). You can then switch back
to GNOME Flashback at any time by logging out, and when logging in again,
clicking the icon next to your name and choosing "Trisquel".
> My eyesight isn't great so I had to get a magnifyer program but it's very
jumpy and annoying to use.
GNOME comes with its own zoom tool for poor eyesight. The default shortcut
for that is Alt+Super+8, or you can turn it on (and configure its behavior)
in the Universal Access window (under System Settings).
Another accessibility feature you might be interested in is an option to make
the text size much bigger, though this doesn't affect all programs. You can
often increase the text size in unaffected programs, like the Web browser, in
their own settings.
> If I were a programmer I'd also make the cursor bigger
I've never done any GNOME theming myself and don't know much about it, but I
suspect that this particular change wouldn't require programming. You would
just need to make a new theme with large cursor images and then, under the
Tweak Tool, choose that theme for "Cursor" in the Appearance section.
