This is really not true at all. The most popular desktop in Linux, GNOME, has always drawn heavy inspiration from Mac. The latest version is really polished. B

This is really not true at all. The most popular desktop in Linux, GNOME, has always drawn heavy inspiration from Mac. The latest version is really polished. But there are so many options! Including IMHO the best one on any platform for a developer: no desktop environment and a tiling window manager. There are even NeXTStep clones with binary compatibility! So saying Linux GUIs copy Windows is nonsense.