FWIW, I tried a live session this afternoon. The default font is horrible... After some search, it seems I needed elementary-tweaks to change that. But a search in the software center gave nothing. Sigh...
You need to install Pantheon Tweaks from a third party repository. Ubuntu repositories in EOS aren't enabled by default so fire up Terminal: sudo apt-get install software-properties-common Add the repository: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv c42d52715a84c7d0d02fc740c1d89326b1c71ab9 echo -e "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip.scott/pantheon-tweaks/ubuntu focal main\ndeb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip.scott/pantheon-tweaks/ubuntu focal main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pantheon-tweaks.list Then run sudo apt-get update Now install: sudo apt-get install pantheon-tweaks You will find the new tool under Desktop in System Settings If you don't care for the icon and cursor theme, Pantheon Tweaks lets you change it! You can also change the default layout to Windows or Mac OS. The desktop is still locked down. Replace Pantheon Files with Nemo and add Nemo & to startup, logout and login and then you can then add and remove icons, files and folders to/from the desktop. EOS' AppCenter lets you install flatpaks but you can also install Synaptic Package Manager and install from Ubuntu's vast repositories your desired software. A few tweaks and you have a happy medium in a distro that's a love child of GNOME and Budgie.
