[RobertWHurst]

I think the author fundamentally misses the point of the changes made to Gnome. If anything the changes reassert what is the responsibility of the Gnome ecosystem, as well as provides a clear path on how app developers can properly target it without app developers will have to continually deal with the edge cases imposed by distro tweaks. This reassertion of what is the realm of the desktop environment is what has to happen before the Linux desktop can be taken seriously by both app developers and regular users.

It's been said before, you can't make an omelet without first breaking the eggs. Though the egg breaking might be unpalatable, the omelet is rather tasty.