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[–] waldfee@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm in the same boat, I think Gnome being the default in some distros is mostly because of historical reasons, perhaps similar to how Ubuntu used be good

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 19 hours ago

Historical, but static because the existing user base is used to how gnome works. At least most big distros let you use whichever you prefer