Arguably you don't need a desktop environment at all! (I certainly do my best to avoid one) You've identified a key issue though which if that Unity sucks and

Arguably you don't need a desktop environment at all! (I certainly do my best to avoid one) You've identified a key issue though which if that Unity sucks and on the verge of PC users as a whole considering Linux distributions as a contender in a 3-way choice Ubuntu is rapidly becoming equal to Linux in the public eye. Not sure what we can do about it though.