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Have you looked at KDE Plasma? I personally don’t like it because it looks and acts too much like Windows but it’s probably what you’re looking for.

I use Gnome myself because I like the hot corners, and I like it well enough but I’m currently trying to figure out AwesomeWM. I did borrow some of the shortcut ideas from it for gnome like windows key + enter for a console.

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To be clear, it's not about how it looks or acts - I flip between emacs and visual studio and they are utterly different for example - I need an interface that

a) isn't buggy and

b) is designed by people who understand a GUI isn't an end in itself but a means for someone to get their work done.

I need both and gnome... wasn't it.

XFCE ist really nice. It comes with different presets and can be made to cater to ones preferences rather easily.

It is the default of xubuntu, which imho is a good first desktop linux, mostly because of the extensive documentation and tutorials for it.

There is also Linux Mint XFCE. I prefer this because *ubuntu isn't focused on the desktop any more and Mint is. Also, Snaps are annoying and he repo is controlled by Canonical. Mint doesn't have Snaps unless you want them.

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