> I really don't know why all distros provide gnome by default. As far as I know, GNOME is still the only Linux desktop environment that includes a screen read

> I really don't know why all distros provide gnome by default. As far as I know, GNOME is still the only Linux desktop environment that includes a screen reader, and possibly some other categories of accessibility tools. That's important for distributors who are legally required to provide accessibility options, e.g. because they're selling to the US federal government.