The thing is, you can apply the modern UI features to the older desktop and design paradigms. Linux desktop environments do it to varying degrees, and the resul

The thing is, you can apply the modern UI features to the older desktop and design paradigms. Linux desktop environments do it to varying degrees, and the result is often very good. I like both of these things (the traditional desktop, and the modern features), and KDE, XFCE, Cinnamon all handle it pretty well.