Comment by smoldesu

I was pushed to Plasma after the 40 update too, and I've been really happy with how things are turning up these days. Great features are being added in weekly, they actually address bugs instead of tagging decades-old problems as wontfix, and it's way more flexible than GNOME. I can create more elaborate desktops with bog-standard Plasma than is possible with modded GNOME, and I can trust they'll work more reliably than an out-of-the-box GNOME install. Unfortunately, it's still not a great option for tablet/touchscreen PCs, but I can see a lot of progress coming down the pipeline with Wayland. Overall though, it's quite lovely. I can near-perfectly recreate Mojave with extra bells and whistles, plus perpetual 32-bit support and long-term support.