Both Gnome and KDE are 100x better than win or macOS. I use KDE for me but I install Gnome on my familly 's stuff.

Please don't force touch design in me!

More like forcing no customization

I feel like the majority of DE developers are just back-end developers, which like, of course that's not going to be a great user experience lol

Wh-what? Have you used GNOME before or just mad because they don't have the shitty main menu copied from MS Windows?

most of the things in gnome extensions should be built in and available from the settings. that being said there's nothing stopping me from just using something else, hence why I use kde.

They need to stop messing with things that work. Feature creep is how Windows XP turned into the dumpster fire it is today. Does the interface have a working file explorer? Does it support add-ons? Does it have a file search? You're done.

"But . . . "

You're DONE.

I actually like Gnome. I like the way it looks and I have no problems with UX. I also don't feel the need to use any extensions.

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As long as I can still customize Gnome with some extensions for improved focus, it'll stay my DE of choice.

GNOME peaked with 2 which is why I prefer MATE.

Old gnome is nostalgic to me, because my first venture into Linux was Fedora Core 4. I was still using Win98 at the time, and gnome 2.10 felt so modern in comparison, with rounded corners and soft gradients.

Coming back to Linux after having not touched it for a very, very long time I tried gnome again and I just do not like it at all. It's weird looking. Maybe too modern for me, i don't know.

It's a fine DE... But boy making appindicator/KStatus an un-officially-supported extension is dumb

Gnome has the best kbm experience out of the box

But this meme doesn’t make sense because Gnome is also really high in the accessibility community