You say modern and productivity focused, I say bloated and opinionated. Gnome and KDE seem to want to show off, while Mate&#x2F;LXDE wants to get out of my way and let me work.<p>Gnome brings nothing new or interesting to the UI table. An &quot;activities&quot; system that doesn&#x27;t match the way actual people use their computers, a mobile-first design that I swear was cribbed from Microsoft, just with a rough file taken to the window corners. (This looks more and more out of place when you see something like, say, the Boxes app. Why does my virtualization tool look like a tablet toy?), and oh yeah, developers who will break your shit and then tell you its for your own good when you go to complain, if they respond at all.<p>(Me? Bitter?)<p>KDE at least doesn&#x27;t suffer from those problems, but I find the UI to be gaudy (think WinXP Luna), and unless you like bright themes, unusable.