It's not complicated though. It's just different than windows. It's also not an issue with Linux. Thunar just doesn't behave the way you want it to. Files in GNOME works fine, but wildcards don't require a * to search.
I've used Linux exclusively at home for the last 10 years. We deploy Windows where I work. This is not normal. Despite my disdain for Microsoft, the setup process on Windows is straight forward and easy. It's one of the things Microsoft gets right.
This idea of OS superiority is pointless. Every major OS has things it does better than the others. We should look at those things to improve Linux in areas where it lags behind.
Shure SM7B with a dbx 286s preamp going out to a Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio Interface.
There are several instances out there based on the old source.
Arch is similarly this easy. I think where I usually see the most people complaining is when a new shiny version of the driver has come out and they try to update manually, breaking system packages and borking their system.
I'm not saying I have personally done this before. Nope. Not saying that at all...
Brother printers and CUPs just work. It really doesn't get much easier.
Then add some content to them?
Seriously. Once Gnome Night Light works right in it, I'll switch. Until then, I'm in X at night. Redshift is not a suitable replacement.
Snap is not fully open source. It's slower than flatpak, it's centralized to Canonical's servers.Flatpaks so not update by default where snaps do, so if a feature breaking update is released and you haven't disabled automatic updates, you're screwed with snap. Flatpak does not need admin privileges where snaps do.
I'm more of a Product Sans guy myself, but whatever floats your boat.
545.29.02 makes Wayland far more usable with an Nvidia card. We finally have Nightlight support in Gnome.