Not to demean your enthusiasm, but no, it is far more than a mild learning curve if you do more than just browsing and word processing and engage in much customization. You cannot even just right click on an program icon and find the location as in Windows... If you do not know why I would want to do this it may be because you do not engage in much customization.
" but there is an alternative app for everything for windows now. "
No, especially as comparable in functionality, unless you mean just those that come with Windows. If there was I might have switched to Linux, but there is presently no sense to it, for me. Show me an comparable alternative to AutoHotKey for one. Then there are the over 200 tweaks available in in Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4 for Windows 10 From the Windows club. Add to this Winaero features of the Winaero Tweaker
Then there is Right-Click Extender (add items to many right click menus) , and T-Clock Redux and Classic Shell, now called Open Shell (https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/archive/master.zip)
But Firefox and Libre Office are excellent programs that work in both systems.
I’m not going to pick your comment apart. But there you go again my friend. You insist on judging it like a rocket scientist would do when discussing high speed racing boat design.
When most folks are just plenty happy to jump into an innertube and lazily float down the river without added hardships. The important thing for them is to have that innertube hold air well so they get to where they are going.