> That differs greatly in my experience -- in the time I've been using ubuntu I've lost gnome 2 and been forced onto Unity, and had to learn systemd. That's on

> That differs greatly in my experience -- in the time I've been using ubuntu I've lost gnome 2 and been forced onto Unity, and had to learn systemd. That's only true if you're wedded to a distribution, though. There's always the option to switch to one that doesn't use systemd, and recreate your favored experience there. Also, was it possible to install Gnome on Ubuntu if you didn't want to use Unity? I never used that distribution myself.