It's not like there isn't decades of prior art out there on what works well... A decade ago I was quite happy with the Gnome2 desktop. Since then, I either go

It's not like there isn't decades of prior art out there on what works well... A decade ago I was quite happy with the Gnome2 desktop. Since then, I either go with Xubuntu and XFCE or Mint, which was Cinnamon last time I checked.