George N. White III writes:
One advantage of linux is that you can choose a UI you like and stick
with
it for years. Complaining that Gnome is horrible only serves to trash the
reputation of linux and linux users. What would be more helpful is some
insight into use cases (e.g., ancient hardware) where other desktops have
advantages over Gnome.
I think there's a middle ground where legitimate criticism lives. When Gnome
jumped my shark I simply switched desktops and that was that. But I still
think that explaining the reasons why is useful, and pretending that Gnome
is not a completely different UI paradigm is not useful, and this is a
legitimate point of discussion.
I use the Windows 10 generally. I briefly poked the tires on the current,
default Gnome desktop in Ubuntu, last year. There were some claims that
Windows is moving closer to Gnome's UI paradigms, but I just didn't see
that. Perhaps that was referring to Windows 11; if so then I'm wrong on
this, but I am convinced that average Windows users will have absolutely no
clue what to do with the Gnome desktop, when they sit down in front of it.
Is that a good thing?