I have the opposite sentiment. Gnome enabled me to finally switch to linux on a tablet pc (cant justify owning a desktop, and got tired of laptop ergonomics).

I have the opposite sentiment. Gnome enabled me to finally switch to linux on a tablet pc (cant justify owning a desktop, and got tired of laptop ergonomics). It started to come together in the past year or so between gnome 40 and adwaita. I do think some of the moee familiar desktop paradigm extensions (dash to dock) should be enabled by default though.