I think the things you are complaining about are more personal preferences and being accustomed to Mac / Windows system. > why can't I easily make a shortcut i

I think the things you are complaining about are more personal preferences and being accustomed to Mac / Windows system. > why can't I easily make a shortcut in ubuntu? > how about the fact that you can't get full file paths shown in the default file manager, Is it any worse than needing to find the setting to display file extension in windows? I am on Cinnamon desktop as it's a bit old school and predictable (for people who have been around since windows 98). I right click a file and I have an option to create a link. And my default file manager shows the full file path in the address bar . So I don't think it's a Linux problem rather than a Gnome 3 problem. But I am sure plenty of people don't mind Gnome 3 (everyone else at my work used the standard Ubuntu desktop.