Thank you for your insight. I downloaded the newest Cura again, made it a file that I could open, and once again it crashed after i opened it. After it crashed i went to the terminal and saw the following message:
And so I tried the:
apt update
sudo apt install xcb
multiple times, here is the result:
after that i tried to run both versions of cura. For the old one, still had the same core dumped message. For the new one, still crashed almost immediately. Next I tried the
apt update
sudo apt reinstall *xcb*
which opened up a long list, asked me if I could download some packages, which I replied "Y" to. At this point i was feeling optimistic, but after it took a while to download it said I had no space. I was planning on re sizing my disk and checking storage management, but decided to try my new cura one more time (It's 5.4.0 BTW). As usual it loaded, and I tried to open a file, it failed. I opened it one more time, but instead of pressing the folder icon I went to File > Open Recent and was actually able to load a file. It sliced and in theory I should be fine. I would prefer a permanent fix, but this temporary solution will have to do for now. Thanks again, I really appreciate your effort I wasn't expecting a response, I'm impressed. Thank you.