Win11 may be the best thing for Linux. After all, people who are pissed by Win11 may eventually change operating systems.

Now if only Linux were to offer a useful GUI ...

Linux doesn’t define a GUI. I think you mean ”Now if only there were a distribution of Linux that implemented my personal idea of what a GUI should be.”

To which, I bet someone does. If you think Windows nails all the right ideas, there is Mint.