I loved them until they dropped KDE :/
I have been on Mint 17 Cinnamon since I started and have found no reason to change. I’m not a heavy PC user. Just browsing, a couple of Windows VMs withVirtual Box and some utilities.
I run Mint 20.3 on one of my desktops and have also installed KDE on it. So my Mint is with KDE. It’s not that hard to install it along with Cinnamon. Here’s how: https://www.ghacks.net/2021/10/19/installing-kde-linux-mint/