If not KDE.....then what

hmmh, tricky… something that’s not forgetting that there’s life beside Linux-only and not making it harder to maintain support for other unixoid OSs like the *BSDs.

Maybe, Lxqt or xfce I guess…

On some of my older machines I prefer using LXQt instead of KDE Plasma.

If Plasma would not exist at all?
For my main computers perhaps something like Hyprland (Wayland) or Xfce (X11)…

HMm if KDE did not exist mm tried for a very short time xfce and trinity nah
yep shut down, turn off and where is that paper and pencil.
O0h is there joy in a tech free life ? , mmm.