I consider myself a power user and GNOME fits my needs perfectly. But the good thing about free software is that there are many alternatives. So there is no need to denigrate projects that do not suit you…
This exchange will have allowed me to learn that you just have to type / then Enter. No need for the initial Ctrl+L, it's even faster 
The average user will never need to go to root. As for the power user, he is able to use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+L and then type / to go to root…
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Everything works wonderfully well on my end, but I have a relatively recent computer
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Flatpak is much more than just a universal package. It offers much better security (on a radically different level).
When you uninstall a Flatpak, you don't leave behind all that junk (configuration files, cache files, etc.)
And many other good things
