I like GNOME 3. Stuck with the need to install an OS, a somewhat terrible internet connection, and a desire to avoid as much of anything that was unnecessary a

I like GNOME 3. Stuck with the need to install an OS, a somewhat terrible internet connection, and a desire to avoid as much of anything that was unnecessary as possible, I downloaded the minimum install of Ubuntu [1] which at less than 50MB seemed perfect. It turned out a window manager was not included, so I opted for Gnome 3. Previously I'd mainly been Gnome 2 and occasionally KDE. Nothing particularly Ubuntu flavourful added. It was different. It was quite easy to work with but did not have the feel a familiar piece of clothing, for all it's worts and ripped seams and buttons and button holes in slightly ill-fitting place at least they were in a known ill-fitting place. There were now no button holes. I found my workflow had significantly changed to focus on one and only one application while open, these apps mainly being Sublime Text, and Firefox, plus a Terminal, all themselves tabbed, and email / office uses focused at a different time. This is in contrast where I'd previously switch more. I also mainly only use one monitor on a laptop, second monitor replaced by a projector for video or 'thinking'. Using KDE or Windows today is a 'noisy' experience. Some small changes adapted from default, which I think only enhance this one-thing-at-a-screen workflow, are plank and albert. Would this have been possible before? Sure. Window managers are what you make them. This being the default forced me into a new paradigm that I like, so thanks Gnome people for that.