GNOME is easy. Press the super key, type the first 1 to 4 characters of your application's name, press enter.

I haven't been in the GNOME settings for years.

GNOME devs operates more like benevolent dictators. It sure is oppressive and you better be glad for what you are getting, but what they put out with so few resources is leagues above what microsoft can do nowadays.

I'm a lifelong KDE person but it's still clear to me that GNOME is crafted with care, and I find it pretty usable.

I'm currently using Niri+Noctalia just to try them out, but I typically use Gnome and like it quite a bit for its simple, clean interface.

I use macOS and Linux, and the way GNOME works makes switching between them easier for me than when I run KDE, for instance (I'm sure others have a different experience, and that's what is so great about Linux).