[Cieplak]

> The least bad used to be linux with Gnome

I like to think it still is. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 with Gnome 2.32 on my personal laptop. I'll switch to Arch when Ubuntu ceases support for 10.04, because Gnome 2 seems much saner than unity or gnome 3, at least for now.

[Macha]

Arch were the first onto gnome3. Gnome2 might be in the AUR, but if you just install gnome on Arch, you're getting Gnome 3 with Gnome Shell.