I am a real human but I read my post again and I can see why. I made some changes based on the feedback because it does seem like an ad (but I can assure everyone that it is not).
Gnome needs a bunch of extensions to make it look like Windows. I know KDE does a better job, and that Windows 11 might just be a rip off of KDE. However, most of the best apps are based on GTK and not QT. So for myself, I’ve been using Cinnamon for years.
I let my daughter try all three anyway and she actually liked Cinnamon the most.
I added some of this to my blog article so that future readers can get more background.