Gnome is great. It changes your workflow, and can be really good for someone who uses their keyboard a lot. However, it doesn’t’ give you a lot of options to customize out of the box. I am going to go over how you can change icons, themes, window buttons, and how to utilize extensions to customize your desktop to the max.
Gnome is not for everyone. Especially gnome 30. I personally dislike gnome 40 for the exact reason that it is just like MacOS. I think that extensions allowing you to completely change everything is a reframing factor.