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Some people don't want to configure everything about their desktop. Most people don't. They just want something that looks nice and feels good to use. Apple's ecosystem is expensive and locked in while gnome/linux is open and works with as much hardware and software as possible, on top of that it's free. Also the software experience is different too, while on Mac software that involves any personalization or enhances the desktop is paid, while gnome/linux is free and almost all software that enhances the desktop is also free and open source software. Their opinions on UI/UX might be similar but that's where the majority of their similarities end.

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> Some people don't want to configure everything about their desktop. Most people don't. They just want something that looks nice and feels good to use.

And that would be completely fine were it not for parent posts which imply that GNOME should be the default and the only experience on the Linux desktop and everything else is irrelevant fragmentation. I respect users choice to use GNOME but I don't appreciate when people call everything else besides GNOME (or anything really) as fragmentation.

For example, here's one of the parent posts

> There is no reason there can’t be one agreed upon blessed way of doing things in Linux while still enabling users like you to have choice.

This is pretty oxymoronic.

>And that would be completely fine were it not for parent posts which imply that GNOME should be the default and the only experience on the Linux desktop and everything else is irrelevant fragmentation.

To be ultra clear here: I'm not saying it has to be GNOME. I legitimately only said GNOME to toss you a bone when you responded with a needlessly sarcastic comment. ;P

It could be any DE, even a newly created one.

No part of your posts feels productive, and to be honest they feel like emotional backlash.

> It could be any DE, even a newly created one.

Like I said earlier,

> but I don't appreciate when people call everything else besides GNOME (or *anything really*) as fragmentation.

The idea of "one agreed upon blessed way of doing things" implies that a DE can be made to work for everyone, which is a false assumption. Just because Windows and Mac follow this philosophy, doesn't mean that it's right. Diversity and independence of thought isn't irrelevant fragmentation.

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