"go to system settings, then click user accounts... ?"
I see it - I wasn't sure if you meant there or somewhere else. The problem
earlier, and also just now was that the pane wouldn't unlock, it would appear
to but the options remained greyed out. I just succeeded in unlocking it -
not sure what changed.
"are you sure you are not just looking to find problems with trisquel? lol"
Yes of course I am, when you contemplate spending (tens of?) thousands of
hours of your life using something you want to know the problems before
getting in too deep. That said, I don't think I'm being any harsher than I
would be on any other system.