im an arch user (btw) and ive used gnome most of the time because i liked how it looks (gtk and such) but have issues and kde looks nice but im dumb, and dont really like how it looks and im new to linux desktops as a whole too
i honestly dont even know if i should switch to linux as my whole issue with windows is its kinda slow, installing shit sucks, dx sucks and the glowies but im so acclimated to windows i cant do shit without shit like autoscroll, the de, or having (most of the time) just working stuff that i can later tweak if i want too could never replicate that on linux and ive tried almost everything
The learning curve is kinda aight, nothing too difficult and all comes down to DE. Normal windows users don't dive into the diagnostics and scheduler so I think the learning curve there maybe but easier on windows side but that's very subjective