Gnome3 is one of the worst I've ever used. The main reason is that most functionality comes from this broken and unstable by design extension system. I ended up

Gnome3 is one of the worst I've ever used. The main reason is that most functionality comes from this broken and unstable by design extension system. I ended up liking Unity the most, because it is stable and integrates well. It's also the most well thought out modern UI on Linux so far. Cinnamon is a second choice. While it suffers from the same extension madness as Gnome3, it's at least useful out of the box without the need for extensions. And it's nearly a modern desktop (no cascade of menus, exposé like overview of windows, ...) I actually like OSX (it's my main OS at work) but I miss the configurabilty of the Linux world. I'm afraid, I'm too spoiled to get any joy out of Windows anymore, though 10 was the least frustrating so far. I have no idea why people cling to Mate or XFCE. They look and behave like something horrible from 2004. I've been there and I don't want to go back there. At the same time, I'm glad that people are free to cling to the past in the world of Linux.