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I’ve found GNOME a pleasure to use. From my experience many folks that use Linux like to tinker with their computers. Even those new to Linux see a world of possibilities. GNOME doesn’t really embrace this tinkerer philosophy. They have an opinion on what at desktop manager should be and they’re constantly working towards that vision.
When I introduce GNOME to new people I explain to them some the project goals, design elements and how it’s intended to be used. Then I tell them that GNOME is opinionated on how things should behave and look, and if you try to force GNOME to be something it’s not you’ll probably end up using poorly documented or unsupported third-party extensions that break things. Generally the advice is, GNOME is great, but not for everyone, take the time to learn the GNOME way of doing things and if you don’t like it you're better off switching to another desktop environment than trying to change GNOME.
I hate Gnome because it doesn't give you taskbar boxes to show all the open windows. There is a extension for this but it's almost always out of date. How the fuck is anyone expected to get any work done like that? Pressing the "windows" key to show that tile view is a thing but I want to see what all is open without pressing a button first. It's fine for watching youtube or playing games. And the ui looks really cool if you're high off your ass, but that's it.