maui upgrade from 2.1 to 17.3 - cannot reinstall plasma

[benit]

So if we assume a fresh install:

I look for a linux distribution that simply works solid. Yesterday I saw a youtube video that explained, why KDE is so complex and why that likely leads to instabilities more than in other distributions.

I liked maui 2.1 very much and it helped me get rid of some problems that I had in Mint, but after a while some new strange things started to happen like widgets jumping around when I tried to drag them, vmware virtual machine getting locked by 100% CPU usage etc. (though I cannot say, if this is related to vmware or Maui, so please do not feel blamed)

And I like the plasma desktop very much as well as many KDE applications.

But nevertheless: Would it be better for stability reasons to switch to XFCE or Cinnamon desktop or something the like?

I know this question is complex, but you can much better estimate, if Plasma will still keep me busy with it's little bugs or if it will converge to a rock solid thing that simply works stable for some years.


Thanks a lot for your patience with me!