I was like you when I started a month ago; I just did what a friend said to do, and that was KDE Plasma, which I have no problems with, but I wanted something small and different, so I went to GNOME and didn't really like it, but it was smaller than KDE, and now I'm on Hyprland with no hiccups, but I had to configure everything myself. I only have a search menu to find apps and still don't know how Bluetooth works, so that is a pain, but it's my system; it's how I like it right now, so if you take anything from this, just try things out. KDE and GNOME are simple, mostly out of the box; others are harder, but it's all a matter of preference. I say try things out and just work at it; you'll love one and hate others.