The problem is described perfectly with the name: desktop environment. The very goal of a desktop environment is to create an entire environment, rather than u

The problem is described perfectly with the name: desktop environment. The very goal of a desktop environment is to create an entire environment, rather than using the one that is already there. Desktop environments like GNOME and MADE have so many worthless parts that are tightly coupled dependencies, they end up becoming the same bloated mess that Windows and OS X are. If a desktop environment focused on creating separate packages that played well with the underlying system, they would not have this problem.