I would recommend installing arch on a BTRFS file system using snapper or timeshift to regularly capture snapshots before / after pacman runs. I was going to post this last night but since it was late and I had work to do the next morning, I decided I'd hold off. Obligatory desktop screenshot in spoiler tag below, since we're talking about aesthetics a bit (lol). I also think that gnome applications don't work well with KDE theming settings, but I think there's some work being done there for GTK4 in the near future. I think my biggest issues with KDE Plasma thus far stems from a lack of polish on ui elements (I want smooth animations, and I don't want pops at the beginning or end of an animation) and some issues with the way certain applications integrate with the global theme (Kdevelop in particular). (The downside, though, is that it makes the control panel super dense with applications and applet configuration.) On gnome systems, it always feels like I have to juggle multiple configuration applications. Also, it's nice to have a system settings window that can integrate any distro's configuration window. I also like having the ability to tweak the system's aesthetics to your own taste, even if I don't really maximize my use of it. It's neat how easy adding additional right-click options for arbitrary files is possible on the base system, for instance. What I do like about KDE Plasma is the flexibility of the system. Since I'm a KDE developer for some applications, though, I figured I should be rocking a KDE system to test the aesthetics of the application I work on in the intended "default" environment. It finds a nice blend between a "tablet" experience and a "PC" experience, without sacrificing too much in either direction. Sometimes I miss Gnome since I'm not sure I really love the "Windows" paradigm of GUI and I think that the Gnome UI solution might be the ideal desktop environment design for the modern era.
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