Default gnome is rough, but arcmenu for customizable start menu, and a couple other extensions that ive never had issues with being outdated make it the best de for me, kde I end up adding too much clutter or never feel satisfied customizing compared to gnomes default look
Gnome with extensions is basically a better cosmic for me
The thing I love about cosmic is the themeing and customization, but most of all the native tiling mode.
Can you really get a good tiling mode on Gnome?
Im assuming you haven’t checked, there are multiple extension options, just look up gnome tiling, I like it
Default gnome is rough, but arcmenu for customizable start menu, and a couple other extensions that ive never had issues with being outdated make it the best de for me, kde I end up adding too much clutter or never feel satisfied customizing compared to gnomes default look