KDE 4 frequently failed in weird ways for me, but KDE 5 has been stable and much more pleasant than Gnome. It's not only that I learned to avoid the weirdness,

KDE 4 frequently failed in weird ways for me, but KDE 5 has been stable and much more pleasant than Gnome. It's not only that I learned to avoid the weirdness, it definitely improved significantly. If only it didn't assume my external screens are part of the same touch surface of my laptop, because that makes touch unusable... maybe KDE 6.