Yeah...
I actually prefer Gnome 3 to any other Linux desktop environment. Yes, a few years ago it was buggy as hell and weirdly slow for no reason, but they've corrected that now.
My primary reason for liking Gnome 3 is that the interface gets out of your way. All you have to constantly visible widgets is the bar at the top of the screen. I don't want a huge grab-bag of UI elements plastered across the screen all the time (XCFE is good for this as well). Everything looks good and it's easy to customize. Support for High-DPI screens is pretty good too as is touchscreen support, both of which matter to me because I primarily use it on a 15" 4K laptop with a touchscreen.
I'm currently using Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 and it's working for me. I don't like the unmovable shortcut menu, unified menus (yes I know this is optional now) and overall feeling of self-righteous smugness about the design. It's about at Apple level of telling me what I want. Integration with 3rd party apps can be poor as well, with menus in the wrong place and small graphical annoyances.
I'm not saying you should use Gnome 3, just that I like it. If you don't I recommend XFCE or Cinnamon.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
