Some would say that is the meaning of being stagnant. If you want something that "just works" in that the environment is recognisable, use something like Redhat

Some would say that is the meaning of being stagnant. If you want something that "just works" in that the environment is recognisable, use something like Redhat. You caught Ubuntu (or Fedora or other distributions that moved to GNOME 3) were on GNOME 2 greater part of the last decade. A breaking UI change had to be done at some point, and it happened to be 2 years ago. Even on macs, there was a huge overhaul going from OS9 to OSX in 2001. You can make a point saying that you don't like the new UI. That will be a much more sound argument than saying the environment is changing from one release to the next.