I gave up trying to ‘adapt’ to Mint Cinnamon (after they deserted KDE).. Tried Manjaro for a bit (hated it.. it’s ARch Linux).. Finally settled with Kubuntu (KDE).
So far, no problems.
Kubuntu was buggy for several years but they finally got it down pat. Then again, it might have been Plasma that was buggy but they got it fixed. I love the full screen menu. If you right click on the menu icon, there’s an option to choose alternative. Application Dashboard is the name of the full screen version. Kubuntu 20.04 has been very smooth and fast for me.
The newest Mint is very stable and all the apps the cinnamon comes with work as they should.
It really is worth revisiting for a test drive. :)