I’d say wipe and reinstall again, but this time with a different Distro and user password, just to eliminate a bunch of variables at once, including suspect install media.
Try Fedora this time. It usually gets the latest security patches in its repos quite quickly, and it has spins for all the myriad desktop environments out there.











Musk never returned from the basement.
And though he wished for death, he was unable to die.
So eventually, he stopped thinking.