I landed at Budgie - heard how great Linux was from a friend of the wife, all they would use was Linux Mint it was the greatest experience ever in computing. Got to where I hated Windows anything, since I could not afford to play with Apple.
Tried Mint Cinnamon first then hopped to Mint Mate, then started hopping to anything and everything to find something that just scratched my itch.After bouncing around gaming forums looking for an answer to wanting to game the couple games I liked. I stumbled on a Gaming Forum where a poster mentioned in a very thorough written post about Gaming with Solus and not just any Solus because he tried all 3 DEs at that time but to use Solus Budgie 3.9999 not anything else.
He was very passionate about being clear with the whole 3.9999 and making sure to use Budgie.

I thought to my self ( SELF ) if this guy can get this excited about something that is Total Free plus he is not a ( PAID ) endorsement it must be some what decent. Little did I know why he was that excited over Solus, but I soon found out first hand. I don't use all the extra add ons / I don't use any of the apps, or widgets not sure of name / I use a single bar only across the bottom / when I think of a dock I think of boats no idea what it is for. I am a simple guy with simple modest taste.
Budgie i.e. Solus Budgie just works - it works very well, does everything I need it to.