darrowG
I made the switch from Windows almost 8 years ago, i actually loved the Uinity DE, these days i'm rocking Kubuntu on my work laptop, somehow Gnome 3 doesn't feel the same...but i reeallly like Plasma.
Somehow everything just works, my hardware is probably running on blobs of proprietary software but i really don't care ( i care about getting my work done tho).
I actually recommend Ubuntu/Linux to family and friends (granted that they don't do any kind of specialized work), my 8-yo nephews have been using KDE since the beginning of the pandemic and after a week of getting used to it i haven't received a support call.
Totally understand the appeal of configuring/tweaking every single detail of the OS to one's desire (been there,done that), as times goes by and life happens i rather spent that time with my family or hobbies