I'd suggest having a look at XFCE. It's similar enough to Gnome that you probably won't struggle to get used to it. It's also been more stable for me than rece

I'd suggest having a look at XFCE. It's similar enough to Gnome that you probably won't struggle to get used to it. It's also been more stable for me than recent versions of Gnome and as a bonus it's much lighter on system resources.