Yep. I did the same thing. Went through the usual dance of trying out gnome, hit the extension breakage(there's been many of them over the years I can't even tell you which one it was) and I moved to KDE. They changed a whole bunch of crap in one of the releases and everything moved around... Oh and latte dock broke. A bunch of other crap broke every now and then as well. Mind you this was all before they both moved to wayland.
I moved to XFCE soon after and it's great. I found a random plugin with last commit 7 years ago and it works Just Fine today. I set up my desktop 3y ago and it works the exact same way today. I know all the screens I use by heart. It's great.
Although I must say, I'm a sucker for animations and background blur and wobbly windows especially. Loved KDE for that.
I wish I could have XFCE's stability + animations. Ah well.
I moved to XFCE soon after and it's great. I found a random plugin with last commit 7 years ago and it works Just Fine today. I set up my desktop 3y ago and it works the exact same way today. I know all the screens I use by heart. It's great.
Although I must say, I'm a sucker for animations and background blur and wobbly windows especially. Loved KDE for that.
I wish I could have XFCE's stability + animations. Ah well.