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Imo plasma settings/options can be a bit overwhelming, cinnamon can be underwhelming lol, as a former cydia user, I really like toggleable extensions with indidual settings that can be as complex/basic as they need to be.

My main issue with plasma is I cant stop tinkering with my theme/ui because the settings are so easily accesible. I get distracted easily. Gnome with a few curated extensions helps me focus, realized on accident using it because davinci resolve had issues on kde plasma using the global menu (didn’t resolve after removing the menu)

Or they did compsci degrees like most schools offer not software engineering and didn’t actually learn how to code

Start looking into desktop environments, everyones quick to suggest distros, but de imo is more what matters day to day, most distros just work and will help you grab the same stuff in different background ways and/or with different terminal commands.

They should all have de options or have community alternatives of them that come with a certain de like kde or gnome.

Close to windows, minimal customization (still more than default windows

Cinnamon

Iphone + cydia, opinionated base experience with extensions that can completely change the look and add stuff like panels/dock

gnome + extension store

Windows but ultra customizable, tons of settings and directly customizable from the ui itself by right clicking

kde plasma

Keyboard user, hand always on it, like shortcuts and code editor based customization with documentation

hyprland