This is a good observation. After a bit of iteration after switching to Linux I settled on Arch + Awesome in Dec 2018 and my desktop has remained pretty much the same ever since.
Cool desktops don’t change by Tyler Cipriani https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2022/06/15/choose-boring-desktop-technology/
Cool desktops don’t change by Tyler Cipriani https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2022/06/15/choose-boring-desktop-technology/