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I'd find a distro to settle on, not a desktop environment. Most distros have most desktop environments. Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, Debian all ship the major desktop environments. I would simply choose the one that best fits your needs.
Want to run on the newest software available? Fedora
Want long-term support for the install and am okay with using slightly older versions of software? Debian
Don't care about the software part, and the most ready install out of the box? Go for Ubuntu or Linux Mint
In terms of desktop software. KDE is the most like Windows, but still far better in my opinion. Gnome is its thing, more similar to a mac, but still not quite the same.
Did you read my post like at all?
I meant something that breaks the traditional windows environment. Stuff outside xfce , cinnamon and kde. gnome doesn't work for me on keyboard and mouse. I want a distro to mess around with not distro to settle on, i am fine on linux mint as is one, just wanted to try something as a side hobby
Maybe give hyprland a run? That sure breaks away with the traditional paradigm. I've been running it a couple months on Arch and love it. Maybe use it with quickshell so it comes preconfigured like a "light" DE, at least at first.
You certainly don't see that on Windows:
https://quickshell.org/assets/showcase/soramane.mp4
I’d still find a distro to settle on, not a desktop environment.
What desktop environment do you want to try that you can't find on Debian, Fedora or Ubuntu?