> Ubuntu provides a modified version of the GNOME desktop, which does not match how GNOME envisions its desktop At one point I didn't understood what the deal

> Ubuntu provides a modified version of the GNOME desktop, which does not match how GNOME envisions its desktop At one point I didn't understood what the deal is with default WM being Gnome. I was happily using compton+i3 on Ubuntu Server customized for lightweight workstation. That's until Fortinet VPN Client or similar crap didn't refused to work w/o some Gnome libs. Weirdly, installing Gnome from apt (or the snap garbage, don't remember) was not a clean solution and this software would not work on Ubuntu Server + Gnome while running with no issues on Ubuntu (Desktop) shipped with Gnome. I'm happily Ubuntu-free now (went with Debian) and impatiently waiting for increasingly commercial Ubuntu to lose its popularity as it clearly makes some developers lazy.