kde plasma is fairly nice if you like windows7ish style. I've been using it because i never understood the tiling window work flows, and just wanted something that works. gnome is too macy to my tastes. the good news is you don't have to fully switch, since you can almost certianlly just install kde plasma then switch at your login. altho you may need to switch your login service if gdm doesn't let you pick different ones (sddm and lightdm both let you switch for sure)