Personally I’m a fan of KDE Plasma.
Nothing until I need it so usually gnome with just perfection. I’d prob be a good candidate for window managers but have yet to get round to setting one up
KDEeeeee. It can be configured to work in my way, so I don’t have to change my habits.
Now mod me.
Personally I use Mate, and I set it up to mimic the feel of Windows 95/98 as much as possible. I like a UI that doesn’t get in my way.
Currently I’ve gone back to Linux after having some issues with Windows that I can’t get past so I’ve tried KDE at first because Plasma was cool back in the day. But it felt too buggy, lack of getting things feeling “dynamic” and animated as I like it.
So I moved over to Gnome and have been loving it. Since I’m also on a laptop it’s been working even better. There’s a few things I dislike in terms of how things work. Sometimes Gnome feels forced, like you have to make things work the way Gnome intended. Notifications are always an annoyance too and how they work.
I try to make things the way I want with extensions however, Dash to Panel, ArcMenu and a few others.
Even with its shortcommings it does feel like a more dynamic and animated experience that I like, I do enjoy rounded corners and such too so it feels nice. The development is active and open so hopefully it becomes better. Feels a lot more stable than KDE too which is a cherry on-top!