You can tell that by just looking at Gnome's website? I've been using Gnome for >10 years now. I've never had any big complaints about it (well except for gedi

You can tell that by just looking at Gnome's website? I've been using Gnome for >10 years now. I've never had any big complaints about it (well except for gedit not having a "replace in selection" feature, but there's a plugin for that). Gnome has excellent customization and theming facilities through GTK themes. I also think the Gnome defaults are pretty good. I've also used KDE and like it but tend to choose Gnome as I'm used to it. Apple, however, I wouldn't buy because it locks me in too much for my taste. I don't like cages, even cosy golden ones :)