I'm a beginner in Linux system, so my question might be a nonsense which I'm sorry for. But I've been wondering if there a way to turn off all graphical options regarding desktop environment so I could manipulate file system only through terminal but I could use GUI programs like a browser or text editor at the same time. Thank you.
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No. However you can simply switch to a minimalist window manager (such as i3wm, sway, etc…) session instead and use a terminal app as your primary interface.
Otherwise, if you want to go for a full terminal interface only, and use only terminal based browsers and such, you could install the Ubuntu Server edition instead, and go from there.
lynx
w3m
andvim
nano
etc that are text browsers & editors - as they don't need a gui desktop they'll still run. GUI browsers however will call the desktop in memory to write/display anything from the screen, it won't be there so won't be able to interact with you & won't run (error messages).