KDE is mostly bloat with very little payoff.
The best DE was Pantheon for a while, until the devs forgot their gender and switched everything to flatpak.
nostr:npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 nostr:npub1vq7hd5tr7cxnaxurp90zlsg62s7udwllvfgesxlu0vhaqd0cy40qfpgx5j nostr:npub14qte6e3d5dykz86z8n2sslwluqnd6f7xz0wmcv8680e85pa5ptns944ml2 nostr:npub1rpr4g6wjgkz4493egxdutn8hvraf03hq09lff60mal3kuawef9yq6tn2gs > Linux Mint has no designer.
I havent used it in ages but it seemed fine. I wonder what you think of KekDE
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I love i3! Minimal and makes very good use of screen space