> The traditional start menu / taskbar is genuinely nicer > than what Gnome attempts to force on me. OS X is also > genuinely nicer than what Gnome attemp

> The traditional start menu / taskbar is genuinely nicer > than what Gnome attempts to force on me. OS X is also > genuinely nicer than what Gnome attempts to force on me. This is definitely subjective, and if Windows jives for you that's cool. To provide a counterpoint: Gnome for me is worlds better than Windows and slightly better than OS X. It definitely takes a little getting used to if, like me, you literally grew up with Windows, but I vastly prefer Gnome nowadays. Not to mention, you have choices besides Gnome -- although if you dig Windows mostly they'll just be either wildly different than what you want, or a clear imitation. Truthfully, if you need HDR or specific AMD/nVidia features, you're right you're probably gonna have a rough time. (Bluetooth has worked just fine for me, though.) It's definitely not all roses over in Desktop Linux land. I miss having real third-party app support -- sometimes you just need After Effects or actual Word/Excel -- and MacOS' consistency in keystrokes (Cmd+, as the "preferences" hotkey in every app is just so good) but for 90% of what I do it fits me really well.