> KDE looks different enough to windows in its default

Uhhhh it does?

https://kde.org/content/plasma-desktop/plasma-launcher.png

https://laptopmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/win10-sta...

https://pointieststick.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hebrew...

https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/cho...

I like KDE a lot, and yes you can configure it to look and act just abut any way you like, but it's default definitely has a lot in common with Windows.