I'm a long-time Mac user who is planning a gradual transition to Linux and FreeBSD. However, I have used various desktop environments over the years in the con

I'm a long-time Mac user who is planning a gradual transition to Linux and FreeBSD. However, I have used various desktop environments over the years in the context of installing Linux and FreeBSD on older hardware and in development VMs, and so I'm familiar with the Linux desktop ecosystem even if Macs are my daily drivers. One of the things I appreciate about the Unix ecosystem is the wide amount of choice of window managers and the broad support for themability. This means that users are less affected in Linux by current design fads. For example, the reason we have MATE and Cinnamon is because some people didn't like the changes made in GNOME 3. Now there are at least four well-supported GTK-based desktops: GNOME, XFCE, MATE, and Cinnamon. If Apple or Microsoft makes a UI change and I don't like it, I generally have to grin and bear it unless I switch platforms. If KDE, GNOME, Windowmaker, or another desktop environment/window manager makes a UI change that I don't like, then there are a lot of options I have to change things to my liking. That's the power of the Unix desktop ecosystem.