Trisquel 8 upgrade help

So I was trying to update from 7 to 8 and I got an error that some things hadn't fully installed and I should report the bug. I hit ok and then I got a popup saying 8 had successfully installed and my computer reset. When it came back up, there were a few new programs and everything was moved around, but it still had much of the same feel and Gnome apps and some programs weren't executing, so I reset again. Now it loads up to a desktop screen with nothing else. There is no bar or menu. Most of my keyboard shortcuts don't work. I can get to a terminal or settings through the right-click menu, not shortcuts, but that's about it. I've tried (sudo) apt-get update/upgrade, dist-upgrade, aptitude and a couple other things from looking through the manuals for those commands. It still doesn't seem fully installed. I'm still pretty new to GNU/Linux and the command line so any help would be appreciated. Please let me know if you need more information

Thanks in advance.