Ah, I know what you mean - and yes I ignore themes/fonts/etc that require you to choose between files, and I don't download random DE hacks from forums or third

Ah, I know what you mean - and yes I ignore themes/fonts/etc that require you to choose between files, and I don't download random DE hacks from forums or third party locations. My workflow is typically: Settings, [Themes/Styles/Fonts/Whatever], Install New [Thing], sort by highest rated, search for what I want, download a few, try them each out, stick with one and move on to next customization. It simply doesn't produce _instability_ for me (and I've done this maybe a dozen times over the past 10+ years, some time in the KDE 4 days) - though certainly, depending on the skills of the theme developer, some aspects may be janky. I think cursor changes require a restart (probably an X thing, and maybe no longer an issue on Wayland), but most of the rest are instant. To each their own. The lack of customizability in Gnome drives me nuts.