If GNOME is so criticized for heading in a wrong direction, why do Linux vendors and main distributions (with large user base) still pick it as the default desktop for their users?

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  • cinnamon

    A Linux desktop featuring a traditional layout, built from modern technology and introducing brand new innovative features.

    • the inability to swap out the window manager keeps me on mate, unfortunately. i'm keeping an interested eye on regolith; if it ever gets smoothly installable on non-ubuntu distros i will give it a try.

  • ulubis

    A Wayland compositor written in Common Lisp

    • This is the one I had bookmarked: https://github.com/malcolmstill/ulubis

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  • termite

    Discontinued Termite is obsoleted by Alacritty. Termite was a keyboard-centric VTE-based terminal, aimed at use within a window manager with tiling and/or tabbing support.

    • The words from the dev of the now defunct Termite further corroborate.

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