Just to balance the narrative, I think Gnome is the best DE. It does the best job staying out of the way and letting me focus on my work. Most Linux users I kno

Just to balance the narrative, I think Gnome is the best DE. It does the best job staying out of the way and letting me focus on my work. Most Linux users I know (maybe 20 or so SEs I work with) use Gnome (or maybe the slightly modified ones by Pop/Ubuntu). I don't really see this widespread antipathy you speak of.