Ubuntu tries to improve GNOME. Fedora convinced me it didn’t need fixing

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Ubuntu has done a lot for the Linux desktop, including making installation less frightening, pushing Linux into normal laptop conversations, and giving many people their first working desktop. The problem is that Ubuntu’s GNOME no longer feels like GNOME with a distro underneath it. It is a negotiated settlement between GNOME’s design, Canonical’s old Unity instincts, Snap integration and an entire set of defaults designed to make the transition from other desktops less awkward.

That sounds friendly at first, especially for someone arriving from Windows or macOS, but after a while, the comfort starts to feel heavy. GNOME has its own rhythm, and Ubuntu keeps interrupting it.

Ubuntu keeps trying to make GNOME familiar

The dock changes the whole desktop

GNOME’s default workflow is built around the Activities overview. You press the Super key, search, switch, launch, and move on. The dash is there when you enter the overview, and then it gets out of the way. Ubuntu changes that bargain by keeping a dock on screen.